Hello everyone, I recently did research on Starfleet Intelligence and found a small mistake MICROPOSE had committed during the creation of BOTF.
has several divisions including the Security and Intelligence.
Some evidence in the episodes, Starfleet Intelligence sends to infiltrate enemy organizations. Some examples:

An undercover operation using Miles O'Brien infiltrating the Orion Syndicate discovered it was colluding with the Dominion to arrange an assassination of a Klingon ambassador to damage the Federation-Klingon alliance. Starfleet Intelligence subsequently warned the Klingons and the attack was repulsed. (DS9-6x15: "Honor Among Thieves")

Tuvok was assigned to Voyager as a lieutenant under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway. He was serving as security officer when, in 2371, he infiltrated the crew of the Maquis raider commanded by a former Starfleet officer, Chakotay. (VOY-1x01-02: "Caretaker")


The Klingon Empire uses this same process.

Starfleet does have a Intelligence empire-structure as do the Klingons (in my database anyway), although they are geared to Internal Security rather than offensive Intel. This, in most people's opinion, is a compromise to balance the game, so as not to 'steal' the Cardassians and Romulans' thunder in what is their special empire strength.

I would agree, it would seem Starfleet do mainly defensive spying, that is spying in order to protect there interests, rather then spying to steal research or blow up something.

Unless there is a war on

Regards Wolfe

You're right, the Klingons have warriors for their internal security for repel any attack and the Federation has agents into Section 31 for protect interests of the Federation (even if this Section 31 is a non official organization in Starfleet and work for his own account)