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The '''history of the [[Borg]]''' shows the gradual development of the Borg species.
  
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| image = Borg cube engaged at Sector 001.jpg
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| imagecap = The [[Battle of Sector 001]] in [[2373]]
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| date = [[2063]]-[[2378]]
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| location = [[Alpha Quadrant]]<br />[[Delta Quadrant]]
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| result = Catastrophic damage to Starfleet and the Borg Collective
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| commander1 = [[Jean-Luc Picard]]<br />[[Jonathan Archer]]<br />[[William T. Riker]]<br />[[Kathryn Janeway]]
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The '''history between [[Human]]s and the [[Borg Collective]]''' spans a period of centuries. It began with a [[predestination paradox]] when a [[Borg sphere]] from the future attacked [[Zefram Cochrane]] the day before his historic warp flight and continued well into the [[24th century]].
   
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==The Borg and First Contact==
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== Origin ==
  
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On [[April|April 5]], [[2063]], Zefram Cochrane launched in the ''[[Phoenix]]'', Humanity's first warp-capable vessel. The flight attracted the attention of a passing [[T'Plana-Hath type|Vulcan survey ship]], whose crew decided to make [[First Contact]] with the [[Human]] race later that very day. ({{film|8}})
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[[File:Borg Queen disembodied.jpg|thumb|A Borg Queen]]
  
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The origin of the [[Borg]] is vague. What is known is by hearsay or brief contacts with Borg survivors or even the Borg itself.
  
   
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[[2064|A year later]], Dr. Cochrane gave a commencement address at [[Princeton University]]. In it he diverted from his prepared statements and started talking about "what really happened at first contact." He said that aliens had come from the future to enslave the Human race, but were stopped by a group of Humans who were also from the future. As Cochrane was known not only for his imaginative stories, as well as his frequent drinking, no one took the story seriously. He ended up recanting his statements only a few years later. ({{ENT|Regeneration}})
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According to the [[Borg Queen]], the species known as the Borg started out as normal [[lifeform]]s without any [[cybernetic]] enhancements [[distant past|thousands of centuries ago]]. Over the years, they evolved into a mixture of [[organic]] and artificial life. ({{film|8}}; {{TNG|Q Who}}) It is believed that the Borg originated in the [[Delta Quadrant]], where they already existed in [[1484]]. At that time, only a handful of [[solar system]]s had been assimilated by them and they had many encounters with a species who called themselves the [[Vaadwaur]]. ({{VOY|Dragon's Teeth}})
  
   
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What was unknown to the public for centuries was that Cochrane's story was in fact very true. A [[Borg sphere]] had come back in time from the year [[2373]] in order to prevent Humanity's first warp flight and in turn, prevent the founding of the United Federation of Planets a century later. The sphere was pursued and subsequently destroyed by the Federation starship {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}, but not before a small contingent of [[Borg drone]]s beamed aboard the ''Enterprise'' and began assimilating the vessel. Thanks to the efforts of the ''Enterprise'' crew, the Borg were vanquished and the flight of the ''Phoenix'' went forward as history recorded. ({{film|8}})
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By [[2373]], the Borg had assimilated thousands of [[star system]]s, and the Delta Quadrant became their home. Their territory was intersected by a narrow corridor of [[space]] filled with [[gravimetric distortion]]s, eventually nicknamed the "[[Northwest Passage]]" by the [[crew]] of the [[Federation]] [[starship]] {{USS|Voyager}} during the Borg's conflict with [[Species 8472]]. ({{VOY|Scorpion}}) The farthest border of the Borg realm within the Delta Quadrant seemed to be the [[Nekrit Expanse]]. ({{VOY|Fair Trade}})
  
   
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==2153 Incident==
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The precise territory of the Borg is unknown. The Federation had their own territory and ventured out, beyond it, on exploration missions. At one time, ''Voyager'' was thrown 9,500 light years, beyond Borg territory and ten years closer to Earth. ({{VOY|The Gift}}) Four years later, the starship still encountered Borg vessels. Whether or not it was still in Borg territory is unclear and depends on how the Borg perceive the term "territory". A likely explanation is that the area of the Delta Quadrant recognized as "Borg territory" was completely assimilated by the Borg, without there being any natural, unassimilated civilizations. Since the Borg had such extensive [[transwarp]] networks throughout the [[Milky Way Galaxy]], they could effectively project their presence anywhere in a comparatively short amount of time. Therefore, while the Borg did have a large expanse of their own territory, it was finite, and any forays elsewhere were simply invasions of other territories.
  
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[[File:Arctic One attacks Enterprise.jpg|thumb|The Borg transport attacks ''Enterprise'']]
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[[2153|Ninety years later]], an arctic research team uncovered the remains of the Borg sphere destroyed by the ''Enterprise''. Also found in the debris were two frozen [[Borg drone]]s, which quickly began regenerating. Not knowing the threat these two drones possessed, the research team allowed the process to go unhindered. This proved to be a critical mistake: the two drones assimilated the research team when they regained consciousness. They then stole the research team's [[Arctic One|transport]] and set a course for the [[Delta Quadrant]].
   
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[[Starfleet]] ordered the {{EnterpriseNX}} to pursue. ''Enterprise'' caught up to the transport as it was attacking a [[Tarkalean freighter]] and quickly drove it away. Although [[Doctor]] [[Phlox]] attempted to treat the survivors, they eventually succumbed to the [[nanoprobe]]s that had been injected into them during the Borg attack. [[Captain]] [[Jonathan Archer]] was forced to blow the two new drones into space when they tried to take over the ship before resuming pursuit of the Borg vessel.
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Within the Delta Quadrant, the Borg had a vast structure called the [[Unicomplex]]. This structure was made up of thousands of sub-structures and housed many of their [[Borg starship classes|vessels]]. It was believed the Unicomplex was the Borg headquarters. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier}})
  
   
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''Enterprise'' again caught up to the transport and during the subsequent battle, the transport managed to activate the program the [[Tarkalean]] drones had set up to disable the vessel. Captain Archer and his [[security officer]] [[Lieutenant]] [[Malcolm Reed]] beamed over to the Borg vessel and attempted to rescue the research team, although it did not take them long to realize that this was beyond their abilities. After disabling the transport, the two officers returned to ''Enterprise'' and destroyed the transport with a full spread of [[photonic torpedo]]es, thereby ending the crisis.
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When the Borg started using [[transwarp hub]]s, they could appear anywhere in the galaxy, giving them the ability to assimilate species with little or no warning at all and within very short periods of time.
  
   
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Unfortunately, it was revealed that shortly before the Borg vessel was destroyed, the drones transmitted a message to their territory deep in the Delta Quadrant, with an estimated arrival time predicted for sometime in the [[24th century]], assuming it would arrive at all. During this incident, the Borg never identified themselves by name. Over the course of the next two centuries, this incident would be gradually forgotten as ''Enterprise'' resumed its exploratory mission and continued to pave the way for the founding of the United Federation of Planets [[2161|eight years later]]. ({{ENT|Regeneration|These Are the Voyages...}})
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{{Bginfo|It is unknown when the Borg started to use transwarp hubs or when they assimilated them.}}
  
   
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==The Hansens==
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The Borg had the ability to control [[space]]-[[time]]. Their vessels were equipped with specially designed [[conduit]]s to withstand the temporal stresses when traveling through [[transwarp conduit]]s. Although they used this knowledge to keep their ships intact, they once tried to assimilate a species by traveling back in time. ({{VOY|Inside Man}}; {{film|8}})
  
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Over the next several decades, rumors about the existence of the Borg, mostly from [[El-Aurian]] refugees who fled their homeworld when it was assimilated around [[2265]] began to spread among a few Federation citizens. These rumors gave Starfleet enough cause to open a classified file on the Borg in [[2293]]. ({{TNG|Q Who}}; {{VOY|Scorpion|Dark Frontier}}; {{film|7}})
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{{Bginfo|It is likely the use of time travel was a one-time occurrence for the Borg, since we have never seen it repeated. A possible explanation is that the materials needed for time travel were in limited supply. Despite this lack of physical time travel, in an alternate future, [[Harry Kim]] discovered a Borg temporal transponder, which could allow Borg to communicate with themselves from periods in time.}}
  
   
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Two [[exobiologist]]s prone to these rumors, [[Magnus Hansen|Magnus]] and [[Erin Hansen]], became interested in locating and studying the Borg. In [[2353]], they departed in the starship {{USS|Raven}} with their young daughter [[Seven of Nine|Annika]]. After tracking only stray readings and sensor echos for over eight months, the ''Raven'' finally located a [[Borg cube]]. While studying the cube, the Raven was pulled into a [[transwarp conduit]] that pulled the vessel 60,000 [[light year]]s into the Delta Quadrant, the Borg's native territory.
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== Temporal incursion ==
  
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[[File:Phoenix warp.jpg|thumb|Zefram Cochrane's ''Phoenix'']]
  
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Although the Borg were normally not active in the [[Alpha Quadrant]] in [[2063]], a [[Borg sphere]] [[time travel|traveled back in time]] from [[2373]] to that year. The craft's occupants had the sole purpose of preventing [[First Contact]] between [[Human]]s and [[Vulcan]]s, thereby helping the Borg to assimilate the Human species. They attempted to achieve their outcome by destroying the ''[[Phoenix]]'', the [[spaceship]] that [[Zefram Cochrane]] used to historically perform the first [[warp drive|warp-powered]] flight, subsequently bringing [[Earth]] to the attention of a passing Vulcan vessel. ({{film|8}})
  
   
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The Hansens managed to create several new technologies and strategies that allowed them to study the Borg undetected for the next two years. In [[2356]], the ''Raven'' was hit by an [[ion storm]] which damaged the vessels [[multi-adaptive shield]]ing - which had allowed the ''Raven'' to remain undetected during the Hansens' studies. The Borg perceived the ''Raven'' as a threat following this incident, and subsequently assimilated the Hansen family. ({{VOY|The Raven|Dark Frontier}})
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Although a Federation starship also from 2373, the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}, ultimately thwarted the Borg attempt, a section of the Borg sphere's damaged [[hull]] landed in Earth's [[North Pole]]. ({{film|8}}; {{ENT|Regeneration}})
  
   
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==Attacks along the Neutral Zone==
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[[2064|A year later]], Zefram Cochrane made a commencement speech at [[Princeton University]] and began to reveal that a group of [[cybernetic]] creatures from the future had tried to stop his first warp flight. According to Cochrane, the creatures' ultimate goal was to enslave the Human race, but they had been defeated by a group of Humans who were also from the future.
  
