Section 31: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:07, 30 March 2018

Underground Federation intelligence agency
- Originated with Earth Starfleet (ENT: "Affliction", "Divergence"; ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- Official justification for existence drawn from Article 14, Section 31 of the Starfleet Charter (as inherited from the same portion of Earth Starfleet's charter) (ENT: "Divergence"; ENT Novel: The Good That Men Do)
- No association with Starfleet Intelligence
Small cell-based organization
Intermittent operations
- Instituted only when necessary due to astropolitical conditions, dispersed and left fallow otherwise to prevent discovery
- Three known eras of operation
- First era: December 2150 - March 2166
  - First instituted as a successor to off-book security operations undergone by Matthew Harris in 2140s (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
  - Incorporated by the AI Uraei, who proceeded to induct Harris and associates (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference; S31 Novel: Control)
  - Drawn from agents in Starfleet Security, Starfleet Intelligence, and United Earth's ESA (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
  - Estimated at 10 core decision-makers, 24 field agents as of January 2166 (ENT Novel: Patterns of Interference)
- Second era: 2260s - 2300s
- Third era: 2350s - 2386
  - Permanently decommissioned upon public revelation of existence 2386 (S31 Novel: Control)
Related records
- Section 31 agents

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 *** Incorporated by the AI [[Uraei]], who proceeded to induct Harris and associates (ENT Novel: ''Patterns of Interference''; S31 Novel: ''Control'')
 *** Drawn from agents in Starfleet Security, Starfleet Intelligence, and [[United Earth]]'s ESA (ENT Novel: ''Patterns of Interference'')
+*** Estimated at 10 core decision-makers, 24 field agents as of January 2166 (ENT Novel: ''Patterns of Interference'')
 ** Second era: 2260s - 2300s
 ** Third era: 2350s - 2386