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Complete List Of Appearances Of The Borg In Star Trek

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The Borg are Star Trek's most feared and most loved adversaries they appear in a total twenty-one episodes in the Star Trek franchise in 'Enterprise,' 'The Next Generation' and 'Voyager,' every television incarnation other than the original series and 'Deep Space Nine.' They also appeared in the Star Trek movie 'First Contact.' Below is a complete list of the Borg's appearances in chronological order.

1. Enterprise - 'Regeneration' [S02E23]

2. The Next Generation - 'Q Who' [S02E16]

3. The Next Generation - 'The Best of Both Worlds' [S03E26 - S04E01]

4. The Next Generation - 'I, Borg' [S05E23]

5. The Next Generation - 'Descent' [S06E26 - S07E01]

6. Voyager - 'Unity' [S03E17]

7. Star Trek: First Contact

8. Voyager - 'Scorpion' [S03E26 - S04E01]

9. Voyager - 'The Raven' [S04E06]

10. Voyager - 'Drone' [S05E02]

11. Voyager - 'Dark Frontier' [S05E15 - S05E16]

12. Voyager - 'Survival Instinct' [S06E02]

13. Voyager - 'Collective' [S06E16]

14. Voyager - 'Child's Play' [S06E19]

15. Voyager - 'Unimatrix Zero' [S06E26 - S07E01]

16. Voyager - 'Imperfection' [S07E02]

17. Voyager - 'Endgame' [S07E25]

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About to enter Borg space, Voyager finds a threat so devastating that even the Borg cannot deal with it. About to enter Borg space, Voyager finds a threat so devastating that even the Borg cannot deal with it. About to enter Borg space, Voyager finds a threat so devastating that even the Borg cannot deal with it.

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• Goofs When Janeway orders Chakotay to take an away team to the Borg ship, she tells him that they will keep an open com link and an active transporter lock on them. When Chakotay is on the Borg ship, he needs to tap his communicator and request a connection with Captain Janeway. This would not be necessary if they had an open com link. Later Torres can not get a lock on the away team to transport them. She should have known the lock was down previously if she was actually keeping an active lock on the away team.

Commander Chakotay : There's a story I heard as a child, a parable, and I never forgot it: A scorpion was walking along the bank of a river, wondering how to get to the other side. Suddenly he saw a fox. He asked the fox to take him on his back across the river. The fox said, "No. If I do that, you'll sting me, and I'll drown." The scorpion assured him, "If I did that, we'd both drown." So the fox thought about it, finally agreed. So the scorpion climbed up on his back, and the fox began to swim, but halfway across the river, the scorpion stung him. As the poison filled his veins, the fox turned to the scorpion and said, "Why did you do that? Now you'll drown too." "I couldn't help it," said the scorpion. "It's my nature."

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The Best of Borg worlds: The 7 essential Borg episodes to watch before Star Trek: Picard

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In 1989, in the episode “Q, Who?” Star Trek: The Next Generation took the word "cyborg" and clipped it down to its cold essentials, gifting the world with a new terror: the Borg. Though Doctor Who purists might tell you the Borg are a knock-off of the Cybermen, the black leather aesthetic combined with laser-pointer eyepieces and that chilling catchphrase — "You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile" — all cemented the Borg as one the most iconic sci-fi concepts of all time.

The Borg is essentially internet addiction writ large, an enemy that makes you part of its server. In Star Trek: Picard , the Borg are back and several of the main characters (Picard, Hugh, Seven of Nine) were all previously assimilated by the Borg Collective. This means that revisiting some of the more pivotal Borg moments is essential for your Picard homework.

The Borg appear in six episodes of The Next Generation , one episode of Deep Space Nine , one episode of Enterprise , the film Star Trek: First Contact , and 23 episodes of Voyager . And, if you count every single episode of Voyager in which former-Borg Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) appears, that’s 100 episodes right there. So that’s possibly a total of 32 episodes or 108 Borg episodes and 1 feature film, depending on how you look at it. That’s a lot of Borg to binge! So, in honor of Borg efficiency, here are the 7 essential Borg stories to quickly assimilate and help make watching Star Trek: Picard even more ... engaging.

Note: There are ZERO spoilers for Star Trek: Picard ahead. Episode numbers use the Netflix and CBS All-Access watch order for ease of bingeing.

01 . The Next Generation: Season 3 Episode 26 and Season 4, Episode 1, “The Best of Both Worlds Parts 1 and 2”

Although the first canonical appearance of the Borg happens in the TNG Season 2 episode "Q, Who?" whispers of the Borg are hinted at as early as the Season 1 finale, "The Neutral Zone." That said, you don't really need to start getting your Borg on until the Season 3 finale, "The Best of Both Worlds."

That's the famous episode where Picard is singled-out to be assimilated by the Collective, and the Borg make a bee-line to conquer Earth. The conclusion of this two-parter was the Season 4 premiere of TNG , and the repercussions of that episode changed Jean-Luc Picard forever.

02 . The Next Generation: Season 5, Episode 23, "I, Borg"

In Star Trek: Picard , the former-Borg know as Hugh (Johnathan Del Arco) has a semi-regular role, and in the trailers , we've seen a more human-looking Hugh in a few quick shots. What's happened to Hugh since The Next Generation hasn't been revealed yet, but Hugh's origin story is this classic episode, "I, Borg."

The Enterprise finds an injured Borg, Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) and La Forge (Levar Burton) decide to nurse the Borg back to health to learn more about the Collective. Without spoiling anything, this changes the way Picard and everyone else starts to think about the Borg in a big way. Hugh returns in the two-parter "Descent," in Season 6 and season 7, but you can probably skip those ones if you're pressed for time. This is the essential Hugh episode, and, probably defines the possibilities for what can happen to former Borg drones.

03 . Voyager: Season 5, Episode 15, “Dark Frontier”

Arguably, to fully prepare for Seven of Nine's (Jeri Ryan) return in Star Trek: Picard , you might want to rewatch the entirety of Star Trek: Voyager starting with Seven's first appearance in the season 3 finale "Scorpion Part 1." But, that's also little like saying you should rewatch every episode of TNG to make sure you know everything about Jean-Luc Picard. Seven of Nine is one of the greatest Star Trek characters of all time, and creating a list of the very best Seven episodes is its own thing entirely.

But, if you're only trying to download the most essential Borg lore into your brain, rewatching the epic "Dark Frontier" won't disappoint. This episode reveals how Seven was first assimilated into the Borg collective, and why. Plus, it suggests that all former Borg drones have a complicated relationship with the Collective and the Borg Queen in specific.

