Star Trek thread of going to familiar places and beyond

[Eric Cartman]

the section 31 stuff thematically was a nice extension beyong bashirs Bond obsession, going further into what realpolitik and espionage is about than his interactions with garak who represented 'real' tradecraft and pragmatism vs the naive hollywood espionage ideas bashir had.

Also - at least in the beginning - it was very unclear to what extent section 31 was a real thing that was actually even a starfleet operation, vs just some dude doing shit of his own volition.