Everything to remember before Star Trek: Section 31

this week Star Trek Boldly aligned with the first major film of the streaming era: Article 31has long been in business Previous series It was turned into a streaming movie vehicle for Michelle Yeoh, returning to the franchise for the first time since I went out discovery In 2020. But aside from the controversial spy organization that gave the film its name, here’s what else you need to know before you get into the film.

What is Section 31?

He was first introduced in the sixth season of Star Trek: Deep Space NineSection 31 is a Secret Intelligence Branch The Federation – separate from Starfleet’s public-facing intelligence wing – is intended to operate as a black operations organization with powers to act against existential threats to the Federation. Named after a clause in the Starfleet Charter allowing for “extraordinary measures” in the face of extreme threats, Section 31 operates without the knowledge or formal direction of the Federation or Starfleet generally, carrying out subterfuge, subterfuge, and counterintelligence operations throughout Starfleet’s history. .

Although presented in Deep Space Nine At the climax of the Dominion War arc, Section 31 will appear in project and discovery To establish their roots earlier Star TrekThe basic timeline of, but since its debut, the group has been seen Highly controversial by Star Trek Fans of what the presence of a secret police within the franchise’s ideal environment means for the utopian nature of that utopia.

The Brief History of Cosmic Navigation by Philippa Georgiou

discovery First introduced is Michelle Yeoh’s Philippa Georgiou as the captain of the U.S.S Shenzhouonly to be killed in action at the outbreak of the Klingon-Federation War depicted throughout the show’s first season. However, Yeoh will return to portray the character later in the same season during the events of the story Star TrekThe notorious parallel reality, Mirror universe. There, Georgiou was not an officer of the Terran Empire, but its Emperor – and after surviving an attempted coup, she was brought back with the ship’s crew. discovery to Star TrekPrime Universe at the request of Michael Burnham, who was President Georgiou’s protégé and the ship’s first officer. Shenzhou.

Mirror Georgiou was recruited into Section 31 after the war’s end, serving as an agent initially tasked with maintaining the stability of the Klingon Empire’s post-war Chancellor, L’Rell. But she eventually got back on the ship discovery When the ship was forced to send itself thousands of years into the future to the 32nd Century to destroy the rogue AI developed by Section 31, Control. However, the temporal distance between her home reality and her home timeline caused Georgiou to begin to destabilize on a molecular level. After confronting him Keeper foreverwho tested Georgiou to see if her time in the prime universe had changed her as a person, was sent back to an undisclosed time period (more on that later) where the mirror universes and the prime universe were still parallel, allowing her to remain in the latter universe without threatening to destabilize her. stability.

Who else is in Article 31?

Yeoh’s Georgiou is the primary returning character in Article 31but she’s not the only familiar character among her cast of mostly new characters. Here’s a brief summary of the main Section 31 agents we’re set to meet in the film:

• Omri Hardwick plays Alokthe leader of the Section 31 cell, is on a secret mission recruiting Georgiou in an attempt to make her pay for her past crimes as the Terran Emperor.
• Played by Robert Kaczynski falsityAlok’s right-hand man who lives inside a mechanical exoskeleton.
• Played by Sam Richardson Semianother agent on Alok’s team, and the Chameloid, a shapeshifting race first seen in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
• Humberley Gonzalez plays Milliea Deltan agent on Alok’s team, who, unlike previous Deltans who joined Starfleet, did not take an oath of celibacy, allowing her to use the natural magic of her species for the benefit of Section 31.
• Sven Ruygrok plays the most mysterious member of Alok’s team, known as fluff. He is described as a “fun-loving” character with anger issues, and his pointy ears suggest that he may be a surprisingly emotional Vulcan or perhaps one of their sister species, the Romulans.
• Rounding out the main cast is Kacey Rohl Rachel Garretta young Starfleet officer assigned to Alok’s team for oversight purposes, despite official knowledge of a secret existence. Garrett has previously appeared in Star Trek By in The next generation The episode “Yesterday’s Project”, in which she was played by Tricia O’Neill, was the captain of the U.S.S. project-C until its destruction while defending a Klingon outpost from Romulan forces in the year 2344.

when Article 31 hiring?

Although we don’t have an exact set up for the film yet, other than the fact that it has been filmed Star TrekThe basic fact of Rachel Garrett is that Rachel Garrett’s presence in the cast suggests that the series must be set sometime in the early 24th century, since she has not yet ascended to the rank of captain nor taken command of the ship. project-C. This would be determined Article 31 In a period that was largely revealed by Star Trek On the small screen, known as the “Lost Age”. The original series takes place in the late 1960s, and subsequent films take place from the 1970s to the 1990s, while The next generation It began in the year 2364, shortly after it became operational project-D Almost 20 years after the destruction of its predecessor.

the project-C itself worked in a time period in which the relationship between the Federation and the Klingon Empire after the signing of the Khitomir Accords peace treaty at the end of the 23rd century was still relatively tense. It took the Federation Commander’s sacrifices to protect the Klingon forces to strengthen relations between the two factions, eventually leading to a formal alliance treaty established sometime between the year 2344 and the events of The next generation— which could give us some hints about what the state of the universe will be like by then Article 31.

Article 31 Arriving on Paramount+ starting January 24.

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