The Council

The Council is the shadowy governing body of the Stations. They seem to be involved with every aspect of Station life, although at a much higher level than the average person would realize. Even though he was a mid-level civil servant, Morgan was shocked by Julia's involvement with them in "The Enemy Within". The Council seemed to be concerned mostly with maintaining order on the Stations, and provided subtle guidance toward that effect. They were responsible for sending Special Forces troops after the radical biologists, conducting genetic experiments on people - willing and otherwise, and placing biostat chips in Station residents for medical monitoring purposes. Julia's mother was on the Council's Board of Regents, which is presumably the highest level.