In the Pale Moonlight story
Sisko asks Garak to help him get the Romulans to join the war against the Dominion. Directed by: Victor Lobl. Story by: Peter Allan Fields.
12 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| the end justifies the means | choice | Benjamin supplies fake intelligence to Romulans in effort to draw them into the war against the Dominion |
| wrestling with one's conscience | choice | Benjamin learned that his the road to hell was payed with good intentions |
| appeasement policy | major | Romulans had a non-aggression pact with the Dominion |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need | major | Benjamin supplies fake intelligence to Romulans in effort to draw them into the war against the Dominion |
| facing an invading force | major | Benjamin attempted to draw the Romulans into helping the Federation stop the Dominion invasion of the Alpha Quadrant |
| factions joining forces against a common enemy | major | Benjamin attempts to convince Romulans to join the Federation in the war against the Dominion |
| remorse | major | Benjamin coped with having a guilty conscience over having faked military intelligence that resulted in the assassination of a Romulan senator and the entry of the Romulans into the war |
| the road to hell is paved with good intentions | major | Benjamin faked intelligence to get Romulans to join the war with good intentions but came to think that things had gone to hell although it works out in the end |
| biological weapons | minor | Julian objected to supplying Benjamin with 85 liters of biomemetic gel that could be used to make biogenic weapons |
| coping with an arrogant jerk | minor | Benjamin with the Romulan senator |