Meanwhile, obrien suggests to bashir he announce hes found a cure to the changelings disease to lure someone from section 31. Deep space nine episode inquisition, the organization was intended to act as a counterbalance to the utopian portrayal of the federation. Star trek enterprise season 4 divergence episodes 92. Throughout the series, especially in the earlier episodes, there were. Perhaps section 31 is a budgetary line in the 2250s but not by the 2370s of ds9. But then section 31 became a crutch for the writers, and suddenly, this one organization is responsible for every vaguely mysterious event in star trek history. The very idea that such an organization as section 31 could exist within starfleet would have been completely alien to gene roddenberrys original vision, and as such, section 31 represents one of deep space nines most controversial ideas, provoking debate among many fans of both the original series and the next generation. Cbs announces star trek series focusing on section 31. New michelle yeoh section 31 show determined to finally. Section 31 was an organization which claimed to protect the security interests of united earth and, later, the united federation of planets. Apr 04, 2018 by the time section 31 was on the scene and the dominion war has begun in earnest, bottle episodes about a weird alien board game that made you skip and dance around the season 1 episode move along home were a thing of the past. Eliminate your least favorite or the one you deem the worst. Deep space nine, section 31 is meant to be the star trek equivalent of the cia, with even less accountability.
The organization was intended to act as a counterbalance to the utopianism of star treks federation and united earth prior to the founding of the federation. Malefictorum and the technical specifications of borg cubes. Deep space nine is in the episode extreme measures, another episode with a title that speaks directly. Section 31 is the biggest star trek conspiracy ever. Although offered a position as part of their organisation, he turned down the offer. There were many that were screaming for our heads over the episode inquisition, which introduced section 31, that it betrayed everything that star trek stands for, and the value system that gene roddenberry promoted. Although he and the rest of section 31 claimed to operate independently of both the united federation of planets and starfleet, performing actions most federation citizens would abhor and otherwise consider morally questionable, he saw himself as doing what was necessary to protect their interests. Sloan believed that doctor bashir was a dominion spy based on several of his more questionable decisions in previous episodes. Luther sloan was a 24th century human operative of the clandestine intelligence agency section 31. Spoilers the least disliked section 31 episodemovie. Star trek deep space nine season 6 inquisition episode 142. Mar 11, 2019 at the intv conference in israel, cbs all access content head julie mcnamara told the press via deadline that the section 31 spinoff of star trek.
Abyss the crew of the uss da vinci consulted the information on project voyager on multiple occasions, in order to learn more about the mobile emitter sce ebook. Deep space nine ds9 is an american science fiction television series created by rick berman and michael piller. Everything you need to know about star treks secret section 31. Abyss given his unpleasant memories of manipulation and subterfuge involving sloan, bashir was initially somewhat disturbed to discover that the luther sloan of the mirror universe was a member of the terran rebellion when lieutenant nog established communication between deep space 9 and terok nor in january 2377. Inter arma enim silent leges as far as section 31 itself was. Contentsshow prelude to war first contact with the discovery of the bajoran wormhole in 2369. After luring section 31s sloan to deep space nine, bashir and obrien enter his consciousness to.
How section 31 is driven underground, and out of starfleet and why sounds like fertile ground for a debate of. Luther sloan memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Discovery point of light introduced a new section 31 storyline for the show. Below are section 31 episodes from ds9, ent, and dis, plus a movie. Game the most disliked section 31 episodemovie the trek bbs. Meanwhile, obrien suggests to bashir he announce hes found a cure to the changelings disease to lure someone from section 31 to ds9. All about star treks section 31 coming to star trek. All right, now that thats settled, lets get started. Section 31 operator sloan posing as a starfleet internal affairs deputy director captain interrogates dr. Inquisition is the episode where section 31 was officially introduced into star trek canon.
Section 31 first appeared in deep space nine in the episode inquisition season 6, episode 18. Deep space nine is the overall strongest trek series, and i dont think its close. The dominion war was a conflict fought between the federation alliance and the dominion in the alpha and beta quadrants from 2373 to 2375. It could have easily been a solid doubleepisode of deep space nine. Discovery, in addition to the several tiein novels released in the years since this episode aired. This shows major milestones and character development hopefully without giving away too many spoilers if you want to know which episodes are essential to watch and which to avoid. Section 31 first appeared in ds9 s sixth season, in the episode inquisition. This is a no spoilers mini viewing guide, aimed at identifying important arc and character development episodes, as well as particularly enjoyable albeit less critical episodes. Bashir is sent to a special top secret assignment at the badlands, to confront a. Inquisition, inter arma enim silent leges sloan died by his own hand in 2375, after being lured to deep space 9 by bashir, who needed information from sloan in order to develop a cure for the disease that was wiping out the founders and created by section 31. Section 31 of the canadian charter of rights and freedoms. Section 31 was an officially nonexistent and uncondoned rogue agency within the federation starfleet that claimed to operate in the name of the security of the united federation of planets.