When it originally aired in 1999, "Dark Frontier" was presented as an extra-long two-hour episode. Netflix preserves it this way, but sometimes, you'll see reference to "Dark Frontier Part 1 and Part 2." Don't be confused; it's all the same thing.

04 . Voyager: Season 6, Episode 16, "Collective"

This episode introduced yet another variation on what it was like for former Borg drones to suddenly live outside of the interconnected hivemind of the collective. The difference this time was that the liberated Borg were all kids. Sure, Hugh was young , but he wasn't a little kid. In this episode, Seven becomes a de facto mother figure/teacher to a group of children, who, just like her, had been assimilated when they were super young. This episode also introduces the character of Icheb, a reoccurring ex-Borg who would later develop an obsession with Starfleet history, with a special interest in Captain Kirk.

05 . Voyager: Season 6, Episode 26 and Season 7, Episode 1 “Unimatrix Zero Parts 1 and 2”

As its title suggests, "Unimatrix Zero," is kind of like the Matrix in The Matrix . But, in this version, the idyllic cyberspace world is a good thing, because it's literally the only place Borg drones can "go" to be themselves. In the virtual sanctuary of Unimatrix Zero, Borg can meet, and converse, and imagine how they may have been or looked before they'd been assimilated. They can also meet and speak with drones whose bodies are plugged into Borg ships millions of light years apart.

So, basically, it's a secret virtual reality chatroom for people who are enslaved by an AI hivemind, which, if you think about it objectively — even outside of the context of Star Trek — is a freaking awesome idea for a story. As a two-part episode of Voyager , "Unimatrix Zero," is one of the best. And as a Borg episode to prep you for Picard , the essential thing about "Unimatrix Zero" is that it basically proves that even when we think we know everything about the Borg, we totally don't.

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06 . Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

It's Picard and Data versus the Borg!

Hailed as perhaps the greatest Star Trek film of all time (or at least in a dead heat with The Wrath of Khan ), First Contact mostly focuses on Picard's deep-rooted hatred for the Borg, and his desire to enact his revenge, no matter what. It also is the first introduction of the Borg Queen (Alice Krige), a character who adds a layer to the Borg that makes them seem both much scarier, and weirdly a little more explicable. The Borg Queen is deranged, to be sure, but it's not clear she's evil , per se.

If you haven't seen the movie, I won't tell you what happens between her and Data (or her and Picard) but let's just say, this: the Borg Queen might be the most interesting villain in all of Star Trek . And, based on everything we learned in Star Trek: Voyager , she also might be indestructible.

07 . Voyager Season 7, Episode 24: "Endgame"

Before there was Avengers: Endgame , there was Voyager: Endgame ! In the series finale of Star Trek: Voyager , Admiral Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) , travels back in time from the year 2404, to help get the USS Voyager home to Earth about 23-years sooner than they did the first time around. Future Janeway's workaround is all about hijacking a transwarp hub used by the Borg to pop-around the galaxy with relative ease, much quicker than the Starfleet warp drives. But, Admiral Janeway's plan involves slightly more than just stealing some propulsion tech.

Without spoiling anything, the ending of this episode will make you wonder what state the Borg Collective could possibly be in during the time of Picard . "Endgame" took place in 2378, and the events of Picard happen in 2399. Whatever happened to the Borg in those 21 years might not be 100 percent answered in Picard . But, in terms of the Star Trek timeline, "Endgame" is where we left the Borg. So, when we see them again, the events of this episode will almost certainly have impacted the Collective. Even if they're too shy to mention it.

Star Trek: Picard debuts Thursday, January 23 on CBS All Access.

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A Quarter-Century Later, Deep Space Nine’s Finale is a Bridge Between Old and New Star Trek

We’ve left this era behind.

In the final season of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine , our heroes take desperate measures to achieve victory in a bitter war that’s engulfed billions of lives across the galaxy. They also play a rousing game of baseball.

Wedged between The Next Generation , a beloved revival, and Voyager , a mediocre Borg adventure factory , Deep Space Nine’s creators were largely free to take their black sheep where they saw fit. The result was a series that moved Star Trek towards nuanced serialized storytelling , while still finding time to dabble in episodes about Vulcan serial killers and ill-advised crossdressing. When it wrapped up both its serious and silly stories in one big finale, DS9 built a bridge between the one-off episodes of Star Trek past and the relentless season-long sagas of modern shows like Discovery and Picard.

“What You Leave Behind” had to conclude the Federation’s brutal conflict with the Dominion, while also providing closure to Captain Sisko’s uneasy role as a Bajoran religious figure. Both storylines had percolated in the background for years before exploding in DS9’s final seasons, and both highlighted the strengths of the show’s unique fixed setting. Set in a space station above a Bajor struggling to survive its newfound independence and adjacent to a wormhole leading to a far-flung region of space defined by the Dominion’s cruelty, the set-up allowed the consequences of our heroes’ adventures to fester for years.

In an eventful final season, Major Kira (Nana Visitor) is given command of Deep Space Nine and learns the infield fly rule.

The war against the Dominion — essentially an anti-Federation that subjugated new members to make itself more powerful and conniving — is the finale’s strongest element. The multi-season struggle had touched on weighty themes like war crimes and the morality of violent resistance, and it’s satisfying to see Sisko and his stalwart crew battle their way to a melancholy victory. The whole saga is one of the few times Star Trek embraced an epic scope rather than focus on a single ship’s isolated adventures, and seeing characters we knew for years become key cogs in a grand war machine was a somber escalation of the stakes.

Captain Sisko’s personal denouement was less successful. His unique connection to the mysterious aliens living in the wormhole, which the Bajorans worship as prophetic gods, worked well as a symbol of his series-long transition from jaded cynic to fierce protector of Bajor. But “What You Leave Behind” attempted to give this spiritual tale an action-y finale featuring Gul Dukat, a long-running Cardassian villain and occasional uneasy frenemy. Dukat’s saga as an opportunistic Dominion lackey reached a natural conclusion in Season 6, yet he was brought back as a sort of Bajoran Antichrist stuffed full of ham. It felt like an attempt to cram the finale of Raiders of the Lost Ark into the end of Saving Private Ryan.

In one of the finale’s weaker moments, Gul Dukat (Marc Alaimo) shows up like he wandered in from a ‘90s FMV game.

But a quarter-century later, what stands out are the side stories “What You Leave Behind” wraps up. While Deep Space Nine’s seventh season built towards this two-part finale, it also dabbled in asides no sci-fi drama could spare time for today. Featuring a whopping 26 episodes, Season 7 focused on the horrors and heroism of war, but also took a minute to check in on the mirror universe, stage a holosuite heist, and play ball with an arrogant Vulcan. The pacing is glacial compared to a modern show like Picard, and not every episode was a winner, but these asides enhanced the main storyline rather than distract from it. Life, even during galactic megawar, goes on.

