More Details on the Star Trek Television Series

The news continue to leak out regarding CBS's new Star Trek: Discovery television series.  Of course, this is how it is done in the industry.  So to play along, here are some of the latest clues: 

-- The series takes place about 10 years before the period portrayed in the 1966 television series;
-- The lead character will be played by a female, but she will not be the captain; 
-- At least one character will be gay (of course, the latest Star Trek film broke through on this issue with a gay Sulu); and 
-- The series will include more alien characters.

Probably only the period of the series really answers many of the fans' questions, but the nature of the mission still puzzles some.  Well, Movie Pilot has some theories there as well, believing the U.S.S. Discovery's designation NCC-1031 may refer to Section 31 from the Deep Space Nine series.  

Section 31 was a controversial "autonomous intelligence and defense organization" created by the Federation (per Wikipedia).  The organization has been accused of torture, brainwashing, assassination, and genocide.  

And this is a family show?  It could very interesting, and I am sure we will learn more shortly.