Which officer would have joined Section 31?

[Anthony Sabre]

Benjamin Sisko. If 31 had come to him and told him they could help bring Romulus into the war, he'd have worked with them.

Ro Laren. She showed that under the right set of circumstances she could switch sides.

Data. The ability to 100% evaluate a course of action without any emotion at all. I don't believe he would undertake a mission that involved the loss of life, but subterfuge and deception, yes.

 

[Sci]

Benjamin Sisko. If 31 had come to him and told him they could help bring Romulus into the war, he'd have worked with them.

And yet when he discovered their existence, he and Bashir set out to infiltrate them in an attempt to bring them down.

Ro Laren. She showed that under the right set of circumstances she could switch sides.

As I've argued before... No. The Maquis wanted to establish their own independent interstellar state because they felt the Federation had violated their rights. If anything, the existence of Section 31 would just prove to Ro that the Federation was fundamentally corrupt.

Data. The ability to 100% evaluate a course of action without any emotion at all. I don't believe he would undertake a mission that involved the loss of life, but subterfuge and deception, yes.

Maybe. On the other hand, Data might have a fundamental objection to the concept of an unaccountable cabal that operates outside of the rule of law.

 

[LeadHead]

From TOS: Spock and Scotty seem the likliest candidates.
From TNG: Data: once his abilities had been proven and became a credible independent officer, he would be a logical choice.
From DS9: Sisko
From VOY: Paris
From ENT: Reed obviously, but I think Mayweather would be a potential.

 

[raleighrob]

TOS- I can almost see Chekov doing it. I dunno why. Additionally, the novels have Uhura moving up the ranks of the more-legitimate Starfleet Intelligence. And I kinda like her in that role.

TNG- I can see where they'd wanna recruit Data but I don't see him going for it. Riker? Maybe in extreme circumstances.
How about Lwaxana? Maybe the ditsy, crazy ambassador thing was just a cover? That would explain why she's always visiting the ship...she's spying on them!

DS9 - Other than Bashir, I dunno. Some of the work Kira did during the Dominion War covert on Cardassia seems like the kinda stuff Section 31 would be interested in. With Bajor in the UFP now (again, if you're going by novels too), I can see them trying to recruit her.

Voy- I can see them wanting Tuvok, but I don't think he'd go for it. I think he'd be more inclined to do regular security work or covert for Starfleet Intelligence instead.

Ent- well we already know Reed. Right now I'm reading "The Good That Men Do" where they imply that Trip's death in the ENT finale was staged by S31 so he could go undercover in Romulan space to make sure they don't get warp 7 technology before the new Coalition does. It's a great read so far..and you Section 31 fans would love it.

 

[Anthony Sabre]

No. But I do think they've probably installed programs into every starship to let them know what's going on in all of them -- and on every starbase, too. Remote surveilance.

I don't agree. Section 31's resources are primarily the people who serve within Starfleet. They don't need programs on all starships, all they need is the right person (or people) in the right position to extract data. Much safer than a rogue program on hundreds of ships. And don't forget Sloan inferred that 31 operated in a cell like manner. There would be no one agent within 31 who knew about all of their various ops or had access to all their intelligence.

 

[RandyS]

I can't see either Kim or Janeway in 31. They're both WAAAAY to indocturnated into that whole "Peace and Love Above All" nonsense that envelops Earth in the 24th century.

I CAN however see the Maquis signing on. Paris, absolutely. Chakotay, sure.

Most of the ENTERPRISE crew also. Except T'Pol. She was a 24th century human in the guise of a 22nd century Vulcan. Not sure about Phlox. He'd probably just find the whole thing amusing.

 

[JM1776]

TOS: Chekov, in that he was an impressionable enough young man that the wrong guidance at the right time could have turned him.

TNG: Wesley Crusher. Same line of reasoning. I present as my evidence "The First Duty." He did the right thing only under enormous pressure from Picard. Data, if they could subvert his ethical subroutine. Ro Laren, if approached/recruited properly.

DS9: Sisko and Bashir. Both are self-righteous and hypocritical enough to justify such a life under certain circumstances.

VOY: Tom Paris, Seven and the Doctor. The latter could easily have his program tweaked, as happened on a number of occasions.

ENT: Reed. Not sure whether any of the others would buy into it.

 

[Mr. Fergy]

O'Brien

Agreed.