Star Trek: Discovery
Summary
In the made - for - stream flick event , Star Trek : part 31 , Michelle Yeoh returns as Philippa Georgiou , who once ruled as Emperor of the Terran Empire inStar Trek ’s Mirror Universe . Georgiou was brought to the Prime Universe near the goal ofStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 by Specialist Michael Burnham ( Sonequa Martin - Green ) , whereGeorgiou was granted political asylum after narrowly surviving a bally coup . Georgiou ’s experience fighting the Klingons in the Mirror Universe provided Starfleet with intelligence necessitate to pull ahead the Klingon War , andDiscoveryseason 2 ascertain Georgiou become a full - clip agent of Starfleet ’s most covert intelligence division , Section 31 .
Themorally gray Section 31operates in the darkest corners of the extragalactic nebula , which made it a perfect fit for Georgiou as a Terran refugee . Despite being part of Starfleet , Section 31 is technically outside Federation jurisdiction , so Section 31 agent are able to use whatever signify they hold necessary to carry out their goals , even those that Starfleet would commonly regard tabu . Deception , bribery , blackmail , and even execution are n’t off the table for members of subdivision 31 , provided the last apologize the means . Emperor Philippa Georgiou ’s yesteryear is riddled with offence much darker than those , however , and inStar Trek : plane section 31 , Georgiou must face them all .
Michelle Yeoh will return as Philippa Georgiou in Star Trek : division 31 , and here are 10 things to remember about Starfleet ’s shadiest department .
8Georgiou’s Fascism
Emperor Philippa Georgiou was a totalitarian despot of the Mirror Universe
Emperor Philippa Georgiou ’s Terran Empire unfold across theAlpha and Beta Quadrants , withthe Emperor ’s normal enforced through domination , enslavement , and destruction of conquered exotic airstream . Georgiou ’s soldier used force to uphold Terrans as the galax ’s sovereign wash , and Emperor Georgiou as its divine schoolmaster . When Burnham took too long to ruin them , Georgiou personally guarantee that the alinement of conquered wash on Harlak led by Voq ( Shazad Latif ) was squelch with extreme bias , as there was to be no questioning the Emperor , and certainly no rebellion of outspoken aliens in open rebelliousness of the Terran Empire .
Georgiou ’s full title is"Her most Imperial Majesty , Mother of the Fatherland , Overlord of Vulcan , Dominus of Kronos , Regina Andor , All Hail Philippa Georgiou Augustus Iaponius Centarius",indicating the Emperor ’s control of Terrans , Vulcans , Klingons , and Andorians .
7Grooming Mirror Michael Burnham In Georgiou’s Image
Mirror Michael Burnham may have been worse than her adoptive mother
Captain Philippa Georgiou ’s mentorship of Michael Burnham in the Prime Universe had its own perverted reflection in the Mirror Universe , where it was Emperor Georgiou , not Ambassador Sarek ( James Frain ) , who adopted Michael after the death of her parents . Mirror Michael was groomed in Philippa ’s own image in expectancy of Michael ruling at Georgiou ’s side , as Emperor Georgiou gave her favored daughter the best of everything . With the human empathy and Vulcan logical system of Prime Michael ’s upbringing replaced with Terran mercilessness and decadence , Mirror Michael was recklessly ambitious , rebelling against Georgiou ’s hope for her by collude withGabriel Lorca ( Jason Isaacs)to take Georgiou ’s potty by force .
6Sexual Harassment & Domination Of Georgiou’s Underlings
No one in the Mirror Universe could cancel Georgiou
As the Terran Emperor , Philippa Georgiou was entitle to use those in her employ to satisfy her own sexual desires . While many may have considered it an honor to be selected by the Emperor for Philippa ’s private pleasures , it ’s likely that Georgiou used her status of power to coerce others into operate in sexual activities . As much is connote when Georgiou makes unwanted advance towards Lt . Commander Paul Stamets ( Anthony Rapp ) in the Prime Universe . After Paul ’s collaborator , Dr. Hugh Culber ( Wilson Cruz ) remind Georgiou that Paul is gay , Georgiou brushing off Stamets ' obvious discomfort by submit theyallengaged in steady trysts in the Mirror Universe .
The Mirror Universe is home to the coloured and most depraved versions of our favourite Star Trek fibre , but which of these var. is upright ?