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In 2364, the Borg assimilated several outposts on both sides of the Romulan Neutral Zone. Neither the Federation nor the Romulans were familiar with the Borg at the time and were unable to conclusively determine who was responsible for the attacks. It was clear, however, from the level of destruction that the attack was from a species that was by far more powerful than either the Romulan Empire or the Federation. The outposts were not simply destroyed, they appeared as if some great force scooped them up from the planet surface. ({{TNG|The Neutral Zone}})
   
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It was not until the following year, when the entity known as [[Q]] hurled the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} 7,000 light years to a region of space assimilated by the Borg. An analysis of system [[J-25]] found signs of an advanced civilization, but the cities appeared to have been removed in a manner identical to the loss of the Neutral Zone outposts. A Borg Cube intercepted the ''Enterprise'' and drained its shields using a tractor beam. The ''Enterprise'' responded by firing phasers at the Borg cube, causing significant damage. The Borg regenerated and repaired its hull while the ''Enterprise'' attempted to flee. Unable to outrun the Borg ship, the ''Enterprise'' fired again on the Borg Cube, but Borg had adapted to Federation weapons. Several direct photon torpedo hits had no effect on the Borg ship. Just as the ''Enterprise'' was about to be assimilated, Q returned the ship to Federation space. ({{TNG|Q Who}})
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No one seriously believed Cochrane, as he was well-known for his imaginative stories and his habit of being frequently intoxicated. As a result, he recanted his claim a few years later, although a record of his speech still remained. ({{ENT|Regeneration}})
  
   
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==Invasion==
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[[File:Borg sphere in the Arctic.jpg|thumb|Borg sphere debris]]
  
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In 2366, a Borg Cube entered Federation space and assimilated the [[New Providence colony]] in the same manner as System J-25 and the Neutral Zone outposts. Shortly thereafter, The {{USS|Lalo}} encountered the Borg Cube and reported their position shortly before it went missing. The USS ''Enterprise''-D proceeded to the ''Lalo'''s last reported position where they exchanged fire with the Borg Cube. The Borg boarded the ''Enterprise'' and assimilated Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]]. Now armed with Picard's tactical knowledge and experience with Starfleet, the Borg ship proceeded to Earth for the assimilation of that planet.
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In [[2153]], the [[A-6 Excavation Team]] discovered the Arctic debris field where much of the Borg sphere remained, severely damaged and buried under ice. After traveling to the wreckage, the team also found two frozen drones in the ice, and allowed them to regenerate. The Borg drones assimilated the entire team of [[scientist]]s and commandeered their [[arctic transport]], continually enhancing its [[warp drive]] and installing a [[Military technology|weapon system]].
  
   
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The Federation now considered itself in a state of war. Starfleet mobilized an armada of 40 starships led by Admiral [[Hanson]] to intercept the Borg Cube at Wolf 359. The ''Enterprise'' was unable to pursue the Borg any further due to battle damage and could not join Starfleet at the Wolf system. Hanson decided that Picard would be considered a casualty of war. The armada would use all its firepower to destroy the Borg ship. No attempt would be made to rescue the captain. The resulting [[Battle of Wolf 359]] turned out to be a disaster. The Federation fleet was decimated. The Borg ship was undamaged. The ''Enterprise'', finally repaired, intercepted the Borg ship and rescued Captain Picard in a daring raid. Using Picard's interface with the Borg Collective, the ''Enterprise'' was able to initiate a regeneration protocol that in essence put the Borg crew "to sleep". The Borg Cube self destructed shortly thereafter.
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Three days later, the Borg left Earth. Although they managed to assimilate several [[Tarkalean]]s, who tried to do the same to [[Denobulan]] doctor [[Phlox]], the crew of the [[Starfleet]] ship [[Enterprise (NX-01)|''Enterprise'']], which included Phlox, was successful in preventing the Borg drones, of which there were more due to the original drones' assimilation of the Tarkaleans, from reaching their [[homeworld]] and resuming their attempt to enslave Humanity. ''Enterprise'' was responsible for the destruction of the assimilated arctic transport and every Borg drone aboard the craft.
  
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({{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds}})
   
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==Encounters with Hugh==
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However, the ship's [[captain]], [[Jonathan Archer]], having determined that the cybernetic aliens had probably been the same as in Zefram Cochrane's Princeton commencement address, also learned that the Borg had sent a message before their destruction that contained spatial coordinates pinpointing Earth's location. Because Phlox had momentarily been a part of the Borg's [[hive mind]], he had heard the message. However, the signal would take two hundred years to reach its destination, deep in the Delta Quadrant, alerting the Borg there.
  
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In 2368, the USS ''Enterprise''-D encountered a crashed Borg scout ship with one survivor - a Borg drone nicknamed [[Hugh]] by the crew. The Federation still considered themselves at war with the Borg and the ''Enterprise'' developed a computer virus that could be implanted in Hugh. The virus would then spread throughout the Borg Collective until the entire collective was destroyed. However, once Hugh was isolated from Collective, he began to shows signs of individuality. Captain Picard no longer felt justified in using a free being as an act of genocide against his own people and did not deploy the virus. Admiral [[Alynna Nechayev]] was outraged, stating that Picard's duty as a Starfleet Officer was to safeguard the lives of Federation citizens, despite whatever reservations his conscience may hold. Nechayev also ordered Picard to seize any future opportunity to destroy the Borg. ({{TNG|I Borg}})
   
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When the Borg attacked the Federation outpost [[Ohniaka III]] in 2369, Captain Picard also questioned his own decision not to deploy the virus. However it was later discovered that the attack was not from the Borg Collective but rather a group of disconnected drones that were following orders from [[Lore]]. Once Lore was killed, the attacks stopped. ({{TNG|Descent}})
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During this entire encounter, no member of Starfleet learned the name of the Borg. ({{ENT|Regeneration}})
  
   
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==Second invasion==
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== Eliminating El-Aurians ==
  
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The second major battle occurred in 2373. A Borg Cube destroyed the Federation colony on [[Ivor Prime]] and was on a direct course for Earth. Admiral [[Hayes (Male Admiral)|Hayes]] mobilized a Federation fleet in the [[Typhon sector]] to engage the Borg. Hayes felt that having a man who was previously captured and assimilated by the Borg on the front lines would introduce an "unstable element in a critical situation". Therefore he ordered Captain Picard to take the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}} on a patrol of the Neutral Zone, in case the Romulans decided to take advantage of the situation. The Federation fleet intercepted the Borg cube and opened fire in the [[Battle of Sector 001]]. The Cube quickly broke through the defense perimeter inflicting serious damage and casualties on the fleet. The Flagship sent a distress signal to Starfleet Command, requesting reinforcements. Captain Picard, hearing the distress signal, ordered the ''Enterprise'' back to Earth in violation of Hayes' orders. When the ''Enterprise'' arrived, the Federation fleet had taken heavy losses. A number of ships had been destroyed including Admiral Hayes' flagship. Many more, including the {{USS|Defiant|2370}} were severely damaged. Captain Picard took command of the fleet and used his knowledge of the Borg to determine a vulnerable point in the Borg's defenses. He ordered the fleet to target the same section and fire simultaneously. After the fleet concentrated a heavy barrage of torpedoes and phaser fire on the weak point, the Borg Cube was destroyed. ({{film|8}})
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In [[2265]], the Borg assimilated the homeworld of the [[El-Aurian]]s. Only a handful of survivors managed to escape and tried to find refuge on other worlds. ({{TNG|Q Who}}; {{film|7}})
  
   
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== USS ''Voyager'' ==
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{{USS|Voyager}} had a series of skirmishes over a five-year period from [[2373]]-[[2378]] during which time the ship was engaged in a number of primarily defensive battles with the [[Borg Collective]]. The conflict, which would have logically been expected to be a one-sided affair between the lone [[Federation]] [[starship]] and substantial elements of the Collective began when the {{ShipClass|Intrepid}} vessel entered [[Borg]] space in 2373. ({{VOY|Scorpion}})
   
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A pivotal strategic move in the conflict was ''Voyager''{{'}}s support of an insurrection against the Borg known as [[Unimatrix Zero]]. ({{VOY|Unimatrix Zero|Unimatrix Zero, Part II}})
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[[File:USS_Enterprise-B_caught_in_nexus.jpg|thumb|The ''Enterprise''-B tries to rescue El-Aurian refugees]]
  
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In [[2293]] two starships, the {{SS|Lakul}} and {{SS|Robert Fox}}, were carrying El-Aurian refugees to Earth when they became caught in an [[Nexus|energy ribbon]] that caused the destruction of both ships. ({{film|7}}) However, [[47]] El-Aurians from the ''Lakul'' &ndash; including [[Guinan]], who later served as [[Ten Forward]]'s bartender aboard the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} &ndash; were saved by the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-B|-B}}, and took with them the story of their species' dealings with the Borg. ({{film|7}}; {{TNG|The Child}})
  
   
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== Borg-Species 8472 War ==
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As Starfleet had no record of the name "Borg" and &ndash; therefore, presumably &ndash; no one thought to make a comparison between the cybernetic beings who had attacked the El-Aurian ships and the drones found [[2153|140 years before]], it was erroneously believed that, at this time, [[Starfleet]] first became aware of the Borg and, on [[stardate]] 9521.6, opened a [[computer log|file]] on them. ({{ENT|Regeneration}}; {{VOY|Scorpion}})
  
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''Voyager''{{'}}s original plan was to by-pass Borg space in an effort to evade the Collective, however this tactic failed and the ship engaged the Borg several times. Other than a brief alliance of convenience against the greater common threat of [[Species 8472]], the Conflict might best be described as a series of running battles. At one juncture in that temporary period of cooperation, the Borg assigned "[[Seven of Nine]]" to represent them in council with [[Captain]] Janeway. The Captain learned from Seven that Species 8472 was only trying to prevent being being assimilated and, to that end, had launched a defensive war against the Collective. With the help of Seven of Nine, ''Voyager'' successfully escaped and made it out of [[Borg space]]. However several [[Borg drones]] were still on ''Voyager'' including the former [[Human]] Seven of Nine.
   
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== 24th century ==
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==Seven of Nine==
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[[File:Seven of Nine as Borg, 2374.jpg|thumb|Seven of Nine as a [[Borg drone]]]]
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=== 2354-2356 ===
  
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Seven of Nine, born [[Annika Hansen]], was taken and assimilated by the Borg Collective at the age of six. Her parents were captured along with Annika; they are presumed to be the first Earth Humans to undergo the assimilation process. Following the temporary alliance against Species 8472, ''Voyager'' left Borg space with several drones, including Seven of Nine, still on board. Despite previous agreements and cooperation, Seven of Nine and the other Borg attempted to seize the ship from Janeway. In the process, all Borg onboard were killed except Seven of Nine, who was severed from the [[Hive mind]]. Her re-humanization began almost immediately: her body began to reject her Borg components and cellular structures, forcing the ship's doctor to surgically remove the Borg implants in her body and allowing her human structures to regain control. Seven of Nine accepted her humanity and began life as a crewman aboard ''Voyager'', greatly affecting the outcome of the ship's future encounters with the Borg and boosting the crew's confidence in their ability to fight the Collective despite the unfavorable odds.
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[[File:Hansens dark frontier.jpg|thumb|Erin and Magnus Hansen]]
  
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[[File:Annika Hansen, 2356.jpg|thumb|Annika Hansen]]
  
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During the years [[2354]] through [[2356]], the Borg were studied by Human [[exobiology|exobiologists]] [[Magnus Hansen]] and his wife [[Erin Hansen|Erin]]. Together with their daughter [[Annika Hansen|Annika]], they ventured out in the {{USS|Raven}} to seek the Borg.
  
