Star Trek: Section 31is an intergalactic sci-fi action-adventure that can be enjoyed by general audiences, but an understanding of the film’sStar Trekconnections will enhance the experience. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanme and written by Craig Sweeny,Star Trek: Section 31premieres on Paramount+ on Friday, January 24.Section 31is the first made-for-streamingStar Trekmovie, and it marks the return of Michelle Yeoh as Emperor Philippa Georgiou fromStar Trek: Discovery.
Section 31is a Starfleet black ops division created inStar Trek: Deep Space Nine.Section 31 has since appeared inStar Trek: Enterpriseand J.J. Abrams’Star Trek Into Darkness.However,Section 31 was largely reimagined byStar Trek: Discovery.Less secretive but still insidious, Section 31 ended up creatingStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2’s villain, Control. Originally Section 31’s threat assessment A.I., Control became sentient and tried to commit galactic genocide before it was stopped by the crews of the USS Enterprise and USS Discovery. Here areStar Trek: Section 31’s other essential links toStar Trek’s lore.
Emperor Georgiou Is A Major Character In Star Trek: Discovery
Georgiou Joined Section 31 In Star Trek: Discovery Season 2
Star Trek: Section 31is a spinoff ofStar Trek: Discovery,and Michelle Yeoh’s Emperor Philippa Georgiou was a major character in the Sonequa Martin-Green-led series. InStar Trek: Discoveryseason 1, the USS Discovery traveled to the Mirror Universe, where they learnedPhilippa Georgiou was the Emperor of the fascist Terran Empire. Georgiou, who had an emotional bond with Commander Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), returned toStar Trek’s Prime timeline with the USS Discovery.
Emperor Georgiou joined Section 31 inStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2, soPhillipa is actually a former operative being recruited back into the organization inStar Trek: Section 31.However, after traveling to the 32nd century with the USS Discovery inStar Trek: Discoveryseason 3, crossing universes and time became lethal for Georgiou. The Guardian of Forever (Paul Guilfoyle) sent Georgiou back to the Mirror Universe to determine if she was deserving of her life being saved. After judging Georgiou sufficiently changed, the Guardian sent Philippa to a time and place where the Prime and Mirror Universe were closer aligned.
Star Trek: Section 31’s main story takes place in the early 24th century, a time period known asStar Trek’s"lost era."
Michelle Yeoh also portrayed the Prime Universe’s deceased Starfleet Captain Philippa Georgiou onStar Trek: Discovery, an identity Emperor Georgiou once usurped. Further,theMirror Universe factors intoStar Trek: Section 31asthere are flashbacks to the young Philippa Georgiou (Miku Martineau) in the alternate reality. The Mirror Universe originated inStar Trek: The Original Seriesand has been seen inStar Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise,Star Trek: Discovery, andStar Trek: Prodigy.
Melle Is A Deltan In Star Trek: Section 31
Deltans First Appeared In Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: Section 31introduces Melle (Humberly Gonzalez), a member of the Section 31 black ops team led by Alok Sahar (Omari Hardwick) that recruits Emperor Philippa Georgiou. The bald, attractive Melle isa Deltan, a race first introduced inStar Trek: The Motion Picture.Lt. Ilia (Persis Khambatta), the ill-fated navigator of the USS Enterprise, was the first Deltan seen inStar Trek.
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Star Trek: Section 31 is made up of a group of rogues and scoundrels working outside Starfleet. Here are new details about Emperor Georgiou’s team.
Deltans are a sexually-charged species who must take an oath of celibacy to join Starfleet. This may not seem to be the case with Melle when she joined Section 31. More Deltans were seen on the planet Raritan IV inStar Trek: Picardseason 2’s premiere.Melle inStar Trek: Section 31marks the third time Deltans will have appeared inStar Trek.
Quasi Is A Chameloid In Star Trek: Section 31
Chameloids First Appeared In Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Quasi (Sam Richardson) is anotherStar Trek: Section 31team member,and he is a Chameloid.Chameloids are a race of shapeshifterswho were first introduced inStar Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Martia (Iman), a prisoner of the Klingon penal planet Rura Penthe, was a Chameloid hired to help assassinate Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner).
Changeling Vs. Chameloid: Star Trek’s Shapeshifters Differences Explained
What’s the difference between DS9’s Changelings and Star Trek’s earlier shapeshifting aliens, the Chameloids?
AfterStar Trek VI,Chameloids vanished fromStar Trekin part because Changelings were invented forStar Trek: Deep Space Nine. The shapeshifting Founders of the Dominion, and the species of Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois), the Changelings became majorStar Trekvillains and the primary shapeshifters inStar Trek.Quasi, who is a physicist and Section 31’s Science Officer, will only be the second Chameloid seen inStar Trek.
Star Trek: Section 31 Has A Cheron
Loki & Commissioner Bele Are Cheron In Star Trek: The Original Series’ “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield”
Star Trek: Section 31has a Cheron character who works as a host in Emperor Georgiou’s nightclub, the Baraam. After arriving in the early 24th century, Georgiou set herself up outside of Federation space and opened the Baraam. One of the menagerie of aliens Georgiou employs is a Cheron, an alien race first seen in the memorableStar Trek: The Original Seriesseason 3, episode 15, “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield.”
Star Trek: Section 31 reveals at least one Cheron now works for Emperor Georgiou.
InStar Trek: The Original Series, the USS Enterprise became embroiled in a conflict between two Cheron, a political refugee named Lokai (Lou Antonio) and his pursuer, Commissioner Bele (Frank Gorshin). The Cheron species are divided by their bodies being separated in black and white, and there is a cultural hatred between the Cheron who are white and black. TheCheron were believed to be extinct afterStar Trek: The Original Series, butStar Trek: Section 31reveals at least one Cheron now works for Emperor Georgiou.
