Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh’s next film Star Trek film, Star Trek: Section 31shows a version of Starfleet’s covert operations division that is completely different from the Section 31 that was first introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Streaming on Paramount+ January 24, 2025, Star Trek: Section 31 features Yeoh returning as Star Trek: DiscoveryEmperor Philippa Georgiou. In the film made for streaming, a premiere for Star Trek, Georgiou joins Section 31cast of new Star Trek characters in an operation that occurs during Star TrekThe Lost Era between Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
In a deconstruction Star Trekthe utopian future, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine revealed that Starfleet housed its own secret intelligence agency, on par with the Romulan Tal Shi’ar or Cardassian Obsidian Order: Section 31. Section 31 leader Luther Sloan (William Sadler) secretly tested Dr. Julian Bashir (Alexander Siddig) in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 6, Episode 18, “Inquisition”, and deemed Bashir fit for Section 31’s morally gray operations. Star Trek: DS9 Season 7, Episode 16, “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges”, sees Sloan manipulate Bashir into a Section 31 conspiracy, despite the idealistic Bashir denouncing the worst of Section 31 DS9 crimes.
Section 31 is completely different in Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek film than it is in DS9
What happened between Star Trek: Discovery and DS9 to make Section 31 so cool?
Star Trek: Section 31The trailer offers a version of Section 31 that is completely different from the Section 31 that was introduced in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Star Trek: Section 31Starfleet’s version of its dirtiest secret operates with far less mystery than its 24th century counterpart. In DS9Section 31 operates behind closed doors as an independent, almost mythological entity, which gives Starfleet plausible deniability regarding Section 31’s less-than-savory missions. The film’s Section 31 team blatantly confirms their affiliation when Georgiou gleefully discovers this and interestingly works under the supervision of a Starfleet representative.
The differences between Star Trek: Section 31 and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine makes sense given the Lost Age setting. As Star TrekDC’s response to DC Suicide Squad, Star Trek: Section 31The team of antiheroes becoming Starfleet’s superspies tracks down with Star Trek: DiscoverySection 31 recruits Georgiou and former Klingon spy Ash Tyler (Shazad Latif). They will need Starfleet supervision. Like an elite squad, Section 31 could, in fact, be much more of an open secret in Star Trek2330and evolve into a more familiar form in the decades leading up Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Will Michelle Yeoh’s film reveal how Section 31 turns into the DS9 version?
Section 31 Evolution Could Happen in Star Trek: Section 31 Streaming Sequels
It is unlikely that Michelle Yeoh Star Trek: Section 31 The film will reveal how Lost Age Section 31 transforms into Sloan’s in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Star Trek: Section 31 it already has to introduce a cast of new characters, explain how Georgiou got involved with this team during this period and tell a convincing action story – all within a feature film. Instead of, Star Trek: Section 31 will probably create your own sequelthat could begin to explore the ways in which Section 31 has to change to continue carrying out its morally dubious but ultimately necessary spy work.
Star Trek: Section 31The trailer capitalizes on the qualities that made Georgiou a fan favorite in Star Trek: Discovery. Glamorous destinations, elegant costumes and exciting fight sequences are a great way to advertise Section 31 as a vehicle for Yeoh as Emperor Georgiou. There is almost certainly a depth Star Trek story hidden behind Georgiou’s aggressive boast in the trailer, so it’s totally appropriate for Star Trek: Section 31 look more like Julian Bashir James Connection-style holosuite adventures than the difficult task of Section 31, Sloan in truth forced Bashir to do this Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.