This blend of the critical and mundane is why our heroes celebrate their grand victory in a holosuite simulation of a ‘60s Vegas lounge. The Season 6 introduction of Vic Fontaine, a holographic Rat Pack knockoff, was derided as silly and self-indulgent, and 24th-century humans and aliens turning to a pretend crooner for romantic advice and emotional solace should have been ridiculous. But Fontaine was allowed to develop across B-stories and dedicated episodes, a decision that culminated in the superb Season 7 episode “It's Only a Paper Moon.” Nog, once a comic-relief side character, turns Fontaine’s lounge into his personal fantasy realm to cope with losing a limb in battle, and the frank look at PTSD was so effective that giving Fontaine a proper sendoff in “What You Leave Behind” felt natural.

Star Trek and lounge singing, together at last.

A hokey hologram getting screentime speaks to the sheer scope of the finale, but despite its busy-ness, it managed to leave most of its characters in satisfying places. Today, the episode title offers an unintended second meaning, as Star Trek — and television in general — has largely abandoned Deep Space Nine’s supersized seasons and leisurely storytelling pace. Amid its many side stories, DS9 helped move Trek towards the modern serial format, which can make the lean 10-episode seasons of Picard feel like nothing but one exhausting crisis after another. Such momentum can be thrilling, but we’ve lost something in not getting to better know our heroes as they enjoy a little downtime.

With Discovery over , Lower Decks on the way out, and several new shows and movies in the works, Star Trek is once again entering a season of change . It’s difficult to imagine big-budget sci-fi ever returning to 26-episode seasons, but revisiting “What You Leave Behind” still offers a valuable lesson. Viewers wanted to see Deep Space Nine’s heroes triumph over the Dominion not because their battles had been so dramatic, but because we’d spent enough time with them to know they deserved peace.

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10 Best Star Trek: Voyager Episodes, Ranked

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Everything about Star Trek: Voyager was a risk when the series debuted following the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation , an incredibly popular series. The flagship show of the nascent United Paramount Network, Captain Kathryn Janeway and her crew faced familiar struggles from fans. Their story, however, took the Star Trek universe to a new part of the galaxy. The Delta Quadrant hosted never-before-seen alien species and was the backyard of the Borg.

Through syndication and wide streaming access, Star Trek: Voyager is now regarded as a classic of this universe's second wave. Voyager finished its journey strong, and the addition of Seven of Nine -- a human drone rescued from the Borg collective -- changed the series for the better. Now in the third wave of the franchise, Seven of Nine is the captain of the USS Enterprise-G, and Janeway is now a Vice Admiral leading the young cadets of Star Trek: Prodigy . Below are the episodes that best showcase why Voyager is among Star Trek's most beloved series

10 'Distant Origin' Is the Kind of Social Allegory Star Trek Does Best

Voyager is caught up in a tale about scientific truth, immigration and acceptance, how did star trek: voyager become a tv series.

Star Trek: Voyager debuted after The Next Generation ended its historic run, but Captain Janeway's series was in development long before then.

The only episode on this list before Seven of Nine joined the crew, "Distant Origin" is representative of what Star Trek does best . It's a high-concept story about scientific exploration and the ways entrenched powers oppress the truth and those who seem "lesser" than them . The Voth are a superior race of intelligent beings that evolved tens of millions of years in Earth's past and took the stars.

The titular theory threatens the social order of the Voth, and the idea that they have a right to oppress others because they are "the first race" in their sector of space. Ironically, the episode spends much of its time away from the USS Voyager. It's not really their story, but rather the story of the Voth scientist facing punishment for violating "doctrine."

9 'Dark Frontier' Reveals Seven of Nine's Human Past and Importance to the Borg

This episode ties voyager to first contact and the next generation.

A feature-length two-part episode, "Dark Frontier" brings the Borg Queen to television for the first time since the character was created for Star Trek: First Contact . It also reveals how Annika Hansen and her parents came to be assimilated by the Borg. Part-heist story and part "mythology episode," which gives viewers a courtside view to how the Borg assimilate a species.

The USS Voyager plans to steal some Borg technology to help them get to Earth more quickly, but it's trap to recapture Seven of Nine. The Borg Queen reveals that Seven of Nine was "allowed" to leave the collective, and her recapture is meant to make her the human face of the Borg invasion of Earth, just as Locutus (Jean-Luc Picard) and Vox (Jack Crusher) were meant to be. In rescuing Seven of Nine, Captain Kathryn Janeway proves herself to be the Borg's biggest threat .

8 'Drone' Is a Perfect Blend of Star Trek Weirdness and Character Study

A high-concept voyager episode with a deeply emotional ending.

In "Drone," the holographic Doctor and Seven of Nine have a baby, of sorts. Originally bound to sickbay and the holodecks, the Doctor was given a 29th Century mobile emitter by Henry Starling. A transporter accident blends Borg "nanoprobes" with this technology creating a 29th Century Borg drone, just without a collective. He names himself "One," becoming something like a son to Seven of Nine.

One accidentally signals the Borg collective, which shows up to assimilate him and the USS Voyager. One is curious about his people, yet he's fully an individual . First, he helps the crew fight the Borg cube, but even his 29th Century know-how can't match the cube's raw firepower. He sacrifices himself in truly epic fashion, saving the ship but breaking Seven of Nine's heart .

7 'Endgame' Is the Epic Series Finale for Voyager and the Borg

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While everyone from fans to some of the cast lament the series finale of Star Trek: Voyager didn't show the ship actually arriving on Earth, it's still a fantastic finale. It begins many years after the previous episode, when the USS Voyager does arrive on Earth. Now a Vice Admiral, Janeway travels back in time with a plan to bring the ship and immobilize the Borg. All it will cost her is her life.

The beginning of the finale shows a version of the crew's future, though not everyone made it to Earth. The Elder Janeway's plan is ambitious and takes the ship right into the heart of the Borg society. While her younger counterpart gets her ship home, the elder Janeway has a final showdown with the Borg Queen. "Endgame" is full of spectacle appropriate for a series finale, while not sacrificing attention on the characters fans loved .

6 'Year of Hell' Is an Epic Two-Part Struggle for Survival

A year-long episode of star trek: voyager was almost a whole season.

The "Year of Hell" is a two-part episode that, according to Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration , could've lasted for an entire season. The episode centers on a new species called the Kremin, who developed a "timeship" that could erase entire civilizations from history. The captain and lead scientist, Annorax , continues these temporal incursions and sets his sights on the USS Voyager.

