A big question lingering fromStar Trek: Discoveryhas been answered ahead ofStar Trek: Section 31’s premiere. The firstStar Trekmovie made for streaming on Paramount+,Section 31premieres on Friday, June 07, 2025.Star Trek: Section 31is headlined by Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh, who returns in her iconic role as Emperor Philippa Georgiou fromStar Trek: Discovery.
Emperor Georgiou was last seen inStar Trek: Discoveryseason 3, where she was sent to an unknown time and place by the Guardian of Forever (Paul Guilfoyle). Georgiou, who hails from the Mirror Universe, was dying from the combination of time travel and crossing universes. The Guardian of Forever sent Georgiou to a time whenStar Trek’s Prime Universe and Mirror Universe were more closely aligned.Star Trek: Section 31reveals Georgiou landed in the early 24th century “lost era"beforeStar Trek: The Next Generation.
Section 31 Answers Star Trek: Discovery’s Georgiou Question
Emperor Georgiou Is Hiding In Plain Sight
Star Trek’s Instagramaccount highlighted some of the franchise’s ‘Rogues and Scoundels,’ which a special focus onStar Trek: Section 31’s cast of characters. Emperor Georgiou received her own entry, which contains intriguing new information thatPhilippa"lives under a new alias"and owns a nightclub beyond the United Federation of Planetscalled The Barram. Read the quote from Emperor Georgiou’s entry card below:
Unable to return to the Terran Empire, Emperor Philippa Georgiou lives under a new alias as owner of The Baraam, a nightclub operating outside of Federation space. That is, until Section 31 enlists her to help protect the Federation while also facing the sins of her past.
Emperor Georgiou’sStar TrekRogues and Scoundels reveal answers the question of how Philippa hasn’t been detected by Starfleet. After all, Georgiou is a known entity to the Federation, even ifSection 31takes place decades afterStar Trek: Discovery. Georgiou using an alias also keeps her true identity guarded sinceStarfleet believes Philippa died along with the crew of the USS Discoverywhile defeating Section 31’s genocidal A.I., Control, at theend ofStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2.
Is Emperor Georgiou Part Of Starfleet In Section 31?
Georgiou’s Starfleet Status Becomes Clearer
InStar Trek: Discoveryseason 1, Emperor Georgiou posed as her deceased Prime Universe counterpart, Captain Philippa Georgiou, when she jumped from the Mirror Universe. Georgiou then joined Section 31 inStar Trek: Discoveryseason 2. Technically,Emperor Georgiou was not a member of Starfleetand was just pretending as Captain Georgiou. Section 31 is a separate branch of the Federation, so Georgiou still doesn’t join when Section 31 recruits her in the nextStar Trekmovie.
Thus far, the only known member of Starfleet inStar Trek: Section 31isfuture USS Enterprise-C Captain Rachel Garrett(Kacey Rohl), who is assigned to Alok Sahar’s (Omari Hardwick) Section 31 team to ensure they don’t commit crimes against the Federation.Emperor Georgiou’s alias at The Barram is known to Section 31when Alok’s group recruits Philippa for a new covert mission. It’s likely that Emperor Georgiou does not align herself with Starfleet regardless of what happens inStar Trek: Section 31.
