Section 31? For our answer, we’ll have to dig into decades of behind-the-scenes intrigue and centuries of Star Trek continuity.

An incoming holographic transmission arrives from the secret unit's Section 31 director delivering their next dangerous mission and destination. This Control character is played by Michelle Yeoh's good friend and "Everything, Everywhere, All At Once" colleague Jamie Lee Curtis!

Section 31 might have lit up last week upon hitting Paramount+ for… not exactly the right reasons, but the latest Star Trek film still has a few surprises up its spy-gear sleeves. Perhaps one of the most out there of them all came thanks to a suggestion from Michelle Yeoh herself.