STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION:
HIVE TPB
The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode The Best of Both Worlds introduce
Locutus who is Captain Picard assimilated as a Borg. Now 500 years after the
final Federation world fell, Locutus feels perfection has not been achieved and
purpose was taken away. Locutus reassembles Data to kill the Borg Queen.
In the
present a Borg invasion is imminent however they have come in peace and seek
the former Locutus. The Borg has experimented with inter-dimensional travel
with severe consequences as Species 1881 has followed them back to this
universe. Species 1881 want perfect Chaos compared to the Borg who was looking
for perfection. Borg wants the Federation to work together with their
ambassador, Seven of Nine.
Seven of
Nine was asked to volunteer as an inside man with a filter so she will be able
to maintain her individuality and still be connected to the Borg. Starfleet and
the Borg combine forces to intercept Species 1881 and beam a hazard team with
Wolf and Vulcan Commandos on board on of their ships. They find out that the
beings have been engineered by the Borg. Picard realizes it’s a trap and Seven
of Nine loses control of the filter.
In the
future Seven of Nine is the Borg Queen’s protective sentinel which is defeated
by both Locutus and Data. Both Data and Locutus defeat the Queen however Data
is sent back to alter the past to save Picard in the present. Data asks Picard
to become Locutus once again so the Borg Queen will accept the virus within
Picard. The plan works and thousands of Borg are freed however Seven of Nine
sacrifices herself to save them.
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