   
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With Seven of Nine a crew member, the former drone helped the Voyager crew even the odds in future encounters with the Borg by using her extensive knowledge and residual Borg technology. She partially assimilated portions of Voyager, including major ship's systems; the hybrid technology proved to be much more efficient. She also helped to create weapons that countered the ability of Borg drones to adapt to Federation firepower.
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On [[stardate]] 32623.5, a [[Borg cube]] exiting a transwarp conduit encountered the ''Raven'', which at this point had changed its course without informing Starfleet. The ''Raven'' was beyond the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]] and disobeyed a direct order to return. At 2,000 [[kilometer]]s, the cube scanned the ''Raven'' and found it no threat, unwittingly proving Magnus' theory that the Borg would not attack as long they were no threat or a target for assimilation. The Borg vessel turned away and was followed by the ''Raven'' at a distance of five million kilometers, matching the cube's heading and speed.
  
   
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==Dark Frontier==
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After three months, on stardate 32629.4, the Borg cube opened a transwarp conduit and traveled to the Delta Quadrant, the ''Raven'' following in its wake. Unknown to the Borg, the Hansens developed new [[technology|technologies]] to keep hidden from Borg [[sensor]]s, such as [[multi-adaptive shield]]ing to hide the ''Raven'' and a personal [[bio-dampener]] so someone could visit a Borg vessel without being detected. Without the Borg's knowledge, the ''Raven'' was now very close to the cube while Magnus Hansen studied them. He witnessed how two drones from another sub-unit de-activated a drone who was damaged beyond repair when a [[plasma conduit]] exploded, removing its usable components.
  
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After learning of a [[Borg sphere]] that was heavily damaged, ''Voyager'' and her crew launched a mission to infiltrate the sphere and retrieve a [[transwarp coil]] to try to shave years off ''Voyager's'' trip. The crew succeded in retrieving the coil, using [[bio-dampener]]s and [[multi-adaptive shielding]] devised by Seven's parents to remain undetected, but Seven of Nine was contacted by the [[Borg Queen]] who offered her ''Voyager's'' saftey in exchange for her rejoining the Collective. Her plan was to use Seven and her experience to succesfully assimilate humanity and not turn her back into a normal drone again. She makes her watch as the Borg assimilates another species, but Seven helps four prisoners escape. The Queen detects this and prepares to capture them again, but Seven pleads with her to let them go which the Queen does for some reason. Using the transwarp coil, Captain Janeway, Tuvok, the Doctor and Tom Paris follow the sphere to the [[Unicomplex]] in the ''[[Delta Flyer]]'' where they effect a rescue of Seven. As the Queen's chambers are too heavily shielded to beam Seven out, Janeway and Tuvok beam into the complex to lower the shields. Also, Janeway has the Doctor contact Seven which strengthens her faltering resolve, but causes the Borg Queen to detect the team's presence. As she has assimalated the Hansens, the Queen has assimilated their shielding technology and sends three [[Borg cube]]s after the ''Delta Flyer'', penetrating the shielding of it, but the ''Flyer'' keeps remodulating the shielding to become invisible again, but the Borg quickly adapt each time. In the corridors, force fields prevent Janeway and Tuvok from moving, but seeing that Borg drones can get through, Janeway uses a drone to determine the field's frequency and modulates her bio-dampner to pass through it. This works, but her bio-dampner shorts out, leaving her visible to the Borg sensors. Janeway sends Tuvok to lower the shielding while she rescues Seven. Janeway reaches the Queen's chambers as she prepares to reassimilate Seven and threatens to kill the Queen if she doesn't call off the drones in the room and the cubes. To demonstrate her resolve, Janeway has the ''Flyer'' fire on the room and the Queen gives in. Tuvok succesfully lowers the shields and Janeway orders beam-out, but the Queen puts up a disperal field to prevent this. Janeway orders Seven to lower the field while the Queen orders her not to. Choosing ''Voyager'' over the Borg, Seven lowers the field, but the Queen raises it again. Seven senses through her restored link to the Collective that if the power node over the Queen is destroyed, it will disrupt her control over the field and drop it again. She informs Janeway of this and she shoots the node, causing the field to go down and allowing the ''Flyer'' to beam her, Seven and Tuvok out of the complex. The ''Flyer'' flees, chased by the cubes and the [[Borg Queen's vessel]]. When it jumps to transwarp, only the Queen's ship follows. The ''Flyer'' takes damage, but manages to make it back to ''Voyager'' which fires a spread of [[photon torpedo]]s, collapsing the corridor for a light-year and destroying the Borg vessel. ''Voyager'' is then able to use the transwarp coil to travel 20,000 light years before it burns out, shaving another 15 years off their journey.
   
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==Unimatrix Zero==
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Some time later, the Borg cube linked with another vessel and received over fifty thousand new drones. The Hansens stealthily beamed over newly-arrived drones to identify them. A [[tactical drone]], a former [[Ktarian]] male, was beamed over to the ''Raven'' while he was regenerating in his [[Borg alcove|alcove]]. Because its previous designation was Three of Five Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix One, this drone was tagged with a [[subdermal probe]] so he could be traced by the Hansens. Magnus believed this drone worked for the Borg Queen and searched its [[cranial transceiver]] logs for evidence.
  
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[[File:Unimatrix-zero.jpg|thumb|Unimatrix zero]]
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Within the Collective a virus broke out, creating a shared virtual reality known as Unimatrix Zero in which Borg drones were able to become individuals again. Years prior for Seven of Nine being liberated from the collective she too lived in Unimatrix zero and was romantically involved with another drone named Axum. The Borg Queen was initially unable to detect the virus; over several years it spread among thousands of Borg. The Borg Queen immediately began deactivating drones in order to contain and destroy the virus, but Axum was able to contact Seven and ask her to help him and the former drones. Seven reported this information to Captain Janeway and, using a mind-meld performed by Commander [[Tuvok]], Janeway was able to enter Unimatrix Zero; within the construct the Starship Captain and the infected drones developed and instigated the plan for a resistance movement against the Borg Collective.
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The Borg Queen did eventually uncover the plans and initiated a strategy to stop the rebellion. She visited Unimatrix herself to witness it first hand. Unimatrix Zero was destroyed, but ''Voyager's'' crew was able to come up with a way to allow the drones to retain their individuality outside and Axum began a rebellion against the Queen.
   
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==Endgame==
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Once Magnus Hansen even stayed overnight within the cubes [[maturation chamber]] when the ''Raven''{{'}}s [[transporter]]s failed.
  
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In an alternate future, Katherine Janeway developed a lot of technology to fight the Borg including [[ablative armor]] and [[transphasic torpedo]]s. When she comes back in time to change history, she brings these technologies with her on her shuttlecraft [[SC-4]] and equips ''Voyager'' with them. Using the new technology, Admiral Janeway leads ''Voyager'' to a Borg [[transwarp hub]] through which they can return to the Alpha Quadrant using one of the hub's [[transwarp conduit]]s. After her [[Borg cube|cubes]] prove to be no match for the improved ''Voayger'', the Borg Queen calls them off, deciding to allow ''Voyager'' to pass rather than risk more ships to stop it. However, upon learning what the hub is, Captain Janeway calls off the attempt and decides to destroy the hub instead to deliever the Borg a crippling blow, even though due to the Queen's control over its shielding and the Borg's adaptivity, it will ruin their chance to get home. Coming up with a plan, the two Janeway's come up with a way to do both: Admiral Janeway travels to the [[Unicomplex]] in her ship and uses a neural interface to interact with the Queen and offer her her technology in exchange for the Queen sending a cube to tow ''Voyager'' back to the Alpha Quadrant. While the Queen understands the Admiral's desire to protect her "Collective," she distracts her long enough for the Borg to locate her ship and capture her. Admiral Janeway is beamed directly to the Queen's chambers where the Queen personally assimilates her. However, the Admiral had injected herself with a [[Neurolytic pathogen]] which infects the Collective with her assimilation and the Borg are unable to stop it and the Queen starts to fall apart. ''Voyager'' enters the conduit leading to the Alpha Quadrant and after detecting that the shields are disrupted, destroys the hub, keeping ahead of the destruction. The Queen detects that [[Borg sphere]] [[Sphere 634|634]] is still able to hear her commands and sends it after ''Voyager'' with the intention to destroy ''Voyager'' as with Captian Janeway dead, Admiral Janeway and her pathogen will never exist and thus the Borg will be unaffected. Also, when the Admiral was assimilated, the Borg assimilated her knowledge about the technology she equiped ''Voyager'' with, allowing them to adapt to it and giving them an advantage. As the Queen dies, she causes the Unicomplex to self-destruct in an attempt to prevent the pathogen from spreading. ''Voyager'' is chased by the sphere and loses its armor rapidly and won't make it back to the Alpha Quadrant in one piece. The sphere opens its docking bay to try to capture ''Voyager'' as Captain Janeway orders a course change as they approach the nearest exit which leads back into the Delta Quadrant. At Earth, the [[Transwarp aperture]] the conduit comes out at opens less than a light-year for Earth and 18 ships are sent to intercept. The sphere emerges alone and the fleet opens fire on it to no avail. However, ''Voyager'' landed in its docking bay and fires a torpedo, destroying the ship from the inside. ''Voyager'' emerges unharmed from the explosion, having finally made it home and having dealt the Borg a crippling blow with the destruction of the [[transwarp network]], the Unicomplex and the Queen.
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In [[2356]], the Borg detected the ''Raven'' and perceived her as a threat when it was visible on their sensors for 13.2 seconds. This occurred because the ''Raven'' was hit by a [[subspace]] particle storm which knocked out their multi-adaptive shields. The Borg cube required three hours to track down the ''Raven'' because Magnus masked their [[warp trail]]. The cube exited a transwarp conduit only 3.2 light years from the ''Raven'' and intercepted it in less than an hour.
  
