Section 31

Section 31 is an officially nonexistent and rogue organisation, branching loosely from Starfleet Intelligence. The group wasn't acknowledged by either Starfleet Command or the Federation government. According to one operative, the organisation dealt with threats that the Federation knew nothing or very little about.

By 2598, Section 31 had been eradicated. As they kept no permanent documentation, members of the group were hunted down by the Federation, where they forcibly had their memories extracted. This caused a public uproar by various member species of the Federation, who deemed the act is "inhumane". The then president defended his actions, stating that it was necessary "to protect the future of the Federation".

The memories that were taken were stored in a memory buffer on an unknown planet, the location of which was known only by the president, the Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet, and the Head of Starfleet Intelligence (On a Knife Edge).