Comment on ‘Dovercourt’ - perhaps aka Section 31 movie event hits the ‘Rumoured’ portion DGC Ontario Hotlist

• Nmyownworld@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think of Section 31 as the Federation’s dirty little secret, operating off the books, weapon of last resort. I wasn’t surprised that the Federation was capable of things that didn’t fit its public doctrine when the utter destruction of the people of Federation by an outside, more powerful force was nigh. The Federation leans into diplomacy, but I never thought it impossible for them to have bag of tricks – Section 31. To me, the Federation would let the Federation fall because, say, member worlds left. But, not when something is about to destroy most or all of the people of the Federation.

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• ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  In what way have they ever been portrayed as the good guys?

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  • VindictiveJudge@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They’ve been trying to give The Empress her own show and Worf said they were necessary. Depicting them as an official branch of Starfleet instead of a conspiracy within Starfleet also grants them legitimacy that they didn’t have in DS9. Even their plot in DSC S2 is specifically depicted as their AI going rogue rather than S31 doing anything wrong.

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    • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sloan said they were an official branch of Starfleet Intelligence in his very first episode. That was never contradicted.

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      • VindictiveJudge@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The way he says it implies he’s not being entirely truthful.

        BASHIR: So which department are you with? SLOAN: Let’s just say I belong to another branch of Starfleet Intelligence. Our official designation is Section thirty one.

        I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone say, “let’s just say,” and had it been followed by a truthful statement.

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