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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jian" data-source="post: 9713312" data-attributes="member: 78087">Inquisition, on the other hand, has aged less well, I think. It's still a well-executed episode and the beginning of the Section 31 arc. I don't disagree that the Federation needs an intelligence service (and they already have one) but I don't see why they need a super-secret intelligence service that everyone pretends doesn't exist (but I presume anyone in the know does know that they exist) and which clearly takes such cynical glee in being allowed to break the rules and dress in black pleather Gestapo uniforms. As more familiar as we are these days with authoritarianism, I think I'm inclined to say that Section 31 is a terrible idea and should be flushed out of an airlock at the earliest opportunity.(And to be fair, the narrative is pretty clear that anyone sane in Starfleet does think this and the story does end badly for Sloan and his ilk, but where vibes are concerned the writers are splitting the difference, with some love for the "hard men making hard decisions" approach on display. It's an interesting Watson/Doyle split.)(It also makes it a bit clearer to me why the recent TOS-era Section 31 movie took the approach it did, because the only way an ethical Federation can tolerate the existence of Section 31 is to have them be broken mavericks who send themselves off on suicide missions you couldn't order any Starfleet officer to do, and so they're more Guardians of the Galaxy than SS.)</blockquote>

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