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The Borg assimilated the Hansens. From then on, Annika Hansen was known as [[Seven of Nine]], and was a Borg drone until she was rescued in [[2374]] by {{USS|Voyager}}. In [[2375]], father and daughter met once again, although Magnus was still a drone serving in [[Unimatrix 01]]. It is unknown what happened to the drone formerly known as Erin Hansen. The USS ''Raven'' was partially assimilated and crashed on a remote [[moon]] in [[B'omar]] space. ({{VOY|Dark Frontier|The Raven}})
  
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=== 2362 ===
  
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In [[2362]] the Borg assimilated the [[crew]] of the {{USS|Tombaugh}}, which was under the command of [[Captain]] [[Blackwood]]. ({{VOY|Infinite Regress}})
  
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=== 2364 ===
  
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In [[2364]] the Borg were believed to be responsible for the destruction of several [[Romulan]] and Federation [[outpost]]s along the Romulan Neutral Zone in [[sector]]s [[Sector 30|30]] and [[Sector 31|31]]. This became evident when the ''Enterprise''-D encountered a similar outpost with an almost identical signature a year later. ({{TNG|The Neutral Zone}})
  
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=== 2365 ===
  
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[[File:Borg_cutting_beam.jpg|thumb|The Borg extracts a part of the USS ''Enterprise''-D]]
  
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In [[2365]], a Borg cube traveling near the [[System J-25]], seven thousand light years away from Federation space, detected a starship. The sixth planet in that system, a [[Class M|Class-M]], seemed to have the same characteristics as some Federation and Romulan outposts near the Neutral Zone. Their cities were removed from the planet's surface. When the Borg cube arrived, it scanned the unknown vessel.
 
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The strange vessel [[hail]]ed the Borg, but they did not respond to it. Instead, they transported a drone to the [[engineering]] section of the unknown starship, right through the vessel's [[shields]]. The drone paid no attention to the [[lifeform]]s present and walked towards a [[Communications station|com panel]]. Before he could reach it, a [[phaser]] shot knocked him down. Moments later another drone was sent and after he materialized, continued towards the panel. Again he was fired upon but this time his personal shield stopped the shot. The Borg had adapted. After the drone extracted information from the com panel, it reached over to the fallen drone and removed some components, after which both drones dematerialized.
  
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After the Borg analyzed the information, they knew with whom they were dealing, the Federation starship {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-D|-D}} under the command of Captain [[Jean-Luc Picard]]. They also concluded that the ''Enterprise''-D was unable to withstand them, since her defensive capabilities were insufficient. The Borg hailed the ''Enterprise'' and told them to not defend themselves as they would be punished for it, interrupting Picard's greeting, and they locked a [[tractor beam]] onto the ship. The beam held the starship in place and drained their defensive shields.
  
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The Borg cube was fired upon by the ''Enterprise'' when it tried to escape, but to no avail. After eighteen seconds, their shields were gone and the Borg used a [[cutting beam]] to remove a part of the ship, saucer sections 27, 28, and 29 on [[deck]]s 4, 5, and 6. Again the cube was fired upon by the ''Enterprise''. This time, the Borg released the tractor beam; they had sustained twenty percent damage.
  
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An [[away team]] from the ''Enterprise'' boarded their vessel and watched how a drone performed some tasks. As the away team scouted the ship, they found a Borg [[maturation chamber]] and also noticed that the Borg vessel was repairing itself. Immediately, the away team was beamed back to the ''Enterprise''.
  
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When the Borg discovered the ''Enterprise'' running, they started to pursue it. Although the ''Enterprise'' was reaching [[warp factor|warp 9]], the Borg cube could easily match their speed and even gained on them. [[Photon]] [[torpedo]]es fired on them by the ''Enterprise'' detonated without causing any damage to the cube.
  
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The Borg fired weapons at the ''Enterprise'' designed to drain their shields and was still closing in, even though the ''Enterprise'' seemed to have reached her maximum speed. After a second shot, the ''Enterprise'' again fired photon torpedoes at the Borg, but without any effect. After the Borg fired their third shot, the shields of the ''Enterprise'' were gone and they were able to knock the ship out of warp. After the ''Enterprise'' lost warp speed, the Borg immediately re-established their tractor beam, but without any warning the ''Enterprise'' broke free and sped away from the Borg.
  
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Unknown to the Borg, the entity known as [[Q]] had returned the ''Enterprise'' to its original position. He was the one who brought the ship in contact with the Borg in the first place. ({{TNG|Q Who}})
  
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=== 2366 ===
  
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[[File:USS Enterprise-D makes contact with Borg cube.jpg|thumb|The Borg encounter the ''Enterprise'']]
  
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In [[2366]] the Borg sent a cube to the Alpha Quadrant on a mission to assimilate Earth.
  
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Within the Alpha Quadrant, the Borg first assimilated the nine hundred inhabitants of the Federation colony [[New Providence]]. Analysis of the soil revealed the same [[magnetic-resonance signature]] the Borg left on the hull of the ''Enterprise''-D the year before. This proved the Borg were not only responsible for the destruction of the New Providence colony, but also the Federation and Romulan outposts in [[2364]].
  
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The Borg cube continued its journey and encountered the {{USS|Lalo}} while on a freight run to [[Sentinel Minor IV]]. Although the ''Lalo'' managed to send a [[distress call]] to [[starbase 157]], they were assimilated as well.
  
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Two hours later the Borg cube noticed the USS ''Enterprise''-D and altered its course to intercept, with a speed of warp 9.3. When it reached the Starfleet vessel, the cube dropped out of warp and hailed Captain Jean-Luc Picard personally. The Borg informed him to lower the shields and to transport to the Borg vessel. If Picard failed to comply, the ''Enterprise'' would be destroyed. After Picard accused the Borg of aggression against the Federation, the Borg told him that the ''Enterprise'' was no match for the Borg cube.
  
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The Borg tried to lock a tractor beam on the ''Enterprise'' but failed. Within a few moments the Borg adapted to the modulating shields of the ''Enterprise'' and locked the tractor beam, draining the ship's shields. Although the ''Enterprise'' fired torpedoes and its [[Phaser array|phaser banks]] against them, the tractor beam remained in place. Then the Borg began to cut into the ''Enterprise'' hull, causing a [[decompression]] in engineering, but the ''Enterprise'' managed to break free when Lt. Commander Data, as suggested by Cmdr. Shelby, fluctuated the phaser resonance frequencies whilst firing upon the Borg vessel. The Borg cube immediately started pursuing the fleeing ''Enterprise''.
  
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When the ''Enterprise'' hid within the [[Paulson Nebula]], the Borg had trouble locating them and decided to wait. To force the ''Enterprise'' out of the nebula, the Borg launched [[magnetometric-guided charge]]s into it. The cube again locked its tractor beam onto the ''Enterprise'' as it tried to flee the nebula. A drone was beamed to the ''Enterprise'' bridge and tried to reach Picard, but was shot down by [[Chief of Security]] [[Worf]]. Two more drones were sent, and one of them captured Picard as the other one threw the charging [[First Officer]] [[William T. Riker|Riker]] against a [[bulkhead]]. After this skirmish, the drones transported back to the cube with Picard.
  
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Then the Borg cube disengaged its tractor beam and left the ''Enterprise'' behind, resuming its course for [[sector 001]].
  
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[[File:LocutusOfBorg2367.jpg|thumb|left|Locutus of Borg]]
  
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In the Borg cube, Picard was told that he would serve to introduce the Borg into Federation culture. Despite his arguments, Picard was told that strength, self-determination, even death, were irrelevant. Resistance was futile; Picard was chosen to speak for the Borg. Some time later, the Borg detected an away team inside the Borg cube. They were trying to locate Picard and to sabotage the cube, but the Borg sent drones after them. While drones were pursuing the away team, they ran into their captain, who had been assimilated, and were forced to flee. The Borg cube was forced out of warp by the away team's sabotage, but the Borg restored their warp capability within a short period of time.
  
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Then the ''Enterprise'' was hailed by the Borg. Their former captain introduced himself as [[Locutus of Borg]] and told them to surrender. Although the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[navigational deflector]] was used as a weapon and fired at the cube, there was no effect and Riker was told by Locutus that his resistance was hopeless. The knowledge Picard possessed was part of the Borg Collective. After this, the Borg resumed their course towards Earth.
  
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The Borg cube was met and engaged by Starfleet at [[Wolf 359]] by forty starships. The battle was a disaster for the Federation; all but one ship was destroyed with the loss of eleven thousand lives, and the Borg vessel immediately returned to its previous heading towards Earth.
  
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While ''en route'', the Borg were contacted by Riker, now captain of the ''Enterprise''-D, who offered to end the hostilities and to prepare for assimilation. Despite that the Borg had Picard, they had not foreseen that this was a ruse and that Picard's knowledge had been used against them. When the ''Enterprise'' engaged the cube the Borg did not notice the [[shuttle]] which was closing in on them. When the Borg noticed that Worf and [[Data]] transported to the cube, they were too late to prevent the kidnapping of Locutus. Although the Borg lost Locutus, they again resumed their course for Earth.
  
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Locutus was brought to the ''Enterprise'', where Data investigated how he was connected to the Borg. There, Data found an opportunity to stop the Borg.
  
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[[File:Borg cube explodes, 2367.jpg|thumb|The Borg cube self-destructs]]
  
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The Borg dropped out of warp when they reached Sector 001. They were tracked by [[Jupiter Outpost 92]] and attacked by ships launched from [[Mars]], but the Borg vessel continued its way towards Earth.
  
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The Borg cube was stopped when it was ordered to enter its regeneration cycle. This was done by Data, who connected himself to Locutus and ordered the regeneration command, effectively putting all the drones to sleep. The command also started a self-destruct mechanism which destroyed the cube.
  
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The Borg not only lost their vessel, but also Locutus when his link with the hive mind was severed when the cube exploded. ({{TNG|The Best of Both Worlds|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II}}; {{DS9|Emissary}})
  
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The Borg attack the [[Brunali]] homeworld for the first time. ({{VOY|Child's Play}})
  
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=== 2368 ===
  
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[[File:Borg flag.png|thumb|Emblem of the Rogue Borg led by Lore]]
  
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In [[2368]], a [[Borg scout ship]] crashed in the [[Argolis Cluster]] with only one surviving drone, Third of Five, although critically injured.
 
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The drone was found by the USS ''Enterprise''-D who gave it medical attention after placing it within a [[subspace]] [[dampening field]] to prevent any contact with the Borg hive mind.
  
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Picard knew the Borg would investigate the crash and wanted to take advantage of the situation by implanting a hostile program into the drone. When it was re-integrated within the Borg Collective, the program would destroy the Borg from the inside, like a [[virus]]. However, this plan was abandoned under pressure of [[Doctor]] [[Beverly Crusher]] and [[Geordi La Forge]], who had doubts. Instead, the drone was allowed to grow as an individual, since it no longer was a part of the Borg Collective. It even had a name, [[Hugh]].
  
