The Ahm Tal (or Am Tal) was an intelligence agency of the Andorian Empire, often seen as a counterpart to the Vulcan Confederacy's V'Shar, but remained almost as shrouded in mystery as Section 31.
The organization was founded in 1935 on the Andorian colony world of Cimera III. After the founding of the Untied Federation of Planets, the Ahm Tal often worked in concert with Starfleet Intelligence and the Federation Intelligence Service, both officially and behind-the-scenes. Ahm Tal agents working black ops would sometimes pass on information to those more visible agencies as "anonymous sources."
The Ahm Tal did not confine their activities to Andorian territory, and performed operations deemed essential to the welfare of Andoria and her people throughout the Alpha and Beta Quadrants. They were regarded as brutally efficient, ruthlessly determined, and they were feared almost as much as the Tal Shiar. A "boogeyman" among the intelligence services, foreign spies, double agents, terrorists and others they deemed as threats would simply "disappear" when the Ahm Tal were around. (LUG: The Andorians: Among the Clans, All Our Yesterdays: The Time Travel Sourcebook; Decipher: Aliens)
External links[]
- Ahm Tal article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.