This week Star Trek boldly aligns with the first major film of its broadcast era: Section 31the former long-running series turned into a streaming film vehicle for Michelle Yeoh, returning to the business for the first time since her exit. Adoption in 2020. But aside from the controversial spy agency that gives the film its name, here’s what else you need to know if you’re going into the film.
What is Section 31?
It was first introduced in the sixth season of Star Trek: Deep Space NineSection 31 is a secret intelligence branch of the Federation—separate from Starfleet’s public-facing intelligence service—intended to serve as a black ops organization tasked with taking action against existing threats to the Federation. Named as a clause in Starfleet law that allows for “extraordinary measures” in the face of serious threats, Section 31 has operated without official knowledge or direction from the Federation or Starfleet at large, conducting wetwork, stealth, and intelligence operations throughout the history of the -Starfleet. .
Although introduced to Deep Space Nine at the height of the Dominion War arc, Chapter 31 will make an appearance Business again Adoption establishing their roots within Star Trekthe main timeline, but from the beginning, the group was seen as a deep conflict by the Star Trek fans of what the presence of the undercover police within the franchise’s utopian setting means for the rational nature of that utopia.
A Brief History, of Universe-Hopping by Philippa Georgiou
Adoption first introduced Michelle Yeou’s Philippa Georgiou as the captain of the USS Shenzhouonly to be killed in action when the Klingon-Federation war that has been featured throughout the show’s first season breaks out. However, Yeoh will return to portray the character later in the season during plot planning Star TrekThe popular parallel reality, the Mirror Universe. There, Georgiou was not an officer in the Terran Empire, but its Emperor—and after surviving a coup attempt, he was brought back along with a crew. Adoption to Star TrekThe main space is commanded by Michael Burnham, former deputy prime minister Georgiou and the first official on the board. Shenzhou.
Mirror Georgiou was recruited into Section 31 after the conclusion of the war, serving as an agent originally tasked with maintaining the stability of the post-war chancellor of the Klingon Empire, L’Rell. But he finally entered the ship Adoption when the ship is forced to send itself thousands of years into the future in the 32nd Century to destroy a corrupt artificial intelligence developed by Section 31, Control. However, the temporal distance from both the home reality and the home timeline caused Georgiou to begin to deteriorate on a molecular level. After meeting the Eternal Guardian, who examined Georgiou to see if his time in the prime universe had changed him as a person, he was sent back to an undisclosed time (more on that later) when the Mirror and Prime universes were still aligned. , allowing him to remain in the final universe without the threat of collapse.
Who’s Else in the Middle Section 31?
Yeoh’s Georgiou is the returning main character Section 31but he is not the only ordinary actor among many young actors. Here’s a brief summary of the main Section 31 agents we plan to meet in the movie:
- Omari Hardwick plays Alokthe leader of Section 31’s cell in a covert operation that rounds up Georgiou in an attempt to make him pay for his past crimes as Emperor of Teran.
- Robert Kazinsky plays ZephAlok’s right-hand man who lives inside a mechanical exoskeleton.
- Sam Richardson plays Almostanother agent on Alok’s team, and the Chameloid, a mutant race that first appeared in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered World.
- Humberly Gonzalez plays Mellea Deltan agent in Alok’s group, unlike the Deltans before joining Starfleet, who did not take a vow of celibacy, which allows him to use the natural charms of his species for the benefit of Section 31.
- Sven Ruygrok plays the most mysterious member of Alok’s crew, known only as The Fuzz. Described as a “fun-loving” character with anger issues, her pointy ears suggest she could be an incredibly emotional Vulcan or perhaps one of her sister species, the Romulans.
- Rounding out the main cast is Kacey Rohl as Rachel Garretta junior Starfleet officer assigned to Alok’s crew for oversight purposes, despite official knowledge of the unit’s existence being classified. Garrett has appeared before Star Trek before the The Next Generation The episode “Yesterday’s Enterprise,” where he was played by Tricia O’Neil, is also the captain of the USS. Business-C until it was destroyed protecting the Klingon army from Romulan forces in 2344.
When Section 31 Set up?
Although we don’t have an exact setting for the movie yet except that it’s already in Star TrekThe important fact of Rachel Garrett’s characters suggests that this series should be set sometime in the early 24th century, given that she has not yet risen to the rank of captain and has not yet risen to the rank of captain or captaincy. Business-C. This will set Section 31 at an undisclosed time by Star Trek on the small screen, often referred to as “The Lost Era.” The original series began in the late 2260s, with subsequent films taking place from the 2270s to the 2290s, while The Next Generation began in 2364, shortly after the establishment of Business-D about 20 years after the destruction of the predecessor.
I Business-C itself worked in a time when the relations between the Federation and the Klingon Empire after the signing of the Khitomer Accords peace treaty at the end of the 23rd century were still in trouble. It took the sacrifice of the Federation flagship to protect the Klingon forces to strengthen the relationship between the two factions, eventually leading to a formal Alliance treaty established sometime between 2344 and the events of the Alliance. The Next Generation—which can give us a hint of what the universe was like at the time Section 31.
Section 31 hits Paramount+ beginning January 24.
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