- For other uses, see Control.
Control is a Star Trek: Section 31 novel by author David Mack. The novel is a follow-up to Abyss, A Ceremony of Losses and Disavowed.
Description
- No law… no conscience… no mercy. Amoral, shrouded in secrecy, and answering to no one, Section 31 is the mysterious covert operations division of Starfleet, a rogue shadow group pledged to defend the Federation at any cost.
- The discovery of a two-hundred-year-old secret gives Doctor Julian Bashir his best chance yet to expose and destroy the illegal spy organization. But his foes won't go down without a fight, and his mission to protect the Federation he loves just end up triggering its destruction. Only one thing is for certain: this time, the price of victory will be paid with Bashir's dearest blood.
Summary
Ozla Graniv contacts Bashir and Sarina with a discovery made by two researchers: A 200-year-old computer programme named Uraei which has infected all technology used by the Federation and other races that have shared technology with them, and which carries out continuous surveillance of all private citizens within its reach. Bashir and Sarina quickly connect the programme with Section 31 and Bashir decides to seek out the only person he knows who has a chance of cracking its code: Data.
Data and Lal's first attempt to hack Uraei merely alerts it to their presence and sees the whole group targeted for assassination by Section 31. It also quickly becomes clear that Uraei is not merely a tool used by Section 31 but the controlling force behind them, using the identity of the shadowy Control. Bashir's group take refuge with Garak but it turns out that several former Obsidian Order operatives on his personal staff are now working for Section 31. They attack the group and abduct Sarina, but the others escape.
Data and Lal come up with a plan to use a fake presidential order to delete the original code of Uraei without destroying the technology it has infected. Uraei will then need to reboot itself from either Memory Alpha or Memory Prime, so they must destroy its back-ups at those locations. At the same time, Graniv goes to President zh'Tarash with evidence of Section 31's existence and its two centuries of crimes. Data and Lal defeat Control's android avatar at Memory Prime, while Bashir is attacked by a brainwashed Sarina at Memory Alpha. He manages to delete Uraei but not before it has caused Sarina to commit suicide by stabbing herself. Bashir is left in a catatonic state and is placed in Garak's care. All Section 31 personnel throughout the quadrant are arrested but unknown to anyone, Control has survived the destruction of Uraei in some form, having deduced the Federation will now work better without Section 31 and engineered the whole thing.
References
Characters
Section 31
- Caliq Azura • Julian Bashir • Control (programme)/Uraei • Sarina Douglas • Jhun Kulkarno • L'Haan • Lee • Olim Parra • Kestellenar th'Teshinaal • Vasily Zeitsev
- Referenced only
- Cole • Ethan Locken • Luther Sloan
Starfleet personnel
- Referenced only
- Yanos Andimas • Ilirra Deel • Simon Duchamps • Dwight Gilles • Jennifer Gunnels • Helena Maslany • Thomas Mosel • Miles O'Brien • Jean-Luc Picard • Rachanee Pravat • William T. Riker • William Ross • Lena Thiam • Natasha Yar
Trewlok personnel
- Murtaza • Vanick • Ziya
Other characters
- Surraben Antok • Simon Branch • Bruneau • Data • Farik • Erethilisar th'Firron • Elim Garak • Gora bim Gral • Ozla Graniv • Lillian Hayes • Aaron Ikerson • Sergei Ilyanovich • Kandawalla • Bersh chim Kar • Lagan Serra • Lal • Ling • Loskur • Lenore McGill • Nathan Samuels • Sanchez • Kinzel Sare • Shakti • Solkar • Soval • T'Pau • Kellessar zh’Tarash • Thirishar ch'Thane • Ferrinesh ch'Theru • Toraal • Nyrok Turan • Taro Venek • Ziya Weng
- Referenced only
- Koll Azernal • B-4 • Nanietta Bacco • Borg Queen • Cassandra • Maria Caycedo • Leonardo da Vinci • Claire Ikerson • Jaresh-Inyo • Gell Kamemor • Fiona Kim • Brian MacDornan • Martok • Rhea McAdams • James Moriarty • Heinrich Neuhaus • Nelino Quafina • Ra • Emile Perreau • Rom • Noonien Soong • Tolian Soran • Igor Stravinsky • Surak • Juliana Tainer • Uzaveh • Emil Vaslovik • Visaris • Min Zife
Starships and vehicles
- aerial drone • Archeus • dropship • Enterprise • escape pod • hovercar • Kòngzhì • maglev train • USS Seine • transport pod • Trewlok (argosy)
- Referenced only
- USS Aventine • car • commercial aircraft • USS Discovery • USS Enterprise-A • USS Enterprise-D • USS Enterprise-E • USS Franklin • Tellar Cargo 713