The two-part episode takes place over an entire year, with the USS Voyager and the Krenim engaging in a running war. The ship is damaged, the crew is battered and demoralized. The resolution resets the series' status quo. Had the fallout from this taken a full season, the show might have gotten too dark. This two-part epic is just enough "hell" to make this episode a classic instead of "the one where the season started to go downhill." The Krenim and the idea of the "Year of Hell" was mentioned in Season 3's "Before and After," when Kes visited a possible future.

5 'Timeless' Is About the Death and Resurrection of the USS Voyager

The survivors of the uss voyager break the prime directive to rewrite history.

Time travel is a Star Trek staple , and Voyager featured a lot of it. In "Timeless," select members of the crew survive after the USS Voyager is destroyed. The episode was directed by LeVar Burton who also appeared as Captain Geordi La Forge from the alternate future. As the surviving crew tries to change the past, La Forge has to stop them from violating the "Temporal Prime Directive."

Along with being a dark look at the future, the episode is emotionally heavy, especially for Chakotay and Harry Kim. The latter blames himself for the accident that destroyed the ship. He is determined to fix that mistake. Even though he's successful, the episode ends on a down note as the elder Kim sends a message to his younger self.

4 'Message In a Bottle' Brings Voyager One Step Closer to Home

The emergency medical holograms prove their mettle as starfleet officers, star trek: prodigy is the last hope for janeway and chakotay shippers.

Star Trek: Prodigy brought Voyager characters Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay back into their story and there is a chance for the romance fans never got.

The Romulans appear in "Message In a Bottle," one of the rare times a classic Star Trek alien species appears in Voyager other than the crew. The ship discovers a massive sensor array, and Seven of Nine sends the Doctor to another Starfleet vessel on the edge of Federation space. The array is the bottle, and he is the message. However, the ship is experimental and has been overtaken by Romulans.

The Doctor meets the Mark II version of the Emergency Medical Hologram used by Starfleet, and the irascible pair have to take on the Romulans. Along with being a thrilling episode in its own right, "Message In a Bottle" was important to the overall story. It's the first time the USS Voyager is able to make contact with Starfleet, letting them know the ship was not destroyed .

3 'Living Witness' Is Unlike Any Other Star Trek Episode

The closest the uss voyager ever got to the 'mirror universe'.

Another Doctor-heavy episode, "Living Witness" is a truly unique premise, not just for Voyager but Star Trek itself. Much of the episode is set far in the future from the 24th Century, in a society where the USS Voyager, Starfleet and Captain Janeway have become myth. A copy of the Doctor's program is discovered, and a researcher at the museum reactivates him.

The holographic recreations of the USS Voyager are like Mirror Universe versions of the characters fans know. As the Doctor tries to set the record straight, it causes social upheaval in the society. Ultimately, he urges the researcher to deactivate him and maintain peace on his planet, at the cost of the truth . Though, an even further future ending scene shows the truth eventually came out.

2 'Scorpion' Represents an Ending and a Beginning for Voyager

These episodes introdce the borg and seven of nine, star trek: prodigy's connection to voyager, explained.

Star Trek: Prodigy is a new series with new characters in the universe, but the series is directly connected to Voyager through characters and ships.

The end of Star Trek: Voyager Season 3 and start of Season 4 began the ship's frequent conflicts with the Borg. The second part of the two-part episode also introduces Seven of Nine, as Captain Janeway makes an alliance with the Borg . They encounter a new alien, species 8472 from a dimension of "fluidic space" with no other lifeforms. They are immune to assimilation.

The first episode cold open is short but powerful. A pair of Borg cubes descend on the unseen species 8472 and are destroyed. "Scorpion" is as consequential to Voyager as the classic Season 3 to 4 " Best of Both Worlds " was to The Next Generation . Unlike the USS Enterprise, which only had to deal with a single Borg cube, the USS Voyager was in the heart of Borg space.

1 'Blink of an Eye' Is a Classic Star Trek Episode with a Unique Concept

The top-rated star trek: voyager episode encompasses everything the franchise does best.

The USS Voyager finds itself stuck in the orbit of a planet that has a strange time variance, due to a heavy concentration of "chronaton particles." While the ship spends less than a week in this predicament, the time differential means the ship is viewed in the sky by the planet's indigenous population for a millennia. The "skyship" is the subject of myth, religion, pop culture and serves as an impetus for scientific advancement.

Because of the Prime Directive , the crew avoids making contact with the population, even though the presence of the ship causes frequent planetwide earthquakes. However, as the society advances, explorers from the planet come to the ship. It's a classic Star Trek episode despite being so unique. Just like "Distant Origin," it deals with the idea of scientific exploration, respect for other cultures or societies, and the propensity for any species to turn to violence when faced with the unknown .

Star Trek: Voyager is available to own on Blu-ray, DVD, digital and streams on Paramount+ and Pluto TV.

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Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is seventy-five years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

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Q. How can I travel to the new Borg space?

A. You can now travel to the new Borg space by using the new item called Transwarp Cells. Once Warp has initiated a Transwarp Cell will be used from your inventory. Please note – if you cancel warp the Transwarp Cell will still be consumed, so be mindful when warping to the new Borg systems.

Q. What are the names of the Borg systems?

• Metra Alpha (25)
• Metra Beta (25)
• Metra Gamma (25)
• Benes Alpha (26)
• Benes Beta (26)
• Benes Gamma (27)
• Benes Delta (27)
• Roda Alpha (28)
• Roda Beta (28)
• Roda Gamma (29)
• Roda Delta (30)
• Corta Alpha (31)
• Corta Beta (32)
• Corta Gamma (33)

Q. How can I obtain the transwarp cells?

A. Transwarp cells can be obtained only if you have built the Vi’dar

Q. Where can I obtain the Transwarp Cells from?

A. Transwarp cells can be obtained through a chest in the gifts section that can be claimed every 22 hours.

Q. How many times can I use the Transwarp Cells to travel to the Borg systems?

A. You cannot go from Borg system to system, as they are not connected. You can only use a Transwarp Cell once to travel to one system. If you want to leave a Borg system and enter a new one, you will need to use a Transwarp Cell again. 

Q. How many Transwarp Cells can one have in their inventory?

A. You can only have up to 8 transwarp cells in your inventory. If you have more than 8, you won’t be able to claim them from that chest until you’ve spent some and have less than 8 again.

Q. What should I expect to find in the new Borg systems?

A. Within the Borg systems will be Borg Hostiles known as Probes. These Borg Probes will drop a unique resource.

Q. What do the Borg Tactical Probes drop?

A. The Borg Tactical Probes drop Inert NanoProbes

Q. What can I do with the Inert NanoProbes?

A. Inert NanoProbes can be refined. Once in the refinery tab, you can choose between 2 types of refined NanoProbes, “Active Nanoprobes” which are used to promote Borg officers or “Charged NanoProbes” which are used for upgrading tiering up the Vi’dar or Faction / Reputation credits.

