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Star Trek’sHarry Kim has on the face of it link up Section 31 , and it could direct him down a obscure path . For seven seasons ofStar Trek : Voyager , Harry Kim served as the ship ’s Operations Officer , but never once received a furtherance . However , late outlet of IDW ’s flagshipStar Trektitle have shownHarry ’s post - Voyagertrajectory , and in issue 17it becomes evident he has give in with Section 31 .
Star Trek#17 is write by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly and drawn by Marcus To . Harry Kim has been supervise a tense political situation in the Tzenkethi homeworld . The notoriously violent species is build a war fleet , and Sisko and caller are trying to deescalate the situation . Harry , along with Ensign Sato , detonates bombs in the Tzenkethi fleet yards , destroying their pocket-sized ship .
Clad in all inglorious , Harry Kim has accession to sensing element - struggle technology that can elude even theTheseus . late issues hinted there was more to Harry ’s action than met the eye , and now fans have their solution .
Section 31 Exposes the Dark Underbelly of theStar TrekUniverse
They Seemingly Fly in the Face of Everything the Federation Stands For
Harry ’s actions inStar Trek#17 have Section 31 written all over them . Introduced in the 6th time of year ofStar Trek : Deep Space Nine , the organization has in reality been in existence since the origination of the Federation . Roughly the Federation equivalent of the CIA , Section 31 engages in clandestine body process around the galaxy , always outside the police force . Assassinations and sabotage are not off the mesa when it comes to Section 31 , and the organization has eyes and ear all over the beetleweed . Thankfully , the intermediate Federation citizen , and many of its officials , are incognizant of Section 31 ’s macrocosm .
Harry ’s want of a promotion throughoutVoyager’sjourney back to the Alpha Quadrant may explicate his conclusion to join the nefarious Section 31 . The book ’s current arc , “ Glass and Bone , ” has openly explored Harry ’s disillusion with Starfleet . His calling after returning home nearly slug , until he found work in Starfleet Intelligence . Harry is assigned to the Tzenkethi homeworld , an assignment almost evenly dangerous asVoyager . Harry has something to prove , and Section 31 might be the elbow room he does it . Harry openly engaged in an act of sabotage on the evening of war .
Star Trek : The Last Generation , a classical alternative timeline narration , featured the most extreme version of the Picard - Wesley Crusher moral force .
Is Harry Kim a Good Fit for the Nefarious Section 31?
Harry May Cross Lines There is No Coming Back From
Yet Harry may require to think twice about joining Section 31 . Harry ’s sabotage of the Tzenkethi warfleet did not ensue in casualty – it was simply a tactical bang . Later assignment may call for more deadly measures , such as killing public officials or engineering genocidal virus . Voyagershowed Harry as a moral and upright officer , and Section 31 violate all that . It may already be too tardy for Harry as well , as Section 31 does not take hoi polloi leaving it . adept Trek’sHarry Kim will no doubt cross line in Section 31 , lines from which there may be no return .
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Star Trek#17 ( 2024 )
