@MLClark Why tell you what you already know?!
Another one that annoys me is the "evil admiral" who always comes in to be the antagonist of the week.
To be more generic, I'd have to give some thought to evil highers-up who come in with some agenda to frak up our protagonists.
@WordsmithFL
Pff. Next thing you're going to tell me, Section 31 was supposed to be a cautionary tale and a site of deep narrative unease, not fodder for a swanky, high-thrills space adventure starring Michelle Yeoh as a reformed genocidal queen! 🙄