Q. What’s the Vi’dar?

A. The Vi’dar is a new ship that is predominantly used to fight off the Borg Tactical Probes.

Q. How can I obtain the Vi’dar

A. The Vi’dar can be obtained by

• From milestones 7 – 9 (50%) and from the final milestone of the Borg event in phase 2 (50% blueprints)
• Players will also have the chance to A – Buy a pack and redeem 50% of the blueprints or B – buy a pack to redeem 100% of the blueprints

Players level 16+ can obtain the Vi’dar

Q. At what level can I build the Vi’dar

A. The Vi’dar can be built with a minimum level of 25 on your shipyard

Q. Why am I not seeing the event rewarding Vi’Dar blueprints? (this is for players below level 16 – if necessary)

A. Please consider levelling up in order to see this event!

Q. How can I obtain the new Borg Avatar?

A. You will be able to become the owner of the new Borg avatar through the premium events store

Q. How to obtain the Vi’dar Missions?

A. The missions can be unlocked once you’ve gathered enough Borg Mission Keys (80).

Q. Where do I get the Borg Mission Keys from?

A. You can acquire the necessary amount of keys by completing different milestones in the Borg Invasion event or through the Vi’Dar Unlock Pack, which includes the mission keys.

Q. Why am I not seeing the premium mission bundle?

A. You will not see this bundle unless you have  T1+ Vidar.

Q. How many mission chains are there?

A. There are 3 mission chains: 

• And You Will Know Us… Part 2, which costs 20 Borg mission keys to unlock and can be found in the first milestone.
• Those Left Behind, which costs 40 Borg mission keys to unlock and can be found in the third milestone.
• Ripples in a Pond, which costs 80 Borg mission keys to unlock and can be found in the sixth milestone. This mission can only be unlocked if you already built the Vi’dar.

Q. How does the premium reward unlock pack work?

• The premium rewards unlock pack will last for 24 days
• Premium missions will be included in regular rewards
• By buying the Borg Prem Rewards Unlock Pack you can unlock the premium reward event store
• The Premium rewards unlock pack unlocks the Premium rewards “event store”
• Players level 16+ can get all 100 Vi’dar blueprints in the regular rewards (not premium)

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Jonathan Frakes on the ‘Trek’ Ep He Directed 31 Years Ago That Inspired ‘Discovery’ Season 5, Hopes for ‘Legacy’ & More

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Jonathan Frakes has been directing episodes of various “Star Trek” series for the past 34 years, from his first episode behind the camera, “Next Generation” installment “The Offspring,” to the most recent episode of “Star Trek: Discovery.” He is continuity for the franchise that doesn’t quite exist in any other way.

Speaking to IndieWire about his work directing on “Discovery,” Frakes takes no credit for having had a connection to the original “Next Gen” basis for this storyline.

“It’s just by chance that ‘The Chase was my episode,'” he said. “In the old days on ‘Next Gen,’ you were assigned episodes [to direct] based on people’s availability. I’m very proud to have been a part of it, though and very excited that [‘Discovery’ showrunner] Michelle Paradise chose it as sort of the tipping off point for the season. But it was clearly by happenstance that it happened to be an episode that I had directed then, and now I’m involved with the finale of, so it’s thrilling.”

And Frakes took that to heart: The opening shot of “Lagrange Point,” lensed by DP Maya Bankovic in her first collaboration with Frakes, sees the camera turn upside down, to explore the sprawling interiors of Starfleet Headquarters. It later flies through the sprawling interiors of a Breen ship where the heist takes place with a sweep that would have been unimaginable in “Trek” just a few years ago. “Tunde [referring to Olatunde Osunsanmi, the producing director who usually helms the “Discovery” premiere and finale episodes, given their enhanced scale] encourages that kind of freedom.”

This has changed the cadence of production for many VFX heavy shows such as “Discovery.” Whereas these would have an extended post-production period following the conclusion of principal photography, now much of that VFX work has to be completed in advance so it can be captured in-camera during shooting.

“It’s a time suck, and it’s got to mean so much planning,” Frakes said. “I mean, I was told they need to know 13 weeks before we can shoot it, what sets are going to be created, because I think it’s 30,000 LED lights, and the assets need to be built. So it is a long process to get that canvas, if you will, in place before you go over there and put the live action parts into it.

Pairing the best of the new with the best of the old is the challenge of “Star Trek” these days. For as cinematic and sweeping as its series today look, they have to find ways to build on the nearly 1,000 hours of “Trek” that’s come before — not as fan service but as a way of acknowledging its history so that its present feels lived-in and real.

As for another echo from the past, there’s the persistent drumbeat from fans for a continuation of the final season of “Star Trek: Picard,” which brought back the entire “Next Gen” cast, as “Star Trek: Legacy” — a handoff series that could be built around the new characters from “Picard” plus strategic appearances from old “Next Gen” faves. It’s probably the property “Star Trek” fans most want to see out of everything the franchise could do right now. And yet there’s been no movement on this from Paramount+, and “Picard” showrunner Terry Matalas now signing with Marvel to produce a “Vision” TV series for Disney+ seems like the idea may be dead in the water.

When asked if he has hopes, thoughts, or updates about “Legacy,” Frakes said, “I certainly have hopes and thoughts. Updates? I don’t have, but I do know that the franchise is in great shape. I do know that this ‘Starfleet Academy’ series is going to be an entirely different animal, and I think that the success of what I’m imagining, the success of ‘Section 31,’ Michelle Yeoh’s movie , is only going to catapult us further into the future, and my hope, obviously is that we’ll find a place then to continue the ‘Legacy’ story.”

We can dream.

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Star Trek's Most Breathtaking and Consequential Battles

Today, we're diving into some of the battles that changed Trek history.

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Star Trek has brought breathtaking space battles to our screens throughout its history, but these clashes have always represented much more than just powerful starships and fantastic visual effects. From their underlying causes to ongoing repercussions, each engagement stands as a momentous turning point in both the Federation’s legacy and the lives of the individual participants. With thoughts of Commander Riker bellowing "Shields up!" and Captain Sisko ordering "Battle stations!" echoing in our minds, let’s recount the stories behind these iconic conflicts in the real-time chronology in which they aired, culminating with the struggle against Control that propelled the U.S.S. Discovery into the 32nd century.