The final ten episodes of ds9 are part of a single story arc. Section 31 in star trek discovery is incompatible with. From all the episodes on tng and ds9 i always get the impression of section 31 and its operatives as being part of a secret underground organization that is not part of or sanctioned by the official government. Elrond i guess this is when section 31 went undercover like in deep space nine.
Bashir is about to leave for a convention on romulus, when sloan, his contact in section 31, asks him to gather. Section 31 is the worst thing to happen to star trek. It originally aired from january 1993 to june 1999, in syndication, spanning 176 episodes over seven seasons. Odo begins recovery from the deadly disease which dr. The dominion was established between two thousand and ten thousand years before the events of star trek. Bashir, scheduled to leave for a conference the next day, tends to chief obrien, who has dislocated his shoulder while kayaking in a holosuite.
Moore, who wrote the ds9 episode, considered bashirs. In terms of drama, power, intrigue, and excitement, ds9 season 6 reminds us of the sheer greatness of star trek and why it is. Writing for star trek section 31 series has already. Section 31 memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Bashir tells him had been engineered by section 31 in order to wipe out the founders entire race, a resistance mission goes bad for. Dominion war memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki fandom. Bashir questions, bashir is put into handcuffs because section 31 claims hes a dominion spy. Officially nonexistent, selfrighteous, and morally bankrupt, section 31 was behrs rebuttal to the idea of a utopian future. Deep space nine is the third liveaction television series in the star trek franchise and aired in syndication from january 1993 through june 1999. Section 31 is a series of six novels, each centering on the activities of section 31, the secret covert operations division of starfleet that was established in the star trek. Section 31 s reveal was probably deep space nines most controversial moment, as summarized by ds9 writer david weddle. Deep space nine is in the episode extreme measures, another episode with a title that speaks directly towards the organizations nature. Ds9 seasons episodes questions and answers page 11.
Though the story of section 31 started on ds9, the groups roots in the timeline go back way before the 24th. The war was fought by the dominion to extend the will of the founders over the two quadrants, while the alliance battled to remain free from dominion influence. Created by deep space nine executive producer ira steven behr, section 31 was inspired by a line of dialogue in the episode the maquis, part ii where commander sisko says. Kagan tells bashir that he was with the seventh fleet in the tyra system when 98 ships were destroyed, a reference to a time to stand. Those sympathetic to section 31 assert that it was an elite intelligence and defense bureau dealing with threats to the federation that.
Its gotten old, just as the mu episodes of ds9 rapidly started getting old and tired after crossover. The mirror universe storyline was concluded in the novel rise like lions, released in november 2011. They are the selfappointed protectors of the federation. The name of this episode is drawn from the english phrase when it rains, it pours, said usually when a series of very bad things all happen in tandem. Dec 23, 2010 and, also like tony todd and ron perlman, sadler made a mark on the star trek universe, appearing in three episodes of deep space nine inquisition, inter arma enim silent legis and extreme measures as the section 31 operative luther sloan. Little information is available about the activities of the bureau. Pathfinder project memory beta, noncanon star trek wiki. Sep 11, 2017 star trek enterprise season 4 divergence episodes 92. Deep space nine ive compiled an episode guide for star trek. In deep space 9 s wardroom, colonel kira is presiding over the weekly meeting between romulan. Bashir becomes embroiled in an elaborate scheme devised by section 31 as a way to ensure the romulans remain on the side of the federation alliance. Section 31 they are the selfappointed protectors of the federation.
Jun 27, 2016 hello all, im the new guy here at atlanta classic comics. Discovery 2017, the movie star trek into darkness 20 as well as many tiein novels. In some instances we see starfleet officers trying to sabotage and expose section 31 operations. There were a total of 176 episodes over the shows seven seasons, which are listed here in chronological order by original airdate, which match the episode order in each seasons dvd set. That makes it mesh more easily in my mind with various episodes, but it also means it lacks a bit of the.
Back on ds9 dr bashir is having no luck finding a cure to odos illness but chief obrien come up with a plan that may lead them to getting the information they need off section 31. His masterstroke in this regard was the creation of section 31, in ds9 s sixth season. Section 31 in star trek discovery is incompatible with deep space 9. After a military disaster gowron blames martok even though it was his own planning to blame. New star trek series section 31 to start filming when discovery.
