Really you gotta wonder why Starfleet actually sent Picard and Data to retrieve Spock. I mean, technically neither of them have ever met the man (okay Picard was at his wedding but as part of a delegation (digression: we see that wedding in Vulcan’s Heart, Picard was an Lt. serving aboard a ship where the full senior staff was invited, I can’t remember if it was Saavik’s ship or not (she was the bride))). While Picard may have done some cultural observation and first contact scenarios a jaunt to Romulus is so much more than that. Really they should have had a Starfleet Intelligence point man, someone good with inflitration (and don’t tell me Starfleet doesn’t have spies). Data is shown to be an amateur at this too with his android movements and calling Picard “Captain” and “Sir” when they’re posing as civilians…