Also, if memory serves, Insurrection was the movie that introduced me to the new crewmen Gilbert & Sullivan
Putting on my Karnac hat. Tears open envelope and blows Georgio keeps mentioning Control and artificial intelligence. In the Section 31 Books Control was an Ultron-Like AI that wormed it's way into Starfleet and essentially became section 31. Sloane told Julian that 31 has no headquarters, doesn't submit reports and reports to no one Now all of a sudden 31 is like a third branch of the Federation. So here's my theory. Control, like Ultron realized the best way to save lives is to wipe them all out so they aren't a bother. Control modified the Doc Ock probe and has invaded Ariam. It sent all the probes in Spocks vision that wiped out the Alpha Quadrant. So to stop this, the Red Angel is Georgio. She saved the World War 3 survivors because someone there was the Creator of control. It was probably Joshua. He had to survive Ww3 so he could help undo it later. She will destroy 31s AI and officially 31 will be disbanded and done away with. But in reality, led by Georgio it will mutate into the small shadow organization we know from Ds9. Remember, Because of the Defiant, she has knowledge of at least ten more years of Federation future, she can use future events to her benefit, like orchestrating Kirk to steal the Romulan cloaking device or making sure the next Klingon war starts near Organia so the Organians can stop it. Based just on a small section 31 rather than this mega faction with ships and starbases, the section 31 show could be awesome just watching Georgio pull the strings and shape the Federation future. I wonder how much I will get right.
The whole bit. A nice piece of fun that wasn't making fun of the crew with pimple, firm boob and flotation device jokes.
Why? We've already seen Burnham as First Officer. No, tradition has it they do something conspicuous, in this case, jump her up to captain. If Berman or Braga were still running things they'd bump her up to Admiral. Saru goes away because he learns the Kelpians themselves are the future threat to all life in our galaxy. Ariam is in league with (okay, infected by) the Ba'ul to stop the angry Kelpian menace. No, this is going to bit of an adult tragedy and unrequited love. Well,I think the TOS timeline has already been changed. Burnham is from the future and was planted to be close to Spock. Oh, "SPOILER ALERT!"
Stupid Question: Ariam 2.5... so is she the fifth update of the second version of herself? I think when she got possessed, she became Ariam ME* or Ariam Vista. * No, not Midnight's Edge. But Windows ME, for anyone who (unfortunately) remembers that.
Airiam 1.0 was Sara Mitich. Hannah Cheeseman is Airiam 2.0. Airiam 2.5 is the latest security update. It's prone to malware.