Luther Sloan

Luther Sloan was an operative of the rogue intelligence agency known as Section 31.

Sloan was born on Earth near Pretoria, South Africa. Sloan garaduated from Starfleet Academy, but did not study at the main campus in San Francisco, instead studying on an Academy sattilite campus. Under "career goals" on his academy application, Sloan wrote that one day wished to be the head of Starfleet Intelligence.

In 2360, Sloan met with head of Starfleet Intelligence, Admiral Uhura. Upon noting Sloan's career goal, Uhura vowed that Sloan would never be head of S.I. while she lived.(TLE novel: Catalyst of Sorrows)

In 2371, Sloan assigned ensign Roberta Luke to the USS Voyager (NCC-74656) to gather intelligence about the Maquis before that vbessel was lost in the Delta Quadrant. (S31 novel: Shadow)

In 2374, Sloan attempted to recruit Dr. Julian Bashir into the agency. Bashir refused, but Sloan still considered Bashir to be an asset, and later recuited him for an assignment on Romulus. (DS9 episodes Inquisition, Inter Arma Silent Leges)

Sloan died by his own hand in 2375, after being lured to DS9 by Bashir, who needed information from Sloan in order to develop a cure for the disease that was wiping out the Founders and created by Section 31. Bashir and Miles O'Brien managed to capture Sloan and were going to interogate him using a Romulan mind-probe device, but Sloan activated an implant in his brain, choosing suicide over allowing the secrets within his mind to be revealed to Bashir. (DS9 episode Extreme Measures)