Let's just say I belong to another branch of Starfleet Intelligence. Our official designation is Section 31.
Never heard of it.
We keep a low profile. Works out better that way for all concerned.
And what does Section 31 do, apart from kidnapping Starfleet officers?
We search out and identify potential dangers to the Federation.
And once identified?
We deal with them.
How?
Quietly.
So if I had been a Dominion agent, what would have happened to me?
We wouldn't be standing here having this conversation.
[appalled] Starfleet sanctions what you're doing?
We don't submit reports or ask approval for specific operations, if that's what you mean. We're an autonomous department.
Authorized by whom?
Section 31 was part of the original Starfleet charter.
But that was 200 years ago. Are you telling me you've been working on your own, ever since? Without specific orders? Accountable to nobody but yourselves?
You make it sound so ominous.
Isn't it? Because if what you say to me is true, you function as judge, jury, and executioner, and I think that's too much power. For anyone.
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