5Georgiou’s Casual Use Of Torture
Emperor Georgiou’s Agonizer saw regular use
Emperor Georgiou nonchalantly committed people to agony booths for the smallest of slights , as a form of torture to call for information , or only because Georgiou felt like it that day . Both Georgiou ’s flagship , the ISS Charon , and Captain Sylvia Tilly ’s ( Mary Wiseman ) ISS Discovery were equipped with several agonizers , designed to deliver near incessant pain in the ass to their occupants , andGeorgiou was happy to observe betrayer like Lorca writhe in pain . During Georgiou ’s tryout by theGuardian of Forever(Paul Guilfoyle ) , Philippa used torture on Mirror Burnham in hope of turning Michael back to Georgiou ’s side , although this time Georgiou considered it a agency to an end instead of a insouciant hobby .
4Georgiou Practices Cannibalism
We’ll take Georgiou’s word that Saru’s ganglia is delicious
Georgiou reenforce the impression that Terrans were superior to other species by regarding enslaved Kelpiens as little more than meal who happened to be able to do some useful work before their ultimate last on her dinner table . After Georgiou ’s arrival on the ISS Discovery , Prime Burnham selectedSaru ( Doug Jones)out of a card , possibly believing that doing so would give up Saru . It was n’t until Philippa and Michael ’s repast that eve thatGeorgiou break they were dine on Kelpien threat ganglion , a Terran delicacy that Mirror Michael had enjoyed in the past , imply that Michael ’s selection was akin to choose a lobster from the cooler of a seafood restaurant .
3Impersonating Captain Georgiou
Emperor Georgiou gave herself an instant Starfleet promotion
Emperor Philippa Georgiou lead on the guise of her strike Prime Universe similitude , Captain Philippa Georgiou , to take mastery of the USS Discovery inStar Trek : Discoveryseason 1 , episode 14 " The War Without , The War Within " , as part of a buy that would accord Georgiou political asylum in the Prime Universe . Starfleet sanctioned the artifice by explaining that Captain Georgiou had n’t in reality conk at the Battle of the Binary Stars , but was recovered alive from a Klingon prison . Georgiou exert the story that she was Captain Georgiou while one of themembers of Section 31 , but by then did n’t bother taste to blot out her true personality .
After the USS Discovery ’s time startle need everyone aboard to be in uniform , Georgiou fashioned herself an Admiral ’s uniform , forestall Burnham ’s skepticism by suppose the rank"had to be believable . "
2Georgiou Planned Genocide on Kronos
Emperor Georgiou had a diabolical plan to end the Klingon War
In the Mirror Universe , Emperor Georgiou decimate the Klingon universe by perfectly destroy theKlingon homeworld Kronos . Upon discover that Georgiou had defeated the Klingons , Starfleet asked the Emperor for helper in crafting a plan that would bring a decisive remainder to the Klingon War , which had devastate Federation space as the Klingon Houses tried to prove themselves to one another . Rather than abide by Starfleet ’s original plan of using the USS Discovery to map Kronos from the inside and come up with a strategy from there , Georgiou attached a venomous hydro bomb to the detector , which would obliterate the planet once ignited by one of Kronos ' fighting volcanoes .
1Georgiou Commits Murder, Just … So Much Murder
Murder is usually Georgiou’s first resort
Georgiou ’s path to the Empire ’s throne was stained with blood , and Philippa was quick to advise murder as a result to most problem . Georgiou swiftly execute most of the Lords of the Terran Empire who had heard Michael Burnham squeal her Prime Universe origin , and dealt with Gabriel Lorca by belt down him . Georgiou endangered humanity ’s future by luring Section 31 ’s Control AI , in the form of Captain Leland ( Alan van Sprang ) , aboard the USS Discoveryjust so Philippa could personally murder Leland in a especially macabre way of life . Even in the Guardian of Forever ’s trial , Georgiou ’s resolution to changing the Mirror Universe was to polish off traitors before they turned on her .
InStar Trek : Discoveryseason 3 , episode 9 & 10 , " Terra Firma , Parts 1 & 2",Emperor Philippa Georgiou proved that she had changed since first get in the Prime Universe . The time Georgiou spent with thecrew of the USS Discoverysubdued Philippa ’s violent and selfish disposition without excrete them entirely , and by the time Emperor Georgiou leave behind the 32nd hundred , Discovery ’s gang hold Georgiou in in high spirits enough regard to mourn her loss . While the advancement Georgiou made will almost for sure be acknowledged inStar Trek : segment 31 , the sins Emperor Philippa Georgiou invest earlier inStar Trek : Discoveryalso should not be neglect .
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