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Eventually Hugh was returned to the crash site with his individuality intact. After he was rescued by a Borg vessel, the former drone was re-integrated within the Collective, but the Borg could not cope with his individuality. As a result, the Borg vessel fell into a state of disarray, and drifted through space until it was found by [[Lore]], Data's brother. In [[2369]] and [[2370]] he used the Borg drones for his own purposes, but they resisted him and eventually, with the help of the ''Enterprise'', defeated Lore. ({{TNG|I Borg|Descent|Descent, Part II}})
  
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[[File:Lansor, P'Chan and Marika Wilkarah.jpg|thumb|Freed drones]]
  
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Later that year, in the Delta Quadrant, a Borg vessel crashed and its survivors, the drones with the designations [[Two of Nine]], [[Three of Nine]], [[Four of Nine]], and [[Seven of Nine]] regained their individuality. Because Seven of Nine had been assimilated at a very young age, she could not cope with her individuality. So, she decided to create a small collective between the four of them when the other drones refused to await their rescue and to rejoin the Collective. This action created a collective within a collective.
  
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By [[2376]], after Seven of Nine had been rescued from the Borg Collective, the other drones escaped from the Borg and had their implants removed on [[Inavar Prime]]. The drones went in search for Seven of Nine to break the link which held their Collective intact. Although the link was finally severed, they only had a month to live due to the extensive integration of the link. ({{VOY|Survival Instinct}})
  
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The Borg attacked the Brunali homeworld for the second time. ({{VOY|Child's Play}})
  
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=== 2371 ===
  
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In [[2371]] the Borg assimilated [[Species 6339]], a [[humanoid]] warp-capable species located in the [[Delta Quadrant]], grid 124, octant 22 theta. Eleven billion individuals were [[assimilation|assimilated]], and only a handful managed to escape. ({{VOY|Infinite Regress}})
  
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[[File:Riley_Frazier.jpg|thumb|Former drone and Starfleet Officer Riley Frazier]]
  
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In [[2373]] on stardate 50614.2 a Borg cube in the Delta Quadrant traveling through the [[Nekrit Expanse]] was hit by an electrokinetic storm, killing most drones on board. The survivors lost their connection with the hive mind, which caused the reappearance of their own identity, and transported themselves to a nearby class-M planet. Because they had found their individuality again, they also regained the hatred towards other species they had before they were assimilated into the Borg Collective.
 
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This resulted in fights between the different species. There was one group who tried to live in coexistence; they called themselves the [[Borg Cooperative]]. However, they were continuously attacked by other former Borg drones, and to stop this they had send out a Federation [[distress call]] in the hope someone would answer. The call was answered by a shuttle commanded by Commander [[Chakotay]] of the starship ''Voyager''.
  
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Chakotay was injured and [[Ensign]] [[Marie Kaplan|Kaplan]] was killed after they landed the shuttle. Chakotay was cared for by [[Riley Frazier]], a former drone and Starfleet Officer, who used the Borg link to heal Chakotay's wounds. The Cooperative forced Chakotay to re-establish the [[neural link]], via their residual link by which the Cooperative healed him, by starting the [[neuro electric generator]] on board the heavily damaged Borg cube for a few minutes. After the Borg Cooperative was a fact they destroyed the cube. ({{VOY|Unity}})
  
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On stardate 50893.5 a single Borg cube was sent to assimilate Earth. This was the Borg's second attempt, and on board was a Borg Queen. During this attempt the Borg tried to alter Earth's past by traveling to the year [[2063]] and preventing First Contact with the [[Vulcan]]s. The skirmish that followed with Starfleet became known as the [[Battle of Sector 001]].
  
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Although the cube was destroyed by Starfleet, a Borg sphere contained within reached Earth and successfully traveled to 2063. Although the Borg Queen herself was present, they failed to prevent First Contact and were defeated by Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the ''Enterprise''-E. The remains of the destroyed Borg sphere came to rest on Earth's North Pole, where they were found in [[2153]]. The Queen, together with several drones, died in engineering. Her organic components were dissolved by very corrosive [[plasma coolant]] and her artificial [[spinal cord]] was broken to ensure she was dead. This was the first time that the existence of a Borg Queen was confirmed. ({{film|8}})
  
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[[File:Borg cubes destroyed by 8472-teaser.jpg|thumb|Borg vessels being attacked by Species 8472]]
  
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On stardate 50984.3 the Borg faced their destruction after they invaded [[Species 8472]]'s [[fluidic space]] with intent to assimilate this species. Unfortunately &ndash; for the Borg &ndash; Species 8472 [[DNA]] encoding was so dense that [[nanoprobe]]s could not assimilate their [[cell]]s. Species 8472 responded with an all out attack on the Borg. They used the "Northwest Passage" in Borg space as their entry point, via a [[quantum singularity]], and destroyed any Borg vessel they could find.
  
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The Borg had lost millions of drones and thousand of worlds when, after assimilating a Starfleet [[probe]] in the Delta Quadrant, fifteen of their vessels encountered USS ''Voyager''. One of the Borg cubes scanned ''Voyager'' with a [[polaron beam]] and when finished joined the other vessels ''en route'' to Species 8472.
  
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In the following battle all fifteen Borg ships were destroyed. Unknown to the Borg at the time, ''Voyager'' had found those ships and one of the vessels who destroyed them, a Species 8472 [[bioship]]. On one Borg cube, Species 8472 had stacked Borg remains on each other, as if to scare them off. As far as Species 8472 was concerned, "the weak will perish".
  
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In five months the Borg were attacked more than a dozen times and lost every single time.
  
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A few days later a Borg cube encountered USS ''Voyager'' and locked a tractor beam on her and informed the crew that they would be assimilated. Instead, the Borg were offered an alliance. The Borg Collective learned that ''Voyager'' had found a way to attack Species 8472 on a [[microscopic]] level. The [[Doctor]] had discovered a way when he was treating Harry Kim, who was infected by Species 8472 cells. In turn for free passage of ''Voyager'' through their [[space]], the Borg would gain their knowledge.
  
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Although at first the Borg would not negotiate with ''Voyager'' they became interested when they received a sample of ''Voyager''{{'}}s technique to attack Species 8472. They [[beam]]ed Captain Janeway on board their vessel and asked her what she wanted. At first the Borg refused Janeway's plan to give them the technology after ''Voyager'' cleared Borg space and made clear that it was essential for their and her survival. When Janeway told them there was no alternative other than her proposal, the Collective agreed. If the Borg ''did'' try to assimilate ''Voyager'', [[The Doctor]] would destroy the data on how to attack Species 8472. The Borg would need to work together to develop a weapon while escorting ''Voyager'' through their space.
  
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At this time the cube came under attack from Species 8472, who were attacking the nearby planet. The cube managed to escape and took ''Voyager'' with it, still attached to the cube via a tractor beam. The Borg/Species 8472 conflict extended to the year 2374.
  
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[[File:Seven of Nine speaks for the Borg.jpg|thumb|Seven of Nine]]
  
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Two Borg drones escorted Janeway and [[Tuvok]]. Janeway asked them to join her at grid 92 of sub-junction 12, near the center of the Borg cube, were they would work on the weapon. For efficiency, the Borg wanted to link Janeway and Tuvok with the Borg Collective, as they found verbal communication primitive and inefficient, via a [[neural transceiver]]. Although Janeway told them that they worked better via verbal communication and as individuals, not linked into the [[Hive mind]], the Borg were not interested. Only when Janeway suggested that they choose a single Borg to speak for them like Locutus, and threatened them that the deal would be void otherwise, did the Borg listen. The Borg choose Seven of Nine to speak for them.
  
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The Borg concurred with Janeway's suggestion for a large scale weapon but dismissed using photon torpedos. Instead the Borg devised a [[multi-kinetic neutronic mine]], a weapon of mass destruction. The Borg heard Janeway's objections, that it would take too long to fabricate the necessary nanoprobes and by that time the Borg would have lost the war, among other things. The Borg agreed based on their present situation.
  
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While studying ''Voyager''{{'}}s data on the bioship, the Borg ship was hailed by [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]] and they were informed that Species 8472 seemed to be in [[Telepathy|telepathic]] contact with [[Kes]]. Which might suggest that they already would know about the plans to attack them. Upon hearing this the Borg altered course. Although this would postpone an attack the Borg asked Janeway for the modified nanoprobes so they could start constructing a [[prototype]] weapon. Janeway refused, she first wanted to have left Borg space, and did not budge even when the Borg threatened to send five hundred drones to ''Voyager''. ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew would fight to the death if this would happen and the Borg would lose the nanoprobes.
  
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The Borg dropped their demand and told Janeway and Tuvok to develop a launching system. Moments later ''Voyager'' and the Borg cube were attacked by a single bioship. To prevent the destruction of ''Voyager'' and their nanoprobes the Borg cube positioned itself between ''Voyager'' and the bioship. After the first hit the cube crashed deliberately into the bioship, destroying both of them. Before their destruction the Borg Collective beamed Seven of Nine, together with some drones, [[Borg alcove]]s, Janeway and Tuvok to one of ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[cargo bay]]s.
  
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The Borg explained, by means of Seven of Nine, that they destroyed their vessel to protect ''Voyager''. Because of this the Borg wanted to modify their agreement with ''Voyager'' and demanded to be brought to the nearest Borg cube some forty light years away. Unknown to the Borg Commander Chakotay, who was now in command because Captain Janeway was severely wounded when the cube was hit, was altering their agreement.
  
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The drone Seven of Nine was brought to the [[Captain's ready room]]. Here the Borg learned that the agreement was changed and they would be transferred to a planet or [[moon]] with the modified nanoprobes. When the Borg optioned to assimilate ''Voyager'', Commander Chakotay told them if a single drone would leave the cargo bay he would decompress that entire [[deck]]. A drone floating in space would not pose a threat. The Borg told him that Humans were erratic, disorganized, every individual entitled to their own small opinion, every decision debated. They lacked harmony, cohesion, greatness. This would be their undoing. The Borg suspected something like this might happen before they entered Janeway's agreement.
  
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Back in the cargo bay Seven of Nine was ordered to take control of ''Voyager'' and to enter the realm of Species 8472 when [[Matrix 010]], Grid 19 was attacked by bioships. Eight [[planet]]s were destroyed, 312 Borg vessels disabled and 4,000,621 drones were killed. The Borg took control of the [[navigational deflector]] and created a singularity which pulled ''Voyager'' into the realm of Species 8472. Although the cargo bay was decompressed by Chakotay the drone Seven of Nine survived. She informed Chakotay of their situation and to prepare for combat with bioships. At that time Chakotay realized that the Borg started the war and not Species 8472. In their search for perfection the Borg made a grave tactical error.
  
