Ah, but Beags, they didn't see it as cheating, just as a way to prevent a check ride with an instructor!!!
Just like Jim Kirk in "Star Trek". Fixing the paramaters of the Kobyashi Maru test at Starfleet acadamy wasn't cheating, it was merely making it more likely that you would win. It's seen as noble and worthy of honour and great reward, hence his being promoted from Cadet straight to Captain of the Enterprise without going through all the annoying in between bits.
Sort of levelling their end of the playing field whilst putting a one in three slope on the other end. It's deep in the spam psyche (it HAS to be if it's made "Star Trek") and so they will see nothing wrong in it. Therefore their code of honour will not be sullied!
Simples