Locations
- Alhaya (Ramad) • Alpha Quadrant • Andor (Hiloshaal Island • La'Vor Sea) • Beta Quadrant • Cardassia Prime • Carina Arm • Earth Spacedock • Ivory Tower • Local Group • Memory Alpha • Memory Prime • Milky Way • Orion (Royal Pantages Hotel and Casino) • Saturn • Sol system • Trill (Kural) • Vulcan
- Earth
- Atlantic Ocean • Dresden (Bautzner Straße) • France • Germany • Ireland (Aran Islands • Cill Mhuirbhigh • Cill Rónáin • Dun Aonghasa • Inis Mór) • London (Buckingham Palace) • Paris • (Champ de Mars • Obélisque de Louxor • Palais de la Concorde • Place de la Concorde • Pont de la Concorde • Quai d'Orsay • Rue Saint-Dominique • Tour Eiffel) • San Francisco (Candlestick Auditorium • Starfleet Headquarters) • United States of America
- Referenced only
- Andor (Lanishul) • Bajor (Elemspur) • Bajoran wormhole • Betazed • Ceres • Deep Space 9 (Promenade) • Deneva • Earth (Alabama • Australia • Chartres • China • Denver • Hindu Kush • Hong Kong • Irkutsk • Melbourne • Mexico City • Montana • Moscow • South Africa (Cape Town) • Sydney) • Europa • Ferenginar • Gamma Quadrant • Izar • Kuiper Belt • Luna (Tycho Base • Tycho City) • Mars (Utopia Planitia) • Mirror universe • Nausicaa • Rigel • Romulus • Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy • Salavat • Sindorin • starbase • Tellar (United Earth Embassy on Tellar) • Titan • Veridian III • Vulcan (United Earth Embassy on Vulcan)
Races and cultures
- Andorian • Argelian • Bajoran • Betazoid • Bolian • Cardassian • Catullan • Gallamite • Human (Swedish • Terran) • Orion • Rigelian • Romulan • Tellarite • Tiburonian • Trill (Trill symbiont) • Vulcan • Zakdorn
- Referenced only
- Antedean • Borg • Breen • Changeling • Deltan • El-Aurian • Gorn • Grazerite • Human (Russian) • Iotian • Jem'Hadar • Kinshaya • Klingon • Selelvian • Sheliak • Talarian • Tholian • Tzenkethi • Xindi • Zetarian
States and organizations
- African Federation • Alpha Centauri Concordium • Andorian Empire • Cardassian Union • Coalition of Planets • Confederacy of Vulcan • Dresden University of Technology • Earth Security Agency • European Union • Federation News Service • Federation Security Agency (Protection Detail) • Federation Starfleet • Pan-Pacific Alliance • police • Section 31 • Seeker • Starfleet Command • Starfleet Intelligence • United Earth • United Earth Parliament • United Earth Starfleet • United Federation of Planets • United Planets of Tellar • Vulcan Science Academy • Western Coalition
- Referenced only
- Bajoran Resistance • Belfer Center for Science and Interstellar Affairs • Breen Confederacy • Cardassia Traffic Command • Confederated Martian Colonies • Daystrom Institute • Dominion • Federation Council • Ferengi Alliance • First Federation • Founders • Gorn Hegemony • Harvard University • Holy Order of the Kinshaya • Imperial Intelligence • Interplanetary Futures Index • Interstellar Traffic Control • Judge Advocate General • Klingon Empire • Kolum resistance cell • Martian Parliament • Metron Consortium • Nalori Republic • Obsidian Order • Orion Syndicate • The Patriarchy • RAND Corporation • Raxan Foundation • Romulan Star Empire • Sheliak Corporate • Starfleet Research and Development • Tal Shiar • Talarian Republic • Terra Prime • Tholian Assembly • Typhon Pact • Tzenkethi Coalition • United Earth Republic
Ranks and titles
- admiral • adviser • agent • analyst • art director • attaché • bartender • burglar • captain • Cardassian Ambassador to the United Federation of Planets • Castellan of the Cardassian Union • Chancellor of the Klingon High Council • chief medical officer• Chief of Starfleet Intelligence • Chief of Starfleet Operations • clerk • collaborator • commander • Commander-in-Chief of the Federation Starfleet • computer specialist • corporate executive • Director of the Earth Security Agency • doctor • editor • Federation Ambassador to Cardassia • Federation Secretary of Military Intelligence • Federation Secretary of the Exterior • Federation Solicitor General • field operative • freelancer • Grand Nagus • intelligence analyst • investigative journalist • managing editor • marksman • mixologist • Praetor of the Romulan Star Empire • President of the United Federation of Planets • Presidential Chief of Staff • Prime Minister of the Western Coalition • Prime Minister of United Earth • professor • scientist • server • socialator • spy • tailor • technician • warrant officer • writer • yeoman • zealot
