I really wish I could answer this question <| sep |> They do have stock but apparently it cost them more than they expected so they have decided to sell those ones at a higher price instead of shipping them for preorders . <| sep |> He likely revealed the Paxans ' existence directly after the episode . In the episode , they spend 24 hours helping the Paxans stage the first knockout . At the end of the first day they ' re knocked out , Data wakes them up , says only 30 seconds have passed , and they leave . They then start to piece together the clues that point to the real story . This effort clearly takes several days . They get back to the Paxans , and they have to try again . This presumably takes another 24 hours . They wake up for the second time and Data again says 30 seconds have passed . Just 30 seconds , he says , have passed from the original encounter and that moment . In reality , as much as a week has passed . As the episode ends , they don ' t notice this . but they sure as shit will notice it when they get to their next mission . The very first crewman who checks his voicemail , the first starbase they reach , they will discover that they ' ve lost a full week . In the next season in Cause and Effect they escape from a time loop and immediately check the time from a Federation beacon . So once they discover the discrepancy , they will once again reexamine the blackout , and once again come to realize that Data is lying . This time , Data should be smart enough to level with the crew ahead of time . He will have to take Picard aside and say look , we met this xenophobic race who were going to kill us unless we erased our memories . Where Picard goes from there is up for discussion , but it seems clear to me that the Paxans do not get their wish .