Disclaimer - I don't own Star trek. Paramount does, Gene Roddenberry, god rest his soul, does as well in heaven.
Onwards and upwards, on with the story.
The Greater Good : Section 31's morality.
Agent Sloan stood watching through the transparent aluminium windows into the laboratory below, the scientists were working night and day to make the ultimate weapon against the Founders of the Dominion. Since Odo, the only good founder, if such a thing existed was scheduled to arrive in a few months, the virus would be ready and willing to do its dirty work.
If you could tailor a virus to cure cancers, why not use them to create weapons of mass destruction.
It was for the Greater good.
The greater good for the whole of the Alpha Quadrant that the founders and their insane desire to cleanse the galaxy of free will.
Sloan knew that war would break out, of course it would. All logical evidence pointed to it and there was little room for peace.
The reasons why war was inevitable could be counted off on one hand.
First, the federation had peaked the interest of the Dominion. Section 31 had intercepted the communiqués the Dominion had sent to exploratory expeditions into the Delta Quadrant, noting their increasing hostility. At first they'd actually been a simple please can you stop coming here, to stop coming here, or else.
Second, the loss of colonies, New Bajor, others….what more proof did you need ?
Third, the Odyssey incident, any fool that said that the Dominion weren't fanatical only needed to watch the flight recorder footage of the surviving Runabouts to see how far the Jem'hadar would go. Ramming ships was a clear sign of hostility.
Fourth, putting Starfleet personnel into a virtual reality simulation, bringing out paranoia.
Fifth, instigating cold war.
Sloan watched as the scientists worked.
One thing went through his mind.
The Greater good.
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