Star Trek: Section 31 ending explained: Emperor Georgiou battles a long-time foe

Star Trek: Section 31, the first Star Trek movie in nine years, is now streaming on Paramount Plus. The movie begins with the return of Emperor Philippa Georgiou (played by Michelle Yeoh) who joins a new team of Section 31 operatives to save the United Federation of Planets from a dangerous threat that comes from the Mirror Universe with ties to Georgiou's past.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and written by Craig Sweeny, Star Trek: Section 31 is the first major Star Trek adventure set in the 24th century or the "lost era," which is 40 years before the events of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Disclaimer: The article contains spoilers below.

Star Trek: Section 31 follows the ultimate showdown between Emperor Georgiou and San (James Hiroyuki Liao) who is pursuing a dangerous weapon called the Godsend to destroy the Federation. Georgiou and San share a rocky past.

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Who is the threat in Star Trek: Section 31?

When they were teenagers in the Mirror Universe's Terran Empire, Georgiou and San were lovers until the young Georgiou betrayed San to become Emperor and made him her slave. Now, in Star Trek: Section 31, San launches a mission to invade the Federation, and he has teamed up with a mole from Section 31's ranks to steal the deadly Godsend weapon.

This weapon, which is capable of decimating the universe, was built by Georgiou to have no failsafe, and it could only be activated using her DNA. This is why she is approached by Section 31 to make an alliance to stop San from getting his hands on the weapon.

In the opening sequence of Star Trek: Section 31, viewers see a teenage Georgiou return home and tell her family that she will become the Emperor. Shortly after this, she poisons her entire family as it is her last trial. She also scars the face of her former lover, San, before ascending to the throne and making him a slave.

So now that San is back, Georgiou decides to join Section 31, Alok's team. However, things quickly get out of hand when a mysterious intruder invades her nightclub and steals the Godsend. To make matters worse, the Section 31 team has a mole in their midst that destroys their ship, stranding them.

It is soon revealed that Fuzz is the mole and uses his microscopic pod to travel in and out of other people's bodies, making him undetectable and a perfect spy. He is working for San, who had previously faked his own death but is very much alive. San's mission is to use the Godsend to destroy Georgiou and the universe.

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Star Trek: Section 31: A battle to death between two friends-turned-enemies

Emperor Georgiou has to engage in a face-to-face battle to death with San. She emerges victorious once again and San dies after making a final love confession to her. She also recovers the Godsend weapon and closes the path between this universe and her alternate universe to keep everyone safe.

But before doing that, she sets off the Godsend in the wormhole that connects the Mirror Universe to the Prime Universe, destroying the weapon. On the other hand, a genetically engineered Alok defeats the mole Fuzz's Vulcan robot form and he seemingly meets his end.

With the Godsend destroyed, San dead, and the passageway collapsed, the Federation is saved and things start returning to normal. Georgiou returns to the club she has been running ever since she arrived on this timeline. She also hints that Section 31 has made her an offer to join the team on a more permanent basis.

Star Trek: Section 31 ends with the arrival of Jamie Lee Curtis's Control, the handler of Section 31. Control assigns Section 31 their next mission by asking them:

"Has anybody been to Turkana IV?"

Turkana IV is a planet in Star Trek: The Next Generation. This sets up Section 31's next adventure visiting the politically unstable planet long before Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the USS Enterprise-D arrive there.

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