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[[File:Borg 8472 warhead.jpg|thumb|High yield warhead detonation]]
  
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When Seven of Nine met Captain Janeway, the Doctor had healed her wounds, on the [[bridge]]. She was told ''Voyager'' would fight Species 8472 on their own territory. She would work together with Tuvok on the modified nanoprobes and to adapt ''Voyager''{{'}}s weapons and defensive systems. ''Voyager'' was attacked by four bioships and fired their nanoprobe enhanced photon torpedoes, destroying all four ships. Afterward Seven of Nine brought ''Voyager'' back into the Delta Quadrant were they again were attacked by bioships. When ''Voyager''{{'}}s high yield warhead exploded thirteen bioships were destroyed and the other ships fled. This forced all remaining bioships in the Delta Quadrant to return to fluidic space.
  
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After Seven of Nine regained full contact with the Borg Collective they broke their alliance with ''Voyager''. The Borg had prevailed and ''Voyager'' and its crew would be assimilated. Seven of Nine took over [[helm|helm control]] via her [[assimilation tubule]]s. Unknown to the Borg Commander Chakotay made a link with Seven of Nine via a neural transceiver to distract her, via images of her past and reminding her of her [[humanity]]. This gave [[Chief Engineer]] [[B'Elanna Torres]] the opportunity to create a [[power surge]] which knocked the drone unconscious and permanently severed her link with the [[hive mind]].
  
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This ended the Borg/Species 8472 war and left the drone Seven of Nine stranded aboard USS ''Voyager''. ({{VOY|Scorpion}})
  
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In mid [[2374]], the Borg assimilated [[Species 116]], after they had managed to elude the Borg for several centuries.
 
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23 [[outpost]]s were assimilated in a matter of hours after which hundreds of Borg vessels attacked and assimilated the [[Species 116 homeworld]]. About ten or twenty thousand were able to escape. [[Arturis]] was one of them. He blamed Captain Janeway for the assimilation of his world because the alliance between ''Voyager'' and the Borg prevented the Borg's destruction, and he tried to get ''Voyager'' assimilated. ({{VOY|Hope and Fear}})
  
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=== 2375 ===
  
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[[File:Borg fetal drone.jpg|thumb|A Borg of 29th century technology in a maturation chamber]]
  
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In [[2375]], the Borg were contacted by a [[29th century]] Borg drone. The existence of this drone was the result of a [[transporter]] accident where Seven of Nine's [[nanoprobe]]s interacted with the [[mobile emitter]] of The Doctor. Afterward, [[Ensign]] [[Mulcahey]]'s [[DNA]] was used to create its Human form. It would be the first time a Borg drone was reproduced instead of assimilated. The drone's designation was [[One]], and its curiosity caused it to seek contact with the Borg Collective.
 
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The Borg detected a [[Borg proximity signal|proximity signal]] in Unimatrix 325, Grid 006 (somewhere in the Delta Quadrant) and a Borg sphere altered its course accordingly. Via a [[transwarp conduit]], it could reach the coordinates within approximately three hours.
  
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The Borg made contact with ''Voyager''. After a [[sensor|scan]] they used a tractor beam to hold ''Voyager'' and hailed them, informing them of their oncoming assimilation. Suddenly the tractor beam disengaged because ''Voyager''{{'}}s shields were re-modulated. A moment later they were fired upon but the Borg were able to invert ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[phaser]] beam with a feedback pulse, taking out their [[warp drive]].
  
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One transported himself into the Sphere and told the Collective to stop the attack on ''Voyager''. The Borg told him he would be assimilated and that resistance was futile. When One tried to reach a [[Borg alcove]], drones tried to stop him, but they failed. The Sphere's navigational controls were taken over by One and he directed the vessel to a nearby [[proto-nebula]]. Although the Collective warned One to stop and terminate his interface with the Borg Collective, he steered the Sphere into the nebula, causing the Borg vessel to implode.
 
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On stardate 52356.2 a [[Borg cube]] was destroyed in the Delta Quadrant. Its debris field was about 120 [[kilometer]]s wide. This happened after they assimilated a [[Species 6339]] vessel. The [[vinculum]] of the cube was infected by a [[synthetic pathogen]]ic virus which was carried by members of this species. Unknown to the Borg, this virus was specifically designed to attack them.
 
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Although normally the Borg would investigate a destroyed Borg vessel, it is unknown if they did so with this one. Future events suggest Species 6339 were not successful in re-introducing the virus into the [[Borg Collective]]. ({{VOY|Infinite Regress}}) Between stardates 52542.3 and 52619.2 a Borg probe in the Delta Quadrant detected the {{Class|Intrepid}} ''Voyager'' in Unimatrix 424, Grid 116. The Borg informed them of their imminent assimilation and although ''Voyager'' could match their firepower, the Borg attacked. During this skirmish the Borg's primary shield matrix went off line and a [[photon torpedo]] was beamed on board. Although a drone tried to disarm it, the torpedo detonated. Because the detonation took place near their [[energy|power matrix]], it caused a chain reaction which destroyed the entire ship, killing everyone on board. Unknown to the Borg, ''Voyager'' salvaged eight kilotons of debris in search for components they could use. Although ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew found a [[transwarp coil]], it was of no use to them because it was damaged beyond repair. They did find [[data node]]s, one of them containing tactical data and Borg ship movements. At this point, they devised a plan to steal a transwarp coil from the Borg.
  
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Eight light years away, a heavily-damaged [[Borg sphere|Borg scout]] ship, traveling at warp 2, was regenerating after it was hit by an [[ion storm]]. This had damaged a great deal of the ship and shields, weapons systems and [[transwarp drive]] were off line. Three days later the Borg vessel was joined by ''Voyager'', who had masked their [[warp signature]] to prevent detection by the Borg.
 
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Although ''Voyager'' tried to hide, they were detected. The Borg contacted Seven of Nine via her [[neural transceiver]] and she was told the Borg knew about ''Voyager''{{'}}s plans to infiltrate the Borg sphere. They threatened to destroy ''Voyager'' if Seven did not return to the [[Borg Collective]]. The Borg found Seven unique and wanted her back.
  
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At 0600 hours, the sphere detected a vessel, a Federation [[shuttle]], and tractored it into a [[docking port]] along the central radius for assimilation. When they dropped their shields an away team from ''Voyager'' beamed over to the Borg sphere. Unknown to the away team Seven of Nine was contacted while they were ''en route'' to the transwarp coil.
  
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An explosion in one of the corridors brought the sphere defensive shield down and one of their transwarp coils was transported to ''Voyager''. While the away team fled to their assembly point Seven of Nine remained behind. At the same time the sphere charged its weapons and altered course for ''Voyager''. Although Janeway tried to convince Seven to go back she had no choice other to leave her when a force field was erected between them.
  
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When the away team left, the Borg sphere opened a [[transwarp conduit]] and traveled to the Unicomplex. There, Seven of Nine, escorted by two drones, was welcomed home by the Borg Queen.
  
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The Queen explained to Seven that her escape from the Collective was not really an escape but that she was allowed to leave. In fact she was the only drone ever to leave the Collective. Her experiences on ''Voyager'' would add to the Borg perfection and she was told to regenerate in an alcove, to order her thoughts. When Seven's regeneration cycle ended the Borg had enhanced her [[visual cortex]] and added a [[neural processor]] adjunct, designed to increase her synaptic efficiency. Her memory was also assimilated by the Borg. The Borg did not want another ''drone'', but instead wanted the ''individual'' Seven of Nine for the sole purpose of assimilating Humanity. The Borg failed the first time and with the help of Seven of Nine's Human perspective they hoped to assimilate the Humans definitively.
  
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The Borg forced Seven of Nine to help assimilate [[Species 10026]], all 392,000 of them, just to remind her what it was to be Borg. Upon arrival at [[Species 10026 homeworld|their homeworld]] the Borg were attacked by them. Although the Borg had already assessed the strength and weaknesses of species 10026 the Borg Queen was willing to destroy the ship they were on simply to coerce Seven to come up with a solution. After the shield geometry was altered their ships were no longer a threat to the Borg. Because of Seven's hesitation to monitor the assimilation process in the primary assimilation chamber she was assigned to help with repairs on the [[shield matrix]].
 
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While ''en route'', Seven was injured, but two Borg drones healed her wounds. She even stopped someone who tried to avoid assimilation. Afterward she managed to beam several members of species 10026 to a [[species 10026 starship|damaged vessel]]. Seven was told by the Queen that species 10026 was already enhancing the Borg perfection but she detected the refugees Seven beamed onto the ship. The Queen used this moment to force Seven to abandon her human sentiments, such as compassion and guilt, about the destruction of a species. To make clear that they were one. To Seven's surprise the Queen let the vessel go. When Seven asked her if she thought compassion was irrelevant the Queen did not answer.
  
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Unknown to the Borg, ''Voyager'' had devised a plan to rescue Seven of Nine.
  
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Seven of Nine was given the task to program nanoprobes for a new mode of assimilation, via a biogenic weapon detonated in a planet's [[atmosphere]], which would release [[nanoprobe virus]]es causing a gradual assimilation of the target species. This weapon was meant for highly-resistant species. Because the species in question was [[Species 5618]], humanity, Seven refused to cooperate. Even a threat to turn her into a drone could not persuade her. When Seven accused the Borg of murdering her family the Queen denied, stating they were given perfection. She then made a drone step forward, Seven of Nine's father, Magnus Hansen.
  
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The Borg found Janeway's shuttle within a few moments. They used [[technology]] the Hansens developed and the Borg assimilated: multi-adaptive shielding. Although the Borg had detected the vessel, with three lifeforms and a [[hologram]] on board, the Borg Queen tried to persuade Seven to rescue them. Unknown to the Borg, Tuvok and Captain Janeway had entered the unicomplex and were on their way to the Queen's chambers. When the Borg finally tracked the Federation shuttle and locked a tractor beam on it Seven tried to attack the Borg Queen but was stopped by her. At that moment Captain Janeway walked in and threatened to destroy the Queens chambers if she did not let Seven of Nine go, willing to die herself. After the Queen ordered drones to assimilate them Seven told Janeway to destroy the [[power node]] above the Queen's alcove. This would disrupt her command interface. After this the shuttle ''[[Delta Flyer]]'' was able to beam them out of the unicomplex.
  
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The Borg locked a tractor beam on both ships and informed the occupants of their upcoming fate: being assimilated by the Borg. Although ''Voyager'' fired her [[phaser]]s the Borg vessel kept both ships locked.
  
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Unimatrix Zero was a virtual construct made by Borg drones with a genetic mutation. The Borg perceived this mutation as an illness and wanted to eradicate it. To protect themselves the Unimatrix Borg devised a [[nanovirus]] which would make them undetectable by the Borg Collective but they were unable to introduce the virus into the Collective. So they contacted the former drone [[Seven of Nine]] for help. Together with the [[crew]] of USS ''Voyager'' the nanovirus was improved so they would be aware of Unimatrix Zero after leaving it.
  
