I suspect tele-empaths are less likely to be interested in the kind of hardened blow-by-blow of combat in general, which makes falling quickly correct.

I think there are a lot of narrative reasons why the Reboot would choose Vulcan over Betazoid. You can't destroy Earth. Spock is your second lead. Spock is our entry to even caring about Vulcan. Etc.

I've always admired this bit too.

It's too bad that Garak never embraced drones…

Yeah, my impression of the episode is that Garak didn't really try very hard to forge the documents. He always had plan B (for Bomb) in mind, and the confrontation later in the shop is Sisko realizing that Garak played him as easily - or even more easily - as everyone else they played in this episode.

It's one of the few moments in the show that you buy she has the memories of an 80 year old top diplomat in her belly.

That's exactly what happens.

I'd argue that it's the clearest evident of Garak's ability to become an amoral weapon at the drop of the hat… but I think only because this episode works on the idea of Sisko deploying Garak directly. Garak came damn close to blowing up the Great Link, after all.

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So true. On the other hand, it's not like the area surrounding Civic Center has ever been nice, and that's probably what they're referencing. (That episode even has a clueless white male tech libertarian who is shocked, SHOCKED by how the other half lives.)

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Upvote for that hardcore reference.

I think people miss that point all too often, anon_user. Whatever else Section 31 is or isn't, it doesn't specifically support the Federation agenda beyond being pro-human. (It's probably one of the reasons that the Federation is such a 'homo sapiens-only club'.) It is not really a direct analogue for the CIA, which…

Yeah, that's the other one that has a major real-world ick factor, given that our current fiscal policy seems to be 'eat the middle class, and shove the survivors into poverty'. The only false note is that it's impossible in current-2013 to imagine any neighborhood in San Francisco being wholescale converted into a…

And also to be fair to both sides, Siddig el Fadil isn't his full name either. It goes on for several more patronymics as I recall.

I am in awe of your superior wisdom.

I wouldn't bet on Kira's wholehearted support. It's implied (and maybe stated?) that she was less-than-thrilled but slept well at night having killed Bajoran collaborators.

Whatever new Trek TV we end up getting, I hope would take a page from RTD's "Doctor Who" reboot by keeping it all canon, throwing new viewers in and then slowly dialing up the heat. That's how the lobster gets boiled.