Science and classification
- adrenal glands • adrenaline • aerosol dispenser • airlock • allergy • android • antistellar munitions • antisurveillance • annular confinement beam • arcology • artificial gravity • artificial intelligence • asteroid • atom • automated near-Earth-object interceptor • battery array • biometric • bladder • brain (synaptic network) • carbon • carbon dioxide • carbon dioxide scrubber • cardiac arrest • carotid artery • chameleon circuit • chimerium • chronometer • circuit design • Class M • Class R • clavicle • cloaking device • Cochrane distortion • communication network • communications • computer • computer core • computer science • computer worm • concussion • cortical stimulator • cosmic radiation • credit-chip reader • cross-species retroviral gene therapy • dampening field • data grid • data packet • data slate • disruptor • distillation tank • dragnet • duotronics • duranium • eidetic memory • electromagnetic pulse • electromagnetic spectrum • emission • energy-dampening pulse • entertainment node • environmental suit • Faraday room • feedback surge • financial network • fire-suppression system • firmware • food card • food slot • Forensic Data Research • frequency • furanocoumarin • fusion generator • generator • genetic engineering • genitronic replication protocol • gravimetric anomaly • gravitational force • gravity • gravity boots • gravity well • hardware • heads-up display • heat exchanger • heat sink • holosuite • holovid • home-management system • hoverchair • hydrogen compound • hypospray • iconography • impulse reactor • inertial dampener • infrared • infrasonic pulse • intestine • isolinear chip • isolinear rod • lactic acid • lead • legacy code • Life support • light • magnetic coil • magnetic gloves • mathematics • medical tricorder • methane • microprocessor chip • milicochrane • moisture collector • monofilament • morphogenetic virus • multimillennial orbit • multispectral scanner • nanite • nausea • navcomp • night-vision • nitrogen • ocean acidification • ODN • optic nerve • optronics • padd • parallax • pattern fabricator • pharmaceutical engineering • phaser • planet • planetary utility system • plasma • plasma cannon • poison pill program • pollution • positronic brain • positronic pulse • power grid • probe • proprioceptor • pulse-shielded transport • quantum-entangled communications • quantum-entangled communications network • quantum resonance frequency • quantum tap • quantum transceiver • radiation • rail gun • recorder • regressive protein • replicator • retina • reverse-engineer • router • satellite network • scrambling field • sedative • sensor scrambler • server module • shield • signal scrambler • silicon • software • software engineering • solar-power • speaker • spectral analysis • speed of light • spine • spleen • star • stealth suit • sternum • stomach • stun baton • subatomic • subharmonic • subspace communications buoy • subspace communications relay • subspace insulator coil • subspace radio • subspace radio telescope • subspace relay platform • subspace signal dampener • surgical technology • tachyon field • telepathy • telomere degradation • thruster • torpedo • transceiver implant • transparent aluminum • transport-blocking field • transporter • transporter recall beacon • turbolift • type-1 Phaser • tyvedilol • ulna • ultrasonic pulse • ultraviolet • universal translator • video • virus • warp core • warp hop • warp nacelle • warp speed • wavelength • white dwarf • zero gravity
Other references
- 2113 • 2123 • 2130 • 2143 • 2163 • 2164 • 2268 • 2293 • 2370 • 2379 • 2380 • 2381 • 2200s • 2340s • 19th century • 20th century • 21st century • 23rd century • abacus • aikido • air gapping • ampoule • Ancient Hebitian language • Andorian fertility crisis • Andorian folk melodies • April • asp • asylum • auxiliary control center • Bajoran folk • balsamic • Battle of Cheron • bed and breakfast • Bikram yoga • black market • blackmail • Borg Invasion of 2381 • bourbon • bribery • bullpen • cafe con leche • candy • carbine assault weapon • challenge-and-response handshake protocol • champagne • chan • chocolate • chocolate fountain • classical music • cloak • contract • corn • corn tortilla • couture shop • credit • currency • dagger • dedication plaque • design registry • doctorate • dog • Dom Pérignon • domestic abuse • Dominion War • economic matrix • Egyptian mythology • embezzlement • espresso • exposé • extradition • Eye of Ra • eyeglasses • face mask • Federation Charter of Rights and Freedoms • Federation Day • Federation Embassy • feng shui • Firebird Suite • fish • food-processing plant • french toast • Galvin • genocide • ghetto • goggles • gold • Gordian knot • Greek mythology • green tea • Hail Mary pass • hat • history • hors d'oeuvers • hotel • hummingbird • ID chip • imperial violet • Impressionism • indentured servitude • jacket • jasmine • jazz • judo • July • jumpsuit • June • keyboard • Khitomer Conference • kitchen • Klingon opera • knife • laboratory • laundry • lavender • library • literary thesis • literature • March • martial arts • martini • May • media • medicine • medkit • mirror • movie • mythology • nature preserve • Nolet's gin • noncompete clause • notebook • November • objets d'art • Occupation of Bajor • October • orchestra • painting • pantry • paper • peanut • permit • pharmaceutical • Pilates • popcorn shrimp • powdered sugar • press credentials • primary hull • prison • raktajino • raspberry • reaper • Rihannsu • rice • scarf • scythe • sehlat • silo • sentient trafficking • shoe • slide rule • snowshoes • star chart • Starfleet Charter • starport • statue • sunglasses • sushi • swamp • tea • Tellarite malt liquor • terrorism • Tezwa crisis • thaan • Tholian silk • trackpad • Traité d'Unification • travel bag • treason • treatise • tuxedo • Unification Day • Uraei • vase • Vitruvian Man • volcano • Vulcan brush calligraphy • Vulcan nerve pinch • Vulcan nocturnes • water • watercolor painting • weasel • wingsuit • Xindi crisis • yoga
Appendices
Background
- David Mack released the cover and further information about the novel on his website. Discussing the cover, Mack wrote:
- I love the color of it, which speaks to the blood-soaked action in the story, and the overall look and feel, which were conceived to visually link it to my previous Section 31 novel, Disavowed. Though my input was considered by the editors and production department, this work of fierce beauty is the creation of Gallery Books art director Alan Dingman.[1]
References
- ↑ David Mack, 'Cover Reveal! Star Trek: Section 31 – Control', http://davidmack.pro/blog/2016/10/15/cover-reveal-star-trek-section-31-control/
Images
Connections
Timeline
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous novel: Disavowed |
Section 31 novels | Next novel: final book in series |
| Previous story: Best Defense |
Stories by: David Mack |
Next story: Desperate Hours |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous adventure: Hearts and Minds |
Memory Beta Chronology | Next adventure: Available Light |
| The above chronology placements are based on the primary placement in 2386. The Pocket Books Timeline and Memory Beta Chronology place events from this story in 10 other timeframe(s): | ||
| Previous adventure: Daedalus Chapter 1, Sections 2 & 5 (Backstory) |
April 2140 Chapter 3 |
Next adventure: Daedalus Chapters 2 |
| Previous adventure: Daedalus Chapters 2 |
March & October 2141 Chapter 5 & 7 |
Next adventure: First Flight 2143 flashback |
| Previous adventure: Cold Station 12 2144 flashback |
March 2147 Chapter 10 |
Next adventure: Egg Drop Soup |
| Previous adventure: Universal Chord |
14 July & October 2150 Chapter 13 & 16 |
Next adventure: The Offer |
| Previous adventure: Mother Nature's Little Reminders |
June 2154 Chapter 18 |
Next adventure: The Forge |
| Previous adventure: Beneath the Raptor's Wing Chapters 21 - 23 |
November 2155 Chapter 20 |
Next adventure: Beneath the Raptor's Wing Chapters 24 - 35 |
| Previous adventure: Nobunaga |
May 2156 Chapter 22 |
Next adventure: Beneath the Raptor's Wing Chapters 74 - 85 |
| Previous adventure: To Brave the Storm Chapters 32 - 33 |
November 2160 Chapter 24 |
Next adventure: The Romulan Way Chapter 12 |
| Previous adventure: To Brave the Storm Chapter 34, section 2 |
12 August 2161 Chapter 28 |
Next adventure: Starfleet: Year One Chapters 14 - 24 |
| Previous adventure: Indistinguishable from Magic Prologue, chapter 9 |
12 June 2162 Chapter 30 |
Next adventure: A Choice of Futures Chapters 1 - 3 |
Publication history
Translations
- 2019
- German language: Kontrolle, translated by Helga Parmiter (Cross Cult).
External links
- Control (novel) article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Star Trek: Section 31: Control at TV Tropes
- Literary Treks 186: Tragedy in Every Sense of the Word21m50s to 1h41m50s).