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In an effort to destroy it the Borg Queen sent drones into Unimatrix Zero, and even visited it herself. When she became aware of Captain Janeway's plans she tried to tempt her by sending ''Voyager'' directly to Earth, as long as she would not interfere between the Borg and Unimatrix Zero. Janeway refused.
  
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The [[central plexus]] of a Borg cube was infiltrated by a ''Voyager'' away team, whose members were assimilated by the Borg but retained their individuality because The Doctor had prevented the link with the hive mind. After they released the nanovirus the Borg started to lose contact with drones. The Borg captured Captain Janeway, now a Borg drone, and she was interrogated by the Borg Queen to give her an antidote. The Queen even destroyed some cubes on which she could no longer hear a few drones to persuade her.
  
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Although the Borg could not stop the nanovirus they managed to alter it. The virus would also stop a drone's autonomic functions, making it die within minutes. The Borg Queen gave Janeway an option: make the drones return to the Collective or let them die. Although Janeway ordered her first officer that Unimatrix Zero could no longer exist the Queen was fooled. It was an order to destroy Unimatrix Zero.
  
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The Borg already lost control over a Borg sphere which was now under the command of [[Korok (General)|Korok]], a [[Klingon]] Borg drone and former occupant of Unimatrix Zero. Together with ''Voyager'' the Sphere destroyed Unimatrix Zero by interrupting the interlink frequency via their modified [[deflector]]s.
  
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This action caused the Borg to lose control over several vessels in the Delta and [[Beta Quadrant]]s. One of those ships was a Borg scout vessel at the edge of the Beta Quadrant. The Unimatrix Zero drones would make up a resistance movement under the same name. It is unknown what the current status of this movement is. ({{VOY|Unimatrix Zero|Unimatrix Zero, Part II}})
  
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The Borg Queen contacted Seven of Nine when she entered her alcove to regenerate and mentioned the visitor from the future, Admiral Janeway. She knew ''Voyager'' was about to return to the nebula and wanted to know why. The Queen warned Seven that if ''Voyager'' would enter the nebula they would be assimilated.
  
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Despite this warning the Borg found ''Voyager'' entering the nebula again and they send three Borg cubes to intercept. Although the Borg fired their weapons, and even tried locking their [[tractor beam]], ''Voyager'' kept moving on, unhindered. It seemed they were protected by some sort of [[Ablative armor|new armor]]. While the Borg tried to adapt, the lead cube was fired upon by ''Voyager'' with two [[transphasic torpedo]]es. The cube exploded almost immediately. The Borg called off the attack on ''Voyager'' when the second cube was destroyed. When ''Voyager'' reached the center of the nebula they discovered a transwarp hub. At this point the Borg noticed that ''Voyager'' turned around and left the nebula. Unknown to the Borg, ''Voyager''{{'}}s crew was planning to use and destroy the transwarp hub.
  
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The Borg detected that ''Voyager'' had entered aperture 823, transwarp corridor 09 of the transwarp hub. When vessels were redirected to intercept, the Borg Queen shook and parts of her chamber started to explode. It turned out the Borg were infected with a [[neurolytic pathogen]], which was carried by Admiral Janeway and designed to disrupt the Hive mind, to bring chaos to order. This infection also caused the destabilization of the [[force field]]s surrounding the transwarp conduits, making it possible for ''Voyager'' to destroy the transwarp hub.
  
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The history between Humans and the Borg Collective spans a period of centuries. It began with a predestination paradox when a Borg sphere from the future attacked Zefram Cochrane the day before his historic warp flight and continued well into the 24th century.

The Borg and First Contact

On April 5, 2063, Zefram Cochrane launched in the Phoenix, Humanity's first warp-capable vessel. The flight attracted the attention of a passing Vulcan survey ship, whose crew decided to make First Contact with the Human race later that very day. (Star Trek: First Contact)

A year later, Dr. Cochrane gave a commencement address at Princeton University. In it he diverted from his prepared statements and started talking about "what really happened at first contact." He said that aliens had come from the future to enslave the Human race, but were stopped by a group of Humans who were also from the future. As Cochrane was known not only for his imaginative stories, as well as his frequent drinking, no one took the story seriously. He ended up recanting his statements only a few years later. (ENT: "Regeneration")

What was unknown to the public for centuries was that Cochrane's story was in fact very true. A Borg sphere had come back in time from the year 2373 in order to prevent Humanity's first warp flight and in turn, prevent the founding of the United Federation of Planets a century later. The sphere was pursued and subsequently destroyed by the Federation starship USS Enterprise-E, but not before a small contingent of Borg drones beamed aboard the Enterprise and began assimilating the vessel. Thanks to the efforts of the Enterprise crew, the Borg were vanquished and the flight of the Phoenix went forward as history recorded. (Star Trek: First Contact)

2153 Incident

Arctic One attacks Enterprise

The Borg transport attacks Enterprise

Ninety years later, an arctic research team uncovered the remains of the Borg sphere destroyed by the Enterprise. Also found in the debris were two frozen Borg drones, which quickly began regenerating. Not knowing the threat these two drones possessed, the research team allowed the process to go unhindered. This proved to be a critical mistake: the two drones assimilated the research team when they regained consciousness. They then stole the research team's transport and set a course for the Delta Quadrant.

Starfleet ordered the Enterprise NX-01 to pursue. Enterprise caught up to the transport as it was attacking a Tarkalean freighter and quickly drove it away. Although Doctor Phlox attempted to treat the survivors, they eventually succumbed to the nanoprobes that had been injected into them during the Borg attack. Captain Jonathan Archer was forced to blow the two new drones into space when they tried to take over the ship before resuming pursuit of the Borg vessel.

Enterprise again caught up to the transport and during the subsequent battle, the transport managed to activate the program the Tarkalean drones had set up to disable the vessel. Captain Archer and his security officer Lieutenant Malcolm Reed beamed over to the Borg vessel and attempted to rescue the research team, although it did not take them long to realize that this was beyond their abilities. After disabling the transport, the two officers returned to Enterprise and destroyed the transport with a full spread of photonic torpedoes, thereby ending the crisis.

Unfortunately, it was revealed that shortly before the Borg vessel was destroyed, the drones transmitted a message to their territory deep in the Delta Quadrant, with an estimated arrival time predicted for sometime in the 24th century, assuming it would arrive at all. During this incident, the Borg never identified themselves by name. Over the course of the next two centuries, this incident would be gradually forgotten as Enterprise resumed its exploratory mission and continued to pave the way for the founding of the United Federation of Planets eight years later. (ENT: "Regeneration", "These Are the Voyages...")

The Hansens

Over the next several decades, rumors about the existence of the Borg, mostly from El-Aurian refugees who fled their homeworld when it was assimilated around 2265 began to spread among a few Federation citizens. These rumors gave Starfleet enough cause to open a classified file on the Borg in 2293. (TNG: "Q Who"; VOY: "Scorpion", "Dark Frontier"; Star Trek Generations)

Two exobiologists prone to these rumors, Magnus and Erin Hansen, became interested in locating and studying the Borg. In 2353, they departed in the starship USS Raven with their young daughter Annika. After tracking only stray readings and sensor echos for over eight months, the Raven finally located a Borg cube. While studying the cube, the Raven was pulled into a transwarp conduit that pulled the vessel 60,000 light years into the Delta Quadrant, the Borg's native territory.

The Hansens managed to create several new technologies and strategies that allowed them to study the Borg undetected for the next two years. In 2356, the Raven was hit by an ion storm which damaged the vessels multi-adaptive shielding - which had allowed the Raven to remain undetected during the Hansens' studies. The Borg perceived the Raven as a threat following this incident, and subsequently assimilated the Hansen family. (VOY: "The Raven", "Dark Frontier")

Attacks along the Neutral Zone

In 2364, the Borg assimilated several outposts on both sides of the Romulan Neutral Zone. Neither the Federation nor the Romulans were familiar with the Borg at the time and were unable to conclusively determine who was responsible for the attacks. It was clear, however, from the level of destruction that the attack was from a species that was by far more powerful than either the Romulan Empire or the Federation. The outposts were not simply destroyed, they appeared as if some great force scooped them up from the planet surface. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")

It was not until the following year, when the entity known as Q hurled the USS Enterprise-D 7,000 light years to a region of space assimilated by the Borg. An analysis of system J-25 found signs of an advanced civilization, but the cities appeared to have been removed in a manner identical to the loss of the Neutral Zone outposts. A Borg Cube intercepted the Enterprise and drained its shields using a tractor beam. The Enterprise responded by firing phasers at the Borg cube, causing significant damage. The Borg regenerated and repaired its hull while the Enterprise attempted to flee. Unable to outrun the Borg ship, the Enterprise fired again on the Borg Cube, but Borg had adapted to Federation weapons. Several direct photon torpedo hits had no effect on the Borg ship. Just as the Enterprise was about to be assimilated, Q returned the ship to Federation space. (TNG: "Q Who")

Invasion

In 2366, a Borg Cube entered Federation space and assimilated the New Providence colony in the same manner as System J-25 and the Neutral Zone outposts. Shortly thereafter, The USS Lalo encountered the Borg Cube and reported their position shortly before it went missing. The USS Enterprise-D proceeded to the Lalo's last reported position where they exchanged fire with the Borg Cube. The Borg boarded the Enterprise and assimilated Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Now armed with Picard's tactical knowledge and experience with Starfleet, the Borg ship proceeded to Earth for the assimilation of that planet.

