espionage theme

One faction uses covert methods such as the planting of spies in order to glean secret information from an opposing faction and thus gain military or political advantage.

32 total · 4 choice · 19 major · 9 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ent1x07 choice Andorians forcefully objected to Vulcan espionage.
movie: Topaz (1969) choice The story concerns American, Russian, and French secret agent shenanigans in Cuba and elsewhere during the Cold War.
movie: Torn Curtain (1966) choice The title is an allusion to secret agent kind of clandestine activities undertaken by the US in East Germany during the Cold War.
tng5x07 choice Spock was thought to have been a spy
ds91x03 major Julian worried about Garak being a Cardassian spy
ds97x16 major Julian infiltrates the nefarious organization Section 31 which was itself spying on the Romulans; cloaks and daggers to go around.
ent1x15 major The Andorians objected to being spied on by the Vulcans yet spied on the Vulcans themselves without compunction.
movie: Invisible Agent (1942) major Frank Raymond uses a serum his grandfather had developed to become invisible and spy on the Nazis.
movie: Moonraker (1979) major We saw super-spy James Bond doing what James Bond does best.
movie: Saboteur (1942) major The story's antagonists are fifth columnists in America during WW2.