This was a interesting debate I saw recently and I was curious what your opinions were: If another of the Trek show captains (and let's throw reboot Kirk in too because why not?) had been in Sisko's place in "In the Pale Moonlight" would they have been willing to do what he did to get the Romulans involved in the war or would they have completely refused, either finding another way or even done nothing? Could they have lived with it?
Kirk: No, and he certainly couldn't live with it. While he MIGHT be willing to do the deception, the initial escalating unethical stuff would discourage him from pursuing the matter further. Even when they did the Enterprise Incident, the plan seemed to be about minimizing any loss of life on either side other than grabbing the cloaking device. Picard: No, and DEFINITELY couldn't live with it. He'd hope to find some other way than deception in general. Janeway: Willing to do the deception and keep quiet about it... but Garak would have been thrown off the station and ordered to never return after he murdered the Senator. Archer: Season 1-2 Archer, no. Post-season 3 Archer yes. By that point, he has already done the deception game once and had to do unethical and morally questionable things for the sake of what he hopes is the greater good. He wouldn't like it, but he'd definitely do the deception and he'd keep quiet about the murder. Reboot Kirk: Harder nut to crack since we only have the three movies, but most likely he'd be onboard for the initial deception, but the murder would be where he drew the line and try to expose it afterwards. Modern Trek I've only seen so much of, but I can say from what I have seen (Discovery 1-3, Strange New Worlds 1) Georgieu: No idea, since we only saw so much of actual Georgieu. Saru: Would have strong moral objections to the deception, but would go through with it - not the murder and while he might keep the secret, I see him resigning afterwards in shame. Burnham: Go through with the deception, expose the murder plot and either way would cry a lot about it. Garak would berate her for somehow making this all about herself and not the bigger picture. Pike: Depends on how desperate they are at the moment. I see him going through with the deception if things are severely dire, but not early on. Don't see him letting the murder go through, either - he seems the sort to try to expose it and put Garak in jail.
