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* BatmanGambit: In ''Rough Beasts of Empire'', [[spoiler: the Tzenkethi manipulate Romulan politics]] so as to become an unofficial leading power in the Typhon Pact. The Romulans are the most powerful faction, but are currently led by somewhat hawkish leaders; this threatens the galactic stability seemingly desired by the [[spoiler: Tzenkethi]] (at least for the moment). In order to "reign in" the Romulans without drawing attention to themselves or damaging the Romulans' actual strength (which serves the Pact well), they conspire to remove the current Romulan leader and install a Praetor ''they'd'' prefer be in power - all through subtle manipulation (and a few assassinations disguised as natural causes). This gambit is played out as Praetor Tal'aura works on her own; [[spoiler: to reclaim the breakaway worlds of Donatra's Imperial Romulan State by framing Donatra for a supposed attack on Ambassador Spock, then arresting her when she accepts an invite to a diplomatic conference on Romulus]]. The latter gambit is playing into the former, as a reunited Romulan state benefits the Typhon Pact and thus is in the best interests of the [[spoiler: Tzenkethi]].
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* BatmanGambit: In ''Rough Beasts of Empire'', [[spoiler: the Tzenkethi manipulate Romulan politics]] so as to become an unofficial leading power in the Typhon Pact. The Romulans are the most powerful faction, but are currently led by somewhat hawkish leaders; this threatens the galactic stability seemingly desired by the [[spoiler: Tzenkethi]] (at least for the moment). In order to "reign "rein in" the Romulans without drawing attention to themselves or damaging the Romulans' actual strength (which serves the Pact well), they conspire to remove the current Romulan leader and install a Praetor ''they'd'' prefer be in power - all through subtle manipulation (and a few assassinations disguised as natural causes). This gambit is played out as Praetor Tal'aura works on her own; [[spoiler: to reclaim the breakaway worlds of Donatra's Imperial Romulan State by framing Donatra for a supposed attack on Ambassador Spock, then arresting her when she accepts an invite to a diplomatic conference on Romulus]]. The latter gambit is playing into the former, as a reunited Romulan state benefits the Typhon Pact and thus is in the best interests of the [[spoiler: Tzenkethi]].
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: A good explanation of Sela's justification for trying to create the quantum slipstream drive for the Pact, as she can't conceive of the possibility that the Federation won't use it as a first-strike weapon against Romulus because that's what they'd do if the situation was the other way around; in the end, other characters observe that Sela's actions have actually caused more danger for the Pact than if she had done nothing.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: A good explanation of Sela's justification for trying to create the quantum slipstream drive for the Pact, as she can't conceive of the possibility that the Federation won't use it as a first-strike weapon against Romulus because that's what they'd do if the situation was the other way around; in around. In the end, other characters observe that Sela's actions have actually caused more danger for the Pact than if she had done nothing.nothing, while the fact that the Federation haven't used the drive against them yet should be a good sign that they never will.
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* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Bashir notes that [[spoiler:most of the Federation were unaware of the existence of the Shedai metagenome in the first place, and of the few who did even fewer of them knew that it might have some way of helping the Andorians, so the Andorians were not deliberately neglected]].
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* SelectiveObliviousness: In ''Raise the Dawn'', when Bashir confronts [[spoiler:Andorian ensign th'Shant, responsible for planting the bombs that destroyed Deep Space Nine, he swiftly realises that th'Shant is basically ignoring any evidence that contradicts his idea that the Federation are prejudiced against Andorians]].
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* CallBack / ContinuityNod: A scene in ''Zero Sum Game'', in which President Bacco is confronted by Federation Council members wary of her potentially questionable decisions, announcing their intention to veto a bill only to be outmaneuvered, recalls a scene in ''[[Literature/StarTrekATimeTo A Time to Heal]]'', where then-President Zife faced a similar confrontation. Where Zife deflected criticism by appealing to humanitarian arguments, while actually up to his neck in illegal activities, Bacco attacks with information on the support she has from other councillors, seemingly convinced that she's on the right side of the moral line. As both novels were written by the same author, the similarities between the two scenes are likely entirely deliberate. Whether the Bacco scene serves to reinforce why she's different and better than Zife or hints uncomfortably at the possibility for NotSoDifferent unless she's careful, is up to the reader.
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* CallBack / ContinuityNod: A scene in ''Zero Sum Game'', in which President Bacco is confronted by Federation Council members wary of her potentially questionable decisions, announcing their intention to veto a bill only to be outmaneuvered, recalls a scene in ''[[Literature/StarTrekATimeTo A Time to Heal]]'', where then-President Zife faced a similar confrontation. Where Zife deflected criticism by appealing to humanitarian arguments, while actually up to his neck in illegal activities, Bacco attacks with information on the support she has from other councillors, seemingly convinced that she's on the right side of the moral line. As both novels were written by the same author, the similarities between the two scenes are likely entirely deliberate. Whether the Bacco scene serves to reinforce why she's different and better than Zife or hints uncomfortably at the possibility for NotSoDifferent similarities unless she's careful, is up to the reader.
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* NotSoDifferent: Depressed and weary after a difficult mission, Julian Bashir cynically ponders how the Federation and the more militant members of the Pact are both acting out of fear and concern for their security and power, and wonders if they're really so different. Then he corrects his thinking, reminding himself that the Federation doesn't seek out conflict, prefers diplomacy to hostility and doesn't seek to usurp other races' territory or resources. In other words, even if the current motives are NotSoDifferent in some respects, he's wrong to suggest the Federation isn't very different from, say, the Tzenkethi or the Tholians.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Depressed and weary after a difficult mission, Julian Bashir cynically ponders how the Federation and the more militant members of the Pact are both acting out of fear and concern for their security and power, and wonders if they're really so different. Then he corrects his thinking, reminding himself that the Federation doesn't seek out conflict, prefers diplomacy to hostility and doesn't seek to usurp other races' territory or resources. In other words, even if the current motives are NotSoDifferent the same in some respects, he's wrong to suggest the Federation isn't very different from, say, the Tzenkethi or the Tholians.