It made several more appearances in ds9s last season, and also in enterprises last season. Section 31 s31 operations and deployments aboard deep space 9 ds9 2371 2375, observations of the romulan government by chief, doctor julian bashir. Ira steven behr was inspired by a line of dialogue from deep space nine episode the maquis spoken by. Part 7 of 9 doctor julian bashir treats odo in the deep space 9 infirmary, still unable to make any significant progress. During the mid23rd century, they were considered a critical division of starfleet intelligence, while by the 24th century, they were believed to be a rogue organization not considered part of the federation. Section 31 is a fictional autonomous intelligence and defense organization created by ira steven behr for the star trek. Its a clandestine organization thats supposed to protect the security of the united federation. Worf suspects gowrons military strategies are meant to humiliate martoks command abilities, without thought the consequences have for klingons as a whole. In ds9 section 31 was still part of starfleet or the federation, and known about by command. Broadcast on april 8, 1998 on television, it received nielsen ratings of 4.
The battle for deep space nine, control of the wormhole, and the entire future of the star trek universe ultimately hinges on. Mar 27, 2020 in terms of when episodes aired, inquisition marked the first appearance of both section 31, the federation equivalent of the romulan talshiar and the cardassian obsidian order, and deputy director luther sloan. A brief history of the section 31, from their formation under the starfleet charter to the formation of the federation and into the 24th century. Bashir confronts ross about section 31 fragilecube. Amoral, shrouded in secrecy, answerable to no one, section 31 is the mysterious covert operations division of starfleet, a rogue shadow group commited to safeguarding the federation at any cost. Kira, garak and odo returned to deep space 9 with the breen weapon, allowing starfleet to study it. A zombie apocalypse imprisons contestants on a brazilian reality show in a tv studio, where they try to evade the flesheating hordes. Section 31 recurs a few times on ds9, and would also play a prominent role in several episodes of the prequel series star trek. When the episode begins, the representative from the ultrasecret section 31 william sadler appears in dr. While the crew of ds9 believed he was attending a medical conference on casperia prime, he was abducted by the group and placed in a holographic simulation to determine his potential of being a section 31 operative. Abyss opens, something largevery largeis headed to ds9. Below is a list of section 31 episodes from ds9, ent, and dis, plus a kelvin timeline movie.
Section 31 abyss by david weddle and jeffrey lang leftblurb. Michael dorn directs vaughn armstrong on the set of when it rains. It made several more appearances in ds9 s last season, and also in enterprises last season. Sep 12, 2014 from ds9 ep 7x16 inter arma enim silent leges. Bashir has another encounter with the mysterious section 31. William sadler as luther sloan, the first section 31 agent seen on star trek. A number of star trek games take place in the mirror universe or reference it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading section 31. Mar 26, 2018 with section 31 now known to be present on star trek. Section 31, in the fictional universe of star trek, is an autonomous intelligence and defense organization that carries out covert operations for the united federation of planets. Section 31 worked in ds9 for me because it was an independent organisation that nobody knew about so nobody could police it. Section 31 first appeared in ds9s sixth season, in the episode inquisition. Cbs executive gives status update on star trek section 31. A further story taking place in the mirror universe, section 31 disavowed, was released in october 2014.
Section 31 star trek operations deep space nine ds9. Odo was close to death due to the virus he was infected with, although a cure was found by julian bashir and miles obrien after luring luther sloan of section 31 to the station. By the time section 31 was on the scene and the dominion war has begun in earnest, bottle episodes about a weird alien board game that made you skip and dance around the season 1 episode move along home were a thing of the past. Bashir to do some spying for them during his upcoming conference on romulus. Cole and section 31 had also identified potentially dangerous delta quadrant species. Section 31 in star trek discovery is incompatible with deep space 9 continuity. The section 31 series is the latest expansion of star trek on television. Section 31 first appeared in deep space nine in the episode. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
New star trek series section 31 to start filming when. This was led by michelle yeohs emperor georgiou, who is. And, also like tony todd and ron perlman, sadler made a mark on the star trek universe, appearing in three episodes of deep space nine inquisition, inter arma enim silent legis and extreme measures as the section 31 operative luther sloan. Introduction of section 31, an ultrasecret offshoot of starfleet security. Bashir and obrien lure a section 31 agent to the station in a desperate search for the cure to the disease that is killing odo. Section 31 plays a fundamental role in the denouement of the dominion war and deep space nine at large. This is likely a reference to how much happens to the different characters and the series. Mention to bashir that this conference is a fantastic spy opportunity, right. Discovery and likely to play a role in the shows second season, star trek fans are likely going to want to do some homework and brush up on. Inter arma enim silent leges this marks the only time, in all of ds9, where garak stars in a section 31 episode.
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