10 Dumbest Things In Star Trek: Section 31 (2025)

6. San's Super Plan To Beat The Emperor At Swordplay

San is a thinly written character, one who serves more as a plot-along than an actual villain. While he may be the one responsible for bringing the team to their eventual battleground, he was clearly steeling himself for a sword fight with Georgiou. 

The evidence? Georgiou's sword, presumably the one that burnt half of his face, is displayed prominently on the bridge of his ship. Checkov called it: don't bring a gun on stage if you don't intend to fire it. That sword was always going to be part of the climax.

Except, why? San was quite obviously at a disadvantage against Georgiou, even if we are to believe that he was capable of her level of machinations. He may have been introduced as one of the last two survivors in The Hunger Games: Terran Edition, but he had refused to deal a fatal blow to his family (thus dealing a fatal blow to his family). Did he then spend his years training with a sword to enact his revenge on Georgiou?

If vengeance was always his plan, did he account for her travelling to the Prime universe, travelling forward in time, then back in time, then somehow losing her sword-fighting skills?

By the time they face off, the audience was hoping she'd just make it a quick death and save him the pain.