The Federation now considered itself in a state of war. Starfleet mobilized an armada of 40 starships led by Admiral Hanson to intercept the Borg Cube at Wolf 359. The Enterprise was unable to pursue the Borg any further due to battle damage and could not join Starfleet at the Wolf system. Hanson decided that Picard would be considered a casualty of war. The armada would use all its firepower to destroy the Borg ship. No attempt would be made to rescue the captain. The resulting Battle of Wolf 359 turned out to be a disaster. The Federation fleet was decimated. The Borg ship was undamaged. The Enterprise, finally repaired, intercepted the Borg ship and rescued Captain Picard in a daring raid. Using Picard's interface with the Borg Collective, the Enterprise was able to initiate a regeneration protocol that in essence put the Borg crew "to sleep". The Borg Cube self destructed shortly thereafter. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds")

Encounters with Hugh

In 2368, the USS Enterprise-D encountered a crashed Borg scout ship with one survivor - a Borg drone nicknamed Hugh by the crew. The Federation still considered themselves at war with the Borg and the Enterprise developed a computer virus that could be implanted in Hugh. The virus would then spread throughout the Borg Collective until the entire collective was destroyed. However, once Hugh was isolated from Collective, he began to shows signs of individuality. Captain Picard no longer felt justified in using a free being as an act of genocide against his own people and did not deploy the virus. Admiral Alynna Nechayev was outraged, stating that Picard's duty as a Starfleet Officer was to safeguard the lives of Federation citizens, despite whatever reservations his conscience may hold. Nechayev also ordered Picard to seize any future opportunity to destroy the Borg. (TNG: "I Borg")

When the Borg attacked the Federation outpost Ohniaka III in 2369, Captain Picard also questioned his own decision not to deploy the virus. However it was later discovered that the attack was not from the Borg Collective but rather a group of disconnected drones that were following orders from Lore. Once Lore was killed, the attacks stopped. (TNG: "Descent")

Second invasion

The second major battle occurred in 2373. A Borg Cube destroyed the Federation colony on Ivor Prime and was on a direct course for Earth. Admiral Hayes mobilized a Federation fleet in the Typhon sector to engage the Borg. Hayes felt that having a man who was previously captured and assimilated by the Borg on the front lines would introduce an "unstable element in a critical situation". Therefore he ordered Captain Picard to take the USS Enterprise-E on a patrol of the Neutral Zone, in case the Romulans decided to take advantage of the situation. The Federation fleet intercepted the Borg cube and opened fire in the Battle of Sector 001. The Cube quickly broke through the defense perimeter inflicting serious damage and casualties on the fleet. The Flagship sent a distress signal to Starfleet Command, requesting reinforcements. Captain Picard, hearing the distress signal, ordered the Enterprise back to Earth in violation of Hayes' orders. When the Enterprise arrived, the Federation fleet had taken heavy losses. A number of ships had been destroyed including Admiral Hayes' flagship. Many more, including the USS Defiant were severely damaged. Captain Picard took command of the fleet and used his knowledge of the Borg to determine a vulnerable point in the Borg's defenses. He ordered the fleet to target the same section and fire simultaneously. After the fleet concentrated a heavy barrage of torpedoes and phaser fire on the weak point, the Borg Cube was destroyed. (Star Trek: First Contact)

USS Voyager

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USS Voyager had a series of skirmishes over a five-year period from 2373-2378 during which time the ship was engaged in a number of primarily defensive battles with the Borg Collective. The conflict, which would have logically been expected to be a one-sided affair between the lone Federation starship and substantial elements of the Collective began when the Template:ShipClass vessel entered Borg space in 2373. (VOY: "Scorpion")

A pivotal strategic move in the conflict was Voyager's support of an insurrection against the Borg known as Unimatrix Zero. (VOY: "Unimatrix Zero", "Unimatrix Zero, Part II")

Borg-Species 8472 War

See main article: Borg-Species 8472 War.

Voyager's original plan was to by-pass Borg space in an effort to evade the Collective, however this tactic failed and the ship engaged the Borg several times. Other than a brief alliance of convenience against the greater common threat of Species 8472, the Conflict might best be described as a series of running battles. At one juncture in that temporary period of cooperation, the Borg assigned "Seven of Nine" to represent them in council with Captain Janeway. The Captain learned from Seven that Species 8472 was only trying to prevent being being assimilated and, to that end, had launched a defensive war against the Collective. With the help of Seven of Nine, Voyager successfully escaped and made it out of Borg space. However several Borg drones were still on Voyager including the former Human Seven of Nine.

Seven of Nine

Seven of Nine as Borg, 2374

Seven of Nine as a Borg drone

Seven of Nine, born Annika Hansen, was taken and assimilated by the Borg Collective at the age of six. Her parents were captured along with Annika; they are presumed to be the first Earth Humans to undergo the assimilation process. Following the temporary alliance against Species 8472, Voyager left Borg space with several drones, including Seven of Nine, still on board. Despite previous agreements and cooperation, Seven of Nine and the other Borg attempted to seize the ship from Janeway. In the process, all Borg onboard were killed except Seven of Nine, who was severed from the Hive mind. Her re-humanization began almost immediately: her body began to reject her Borg components and cellular structures, forcing the ship's doctor to surgically remove the Borg implants in her body and allowing her human structures to regain control. Seven of Nine accepted her humanity and began life as a crewman aboard Voyager, greatly affecting the outcome of the ship's future encounters with the Borg and boosting the crew's confidence in their ability to fight the Collective despite the unfavorable odds.

With Seven of Nine a crew member, the former drone helped the Voyager crew even the odds in future encounters with the Borg by using her extensive knowledge and residual Borg technology. She partially assimilated portions of Voyager, including major ship's systems; the hybrid technology proved to be much more efficient. She also helped to create weapons that countered the ability of Borg drones to adapt to Federation firepower.

Dark Frontier

After learning of a Borg sphere that was heavily damaged, Voyager and her crew launched a mission to infiltrate the sphere and retrieve a transwarp coil to try to shave years off Voyager's trip. The crew succeded in retrieving the coil, using bio-dampeners and multi-adaptive shielding devised by Seven's parents to remain undetected, but Seven of Nine was contacted by the Borg Queen who offered her Voyager's saftey in exchange for her rejoining the Collective. Her plan was to use Seven and her experience to succesfully assimilate humanity and not turn her back into a normal drone again. She makes her watch as the Borg assimilates another species, but Seven helps four prisoners escape. The Queen detects this and prepares to capture them again, but Seven pleads with her to let them go which the Queen does for some reason. Using the transwarp coil, Captain Janeway, Tuvok, the Doctor and Tom Paris follow the sphere to the Unicomplex in the Delta Flyer where they effect a rescue of Seven. As the Queen's chambers are too heavily shielded to beam Seven out, Janeway and Tuvok beam into the complex to lower the shields. Also, Janeway has the Doctor contact Seven which strengthens her faltering resolve, but causes the Borg Queen to detect the team's presence. As she has assimalated the Hansens, the Queen has assimilated their shielding technology and sends three Borg cubes after the Delta Flyer, penetrating the shielding of it, but the Flyer keeps remodulating the shielding to become invisible again, but the Borg quickly adapt each time. In the corridors, force fields prevent Janeway and Tuvok from moving, but seeing that Borg drones can get through, Janeway uses a drone to determine the field's frequency and modulates her bio-dampner to pass through it. This works, but her bio-dampner shorts out, leaving her visible to the Borg sensors. Janeway sends Tuvok to lower the shielding while she rescues Seven. Janeway reaches the Queen's chambers as she prepares to reassimilate Seven and threatens to kill the Queen if she doesn't call off the drones in the room and the cubes. To demonstrate her resolve, Janeway has the Flyer fire on the room and the Queen gives in. Tuvok succesfully lowers the shields and Janeway orders beam-out, but the Queen puts up a disperal field to prevent this. Janeway orders Seven to lower the field while the Queen orders her not to. Choosing Voyager over the Borg, Seven lowers the field, but the Queen raises it again. Seven senses through her restored link to the Collective that if the power node over the Queen is destroyed, it will disrupt her control over the field and drop it again. She informs Janeway of this and she shoots the node, causing the field to go down and allowing the Flyer to beam her, Seven and Tuvok out of the complex. The Flyer flees, chased by the cubes and the Borg Queen's vessel. When it jumps to transwarp, only the Queen's ship follows. The Flyer takes damage, but manages to make it back to Voyager which fires a spread of photon torpedos, collapsing the corridor for a light-year and destroying the Borg vessel. Voyager is then able to use the transwarp coil to travel 20,000 light years before it burns out, shaving another 15 years off their journey.

Unimatrix Zero

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Unimatrix zero

Within the Collective a virus broke out, creating a shared virtual reality known as Unimatrix Zero in which Borg drones were able to become individuals again. Years prior for Seven of Nine being liberated from the collective she too lived in Unimatrix zero and was romantically involved with another drone named Axum. The Borg Queen was initially unable to detect the virus; over several years it spread among thousands of Borg. The Borg Queen immediately began deactivating drones in order to contain and destroy the virus, but Axum was able to contact Seven and ask her to help him and the former drones. Seven reported this information to Captain Janeway and, using a mind-meld performed by Commander Tuvok, Janeway was able to enter Unimatrix Zero; within the construct the Starship Captain and the infected drones developed and instigated the plan for a resistance movement against the Borg Collective. The Borg Queen did eventually uncover the plans and initiated a strategy to stop the rebellion. She visited Unimatrix herself to witness it first hand. Unimatrix Zero was destroyed, but Voyager's crew was able to come up with a way to allow the drones to retain their individuality outside and Axum began a rebellion against the Queen.

Endgame

In an alternate future, Katherine Janeway developed a lot of technology to fight the Borg including ablative armor and transphasic torpedos. When she comes back in time to change history, she brings these technologies with her on her shuttlecraft SC-4 and equips Voyager with them. Using the new technology, Admiral Janeway leads Voyager to a Borg transwarp hub through which they can return to the Alpha Quadrant using one of the hub's transwarp conduits. After her cubes prove to be no match for the improved Voayger, the Borg Queen calls them off, deciding to allow Voyager to pass rather than risk more ships to stop it. However, upon learning what the hub is, Captain Janeway calls off the attempt and decides to destroy the hub instead to deliever the Borg a crippling blow, even though due to the Queen's control over its shielding and the Borg's adaptivity, it will ruin their chance to get home. Coming up with a plan, the two Janeway's come up with a way to do both: Admiral Janeway travels to the Unicomplex in her ship and uses a neural interface to interact with the Queen and offer her her technology in exchange for the Queen sending a cube to tow Voyager back to the Alpha Quadrant. While the Queen understands the Admiral's desire to protect her "Collective," she distracts her long enough for the Borg to locate her ship and capture her. Admiral Janeway is beamed directly to the Queen's chambers where the Queen personally assimilates her. However, the Admiral had injected herself with a Neurolytic pathogen which infects the Collective with her assimilation and the Borg are unable to stop it and the Queen starts to fall apart. Voyager enters the conduit leading to the Alpha Quadrant and after detecting that the shields are disrupted, destroys the hub, keeping ahead of the destruction. The Queen detects that Borg sphere 634 is still able to hear her commands and sends it after Voyager with the intention to destroy Voyager as with Captian Janeway dead, Admiral Janeway and her pathogen will never exist and thus the Borg will be unaffected. Also, when the Admiral was assimilated, the Borg assimilated her knowledge about the technology she equiped Voyager with, allowing them to adapt to it and giving them an advantage. As the Queen dies, she causes the Unicomplex to self-destruct in an attempt to prevent the pathogen from spreading. Voyager is chased by the sphere and loses its armor rapidly and won't make it back to the Alpha Quadrant in one piece. The sphere opens its docking bay to try to capture Voyager as Captain Janeway orders a course change as they approach the nearest exit which leads back into the Delta Quadrant. At Earth, the Transwarp aperture the conduit comes out at opens less than a light-year for Earth and 18 ships are sent to intercept. The sphere emerges alone and the fleet opens fire on it to no avail. However, Voyager landed in its docking bay and fires a torpedo, destroying the ship from the inside. Voyager emerges unharmed from the explosion, having finally made it home and having dealt the Borg a crippling blow with the destruction of the transwarp network, the Unicomplex and the Queen.

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