9. Battle of Wolf 359, Star Trek: The Next Generation & Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek - The Battle of Wolf 359

As Earth faced assimilation by the technologically superior Borg Collective, Starfleet failed to hold the line against the oncoming threat at Wolf 359. In addition to the catastrophic loss of lives and vessels, the circumstances surrounding the invasion had a profound effect on four beloved characters. After assuming the U.S.S. Enterprise-D ’s center seat, William T. Riker was forced to match wits with his friend and mentor Jean-Luc Picard, who had been unwillingly enlisted to help the Borg with their mission. Picard himself would eventually endure years of psychological trauma related to these events. The battle also exacted an emotional toll on Benjamin and Jake Sisko, who suffered from Jennifer Sisko’s death. Despite emerging victorious, the Federation sought to rebuild its fleet and dedicated resources to developing a line of warships that ultimately gave birth to the Defiant -class.

8. First Battle of Deep Space 9 , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The looming Dominion threat and rumors of a compromised Cardassian government prompted the Klingon Empire to attack the Cardassian Union. The Federation rebuked this action, causing Chancellor Gowron to withdraw from the Khitomer Accords and placing Deep Space 9 in the line of fire. The ensuing battle saw a Klingon fleet unsuccessfully launch an assault against the starbase, but the engagement kicked off a brutal period of war between the Empire and the Federation. The situation was especially taxing on Worf, who found himself ostracized after selecting his allegiance to Starfleet over his warrior heritage. The continued Klingon presence in the region and the potential for further violence convinced Worf to accept a permanent position as the space station’s strategic operations officer.

7. Battle of Sector 001, Star Trek: First Contact

The Borg’s return to the Alpha Quadrant endangered 24th-century Earth, as well as the pivotal planet’s 21st-century past. The epic clash served as a dreaded reunion between the cybernetic lifeforms and Picard, whose history with the Collective proved crucial in repelling the Borg Cube’s advance into the interstellar coalition’s territory. The U.S.S. Enterprise-E ’s crew experienced a brief temporal detour in which they foiled the Borg Queen’s plot to eradicate the Federation before it even existed. The series of events provided Picard with some closure to the horrors he endured at Wolf 359. However, the Borg wreckage that remained in the 21st century became reanimated a hundred years later. Although Jonathan Archer’s Enterprise destroyed the ship the Borg had assimilated, the drones managed to send a signal to the Delta Quadrant that might have been the first communication to alert the Collective about Earth’s existence.

6. Second Battle of Deep Space 9 , Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

The first major engagement of the Dominion War primarily served as a diversion to cover a secretive Federation-Klingon strike on the enemy’s shipyards at Torros III, but Captain Sisko’s cadre also held out long enough to give the U.S.S. Defiant enough time to deploy a cloaked field of self-replicating mines that would prevent the Dominion from bringing in reinforcements from the Gamma Quadrant. The ploy succeeded, yet the loss of Deep Space 9 to Weyoun and Gul Dukat’s occupational forces struck a blow to Starfleet’s morale. The fact that Sisko’s son Jake elected to stay behind and report from behind enemy lines did little to assuage the captain’s troubled mood. While the mission mostly went according to plan, the battle paved the way for a series of vicious defeats at the hands of the Dominion.

5. Operation Return, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine — Operation Return

When the time came for the Federation to retake Deep Space 9 , the Dominion was making the final preparations to deactivate the minefield that blocked the wormhole’s entrance. Outnumbered two-to-one, Starfleet only proved able to advance through the enemy fleet when the Klingons entered the fray at a key strategic moment. Unfortunately, the Defiant arrived too late to prevent the wormhole’s reopening, and Sisko ordered the lone vessel into the Celestial Temple in a last-ditch effort to block almost 3,000 Dominion starships from swarming across the Alpha Quadrant. The captain spoke to the Prophets as their Emissary and argued that they needed to act to protect Bajor. The wormhole aliens whisked the incoming fleet away, but warned Sisko that he would pay a price for their assistance. Dukat’s own punishment was more immediate, as the death of his daughter compromised the Cardassian’s mental state.

4. Battle of Cardassia, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Two tragic years of warfare led to this moment, when the combined Federation, Klingon, and Romulan armada ventured into the heart of Cardassia to put an end to the Dominion’s rule. The grueling trek through enemy territory was merely a prelude to the confrontation that awaited the Federation Alliance at Cardassia Prime, where the Dominion fleet prepared itself to fight to the last Jem’Hadar soldier. The Cardassians turned against their overseers, causing the Dominion to begin eliminating the local population. Luckily, Odo’s choice to heal the Female Changeling convinced her to surrender. The Dominion War came to a close, but its effects rippled across the Alpha and Beta Quadrants for years to come.

3. Battle of Vulcan, Star Trek (2009)

More of a massacre than a battle, the Romulan mining vessel Narada wiped out a small Federation fleet and disabled the U.S.S. Enterprise during a surprise strike over Vulcan. The flagship’s crew put up a valiant fight, but Nero nevertheless injected enough red matter into the planet’s core to create a black whole that swallowed Vulcan and most of its populace. Only 10,000 Vulcans survived the criminal act, which also claimed the life of Spock’s mother Amanda. Under James T. Kirk’s leadership, Starfleet’s flagship later defeated Nero as the Romulan sought to sentence Earth to the same grim fate. After witnessing his homeworld’s destruction, Spock Prime dedicated himself to helping the remaining Vulcan refugees locate a suitable planet to colonize.

2. Battle of the Binary Stars, Star Trek: Discovery

The U.S.S. Shenzhou ’s initial standoff with T’Kuvma’s Ship of the Dead soon spiraled out of control and launched the Federation and Klingon Empire into a prolonged and bloody war that tested Starfleet’s resolve. T’Kuvma’s death inspired his followers to rally behind Voq and L’Rell, but it also opened the door for Kol to assert his dominance over the Empire. Ironically, this series of events ultimately led to Voq’s transformation into Ash Tyler and his relationship with Michael Burnham, a pairing which played an important part in ending the war. Speaking of Burnham, the loss of Captain Georgiou ravaged the first officer’s spirit to the point that she allowed herself to be sentenced to life in prison with little resistance during her court martial.

1. Battle of Xahea, Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery — The Battle of Xahea

Waged in the vicinity of Me Hani Ika Hali Ka Po’s cherished home, this cataclysmic conflict represented the U.S.S. Enterprise and Discovery ’s final opportunity to stop Control from acquiring the Sphere data, achieving sentience, and wiping out all life in the galaxy. Over the course of what is perhaps the most intricate battle that Star Trek has ever delivered on screen, the two Starfleet vessels held off the starships that Control procured from Section 31, Burnham and Spock solidified their familial bond, Admiral Cornwell sacrificed herself to save the Enterprise , and Mirror Georgiou vanquished Control as it embodied Leland’s reanimated form. Though triumphant, Captain Pike and Spock had to bid farewell to their loved ones on Discovery as the ship jumped 930 years into the future in order to safeguard the Sphere data. With its deeds purged from the historical record, Discovery set out to tackle new challenges in the 32nd century.

Jay Stobie (he/him) is a freelance writer who contributes articles to the official Star Trek website and Star Trek Magazine, as well as to Star Wars Insider and the official Star Wars website. Jay also serves as a part-time assistant and consultant advising many actors and creatives who work on his favorite sci-fi shows and films. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram at @StobiesGalaxy.

Star Trek: Discovery streams on CBS All Access in the United States, airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave in Canada, and on Netflix in 190 countries.

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• One Paramount executive thought the Borg were boring, resulting in the creation of the Borg Queen as an iconic character.
• The Borg Queen appears in multiple Star Trek series, using manipulation and vulnerability to become a compelling villain.
• In the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard , the Borg Queen returns with manipulative tactics to assimilate humanity through Picard's son, Jack Crusher.

The Star Trek franchise has so many iconic villains that it might be difficult for some fans to choose their favorite. Starfleet's crews are constantly encountering both new and old enemies while exploring the galaxy and meeting new civilizations. The Next Generation 's Q ( John De Lancie ) is one of the biggest tricksters in the galaxy , while Deep Space Nine 's Cardassian war criminal Gul Dukat ( Marc Alaimo ) is constantly stirring up something, and Khan Noonien Singh ( Ricardo Maltabán ) simply wants to take over the world. Time and time again, the bad guys that always seem to pop up are the Borg. Although they seem like a simple hivemind collective, their recurring presence in the franchise reveals them to be so much more, and viewers have seen what can happen when they're given their individuality or how they react under pressure. During the filming of the Next Generation movie Star Trek: First Contact , however, one Paramount executive thought a particular change was needed to give the Borg a specific face — and it was a change that made an impact on the franchise moving forward.

Star Trek: First Contact

The Borg travel back in time intent on preventing Earth's first contact with an alien species. Captain Picard and his crew pursue them to ensure that Zefram Cochrane makes his maiden flight reaching warp speed.

According to The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years: From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams , edited by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, Paramount's Jonathan Dolgen thought the Borg were boring and amounted to little more than zombie robots; they needed some kind of voice other than being mindless drones, and what's a hive without its Queen? So, screenwriter Brannon Braga did a substantial rewrite to include a character that would come to be known as the Borg Queen ( Alice Krige ). Dolgen, it's been reported, was a huge Star Trek fan and often put in his two cents about which episodes he liked, which apparently paid off big time. His suggestion spiraled into the creation of this iconic character who always has a habit of popping up when we least expect her.

Where Have We Seen the Borg Queen in Star Trek Before?

In First Contact , the Borg travel back in time to stop scientist Zefram Cochrane ( James Cromwell ) from discovering warp speed, which leads to humanity's first encounter with the Vulcans, which in turn allows for the deeper exploration of space and the eventual founding of the Federation. As a villain, the Borg Queen, played by Alice Krige in First Contact , is so different from other Borg introduced in The Next Generation ; she is sexual and emotional, making her prone to trickery and manipulation, even though she is a master at both herself. She brings a sense of vulnerability to the Borg, despite being a slinky, devious monster, which makes her the perfect foil for Jean-Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ), first in First Contact and then later on when the character reappears in Star Trek: Picard . She toys with people around her and convinces them to join her Hive. She has this special fondness for Picard and will do anything to convince him to join the collective. He's like a trophy she needs to collect for her mantle. Even though we thought she perished at the end of First Contact , she has this nasty habit of popping up again and again.

She's also a notable villain in Star Trek: Voyager , after Seven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan ) is liberated from the Borg. As a power-hungry leader obsessed with finding perfection and evolving the Borg into the ultimate race, Queen can't stand that a Borg drone has escaped and been disconnected from the Hive and does everything in her power to manipulate and bring Seven of Nine back to the collective. After Voyager blasts some severe hits on the Borg, they also deliver a neurolytic pathogen they believe kills the Borg Queen — but that's proven wrong when she appears once again in Star Trek: Picard.

'Star Trek: Picard' Introduces Another Side of the Borg Queen

The Borg Queen returns in Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard (voiced by Krige and portrayed physically by Jane Edwina Seymour ) in an attempt to create a new collective after she cannibalizes her drones to sustain herself. While she's clearly become a more narcissistic, manipulative, and conniving villain with many puppets, she's especially good at getting under Picard's skin. In a new twist, she has been grooming Picard's only son, Jack Crusher ( Ed Speelers ) — who is connected to the Borg because of Picard's connection to the Hive during his brief time as Locutus — seducing him to help assimilate all humanity and become a weapon of mass destruction. Jack is the key to the Borg's evolution as an unintended consequence of what happened to Picard when he was briefly assimilated.

This looming threat to his son leads Picard on an emotional journey where he must figure out how to get Jack back before it's too late. By working with the Enterprise crewmates he's been reunited with, he also discovers what it means to be a father and how much of a connection he wants with his son. In Picard 's final season, the crew's mission becomes about rescuing Jack Crusher, who the Queen has assimilated as Vox of Borg , and finally thwarting her once and for all.

However, despite Starfleet's repeated attempts to eliminate her, the Borg Queen always returns. Her resilience and persistence are critical aspects of her character, making her a formidable and compelling antagonist. She embodies everything Starfleet opposes, presenting a constant threat and a significant element in the franchise. While her ability to endure, even after seemingly insurmountable setbacks, is a testament to her strength and tenacity, her relentless pursuit of perfection ultimately becomes her downfall as she plunders the galaxy, looking for the next race to add to her collective.

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Why Star Trek: Voyager's First Season Never Got A Proper Finale

T he final episode of the third season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" was called "The Best of Both Worlds" (June 18, 1990), and it is often celebrated as one of the best episodes of the series. Notably, the episode ended on a humdinger of a cliffhanger, revealing that Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) had been assimilated by the Borg. Trekkies had to wait until September 24 to see the conclusion.

This two-parter kicked off a long-standing "Star Trek" tradition of ending every season of every show with a notable cliffhanger. The remaining "Next Generation" seasons always left viewers with something to anticipate through the summer. There was an exception at the end of the first season of "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," which ended on a usual note, but the show's second season opened with an unprecedented three-part episode, so it feels like it counts.

The finale of the first season of "Star Trek: Voyager" was nothing to write home about. The episode was called "Learning Curve" (May 22, 1995), and it was about several Maquis officers who had been conscripted into the Voyager crew after their ship was destroyed. Tuvok (Tim Russ), who used to live with them undercover, has to train them to be better Starfleet officers. Also, the ship's environmental controls go haywire after Neelix (Ethan Phillips) tries to make cheese (!) and accidentally infects the ship's organic computer components with a virus. It's nothing special or notable.

It turns out that the finale ... wasn't a finale. It was merely the final episode of the season by a fluke of programming. The schedule of the first season of "Voyager" was detailed in the oral history book "Captains' Logs Supplemental: The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages," edited by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross.

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Voyager Season 1's Final Episodes Were Held Back By UPN

"Star Trek: Voyager," it should be noted, began with a truncated season of only 15 episodes. Most pre-streaming "Star Trek" shows ran a whopping 26 episodes a season. It was considered very usual at the time (at least among Trekkies) to have so few Treks at once. "Voyager" was the flagship series for the UPN, a network that launched at the same time as the then-new "Star Trek" show, and it seemed that the network had a lot more control over how the series was exhibited. "Voyager" co-creator and writer Jeri Taylor recalled working on four additional episodes for the first season, only to learn that the UPN had decided to hold them back for season 2:

"It's very important to note that we didn't hold back any of the episodes, UPN did. [...] It's important that people start understanding that there is a significant difference at this point between the network and the studio. The studio produces the television series, and the network buys it and runs it as they would from any other studio. The network has control over when and how they schedule the episodes. We and Paramount and the studio were not in accord with that decision to hold back episodes, but it was UPN's right to do so."

UPN did have a reason for scheduling "Voyager" the way they did, but it didn't make sense to Taylor. In fact, Taylor hated the decision to end season 1 with "Learning Curve." Not because of the content of the episode, but because that would be four additional weeks the network would need to lean on reruns.

UPN Wanted Voyager Season 2 To Premiere Early

Taylor noted:

"... [B]y summer we were having the third run of some shows, giving the impression that people are seeing the same shows over and over again and that there is no fresh programming. I would much rather they had used those extra four episodes to provide more fresh programming so the audience wouldn't feel the show had gotten stale in its first season. Also, we had planned those for shows as a build that would take us out of the first season on a triumphant, uplifting note. As it was, the season just ends."

Lucy Salhany, the head of UPN, was also quoted in "Captains' Logs Supplemental." She explained that premiering "Voyager" season 2 early was more important that concluding season 1 in a meaningful way. The first episode of the second season, "The 37s," aired on August 28, 1995, whereas all the other major networks waited until mid-to-late September to start their respective seasons. In her own words:

"I didn't want to wait until the middle of September, when all the other networks –- the 'big' networks –- are premiering. [...] In order to do that, we needed to hold some episodes back. The shows that we held back would have run two in June and two in July. They would not have run earlier because they wouldn't have been done to go on in May. So, we've had some reruns. We knew that was going to happen."

Which makes sense. "Voyager" co-creator Michael Piller was okay with Salhany's release schedule and noted that Salhany had great success with it when she worked for Fox. Also, "Voyager" only had a total of 20 episodes when it began airing, so holding a few back made everyone's lives easier.

The reruns were a little annoying, though.

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'Star Trek Online' Season 32 arrives today, starring Denise Crosby as Romulan baddie Sela

The hit MMORPG launches its new season with 'Star Trek Online: Unparalleled.'

"Star Trek Online" (STO), the free-to-play MMORPG available on PC, PlayStation and Xbox, blasts off into its 32nd season today (May 28). 

For this dynamic sci-fi adventure, Arc Games and Cryptic Studios are bringing back a compelling character from " Star Trek: The Next Generation " in the form of an alternative universe version of Sela, a Human-Romulan hybrid played by Denise Crosby.

Crosby will provide vocal work in "Star Trek Online: Unparalleled," where she’ll play Captain Sela of the U.S.S. Enterprise emanating from an unfamiliar parallel dimension . This is a " Star Trek " homecoming of sorts for Crosby, as she previously voiced both "TNG's" Tasha Yar and Sela for "STO" way back in 2013.

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"Star Trek Online: Unparalleled" also provides a new story event on top of the continuing  Aetherian and Mirror Borg plotline, an interesting gender/race swap feature and upgraded options to the Infinity Lockbox. 

"Unparalleled" arrives today for PC, and then on June 19 for PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

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"In 'Star Trek Online: Unparalleled,' the Borg threat to the multiverse continues as the player's Captain discovers a last stand between a new, peaceful alternate universe Iconians and a new type of Borg, infused with a mysterious nanite technology. The player's Captain must work with allies across the universe including Enterprise Captain Sela from this parallel universe and Aetherian ally Captain Grendat-Bex to defend the Iconians against this new Borg threat and their queen."

Another "Unparalleled" extra is a 12-round Task Force Operation called "Borg Battle Royale," showcasing a holodeck simulation of fighting waves of Borg that allows captains to gain experience in small teams fending off increasingly dangerous gangs of Borg foes in all flavors.

And in the special Season 32 event, "Delete Alt Control," gamers can play selected content to score some sweet rewards, like a Dimensional Hypermass Torpedo Launcher, Type 14 Shuttle Support Squadron, 500 Lobi Crystals, 1 Phoenix Epic Prize Token and 30,000 Dilithium Ore.

To download "Star Trek Online" for free, visit www.playstartrekonline.com .

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Jeff Spry is an award-winning screenwriter and veteran freelance journalist covering TV, movies, video games, books, and comics. His work has appeared at SYFY Wire, Inverse, Collider, Bleeding Cool and elsewhere. Jeff lives in beautiful Bend, Oregon amid the ponderosa pines, classic muscle cars, a crypt of collector horror comics, and two loyal English Setters.

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Star Trek: The Dominion War Timeline, Explained

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• Both Star Trek: DS9 and TNG's second seasons introduced new existential threats that set up major conflicts in season 3.
• DS9 showed the effect of the Dominion threat on its civilian crew, unlike TNG that carried on with civilian families in danger.
• TNG had families aboard due to a peaceful work-life balance policy in the 24th century that DS9 highlighted the consequences of.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine did something that Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) was unable to do on the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation . With its space station setting and combination of Starfleet and non-Federation crew members, DS9 was specifically designed to stand apart from TNG . However, for all their differences, there's an interesting similarity between DS9 season 2 and TNG season 2. Both Star Trek TV shows ' second seasons introduced new existential threats to the Federation, that set up major conflict in season 3.

Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2 introduced the Borg Collective, who would later attack the Federation in TNG 's thrilling season 3 finale, "The Best of Both Worlds". Star Trek: DS9 's Dominion were an anti-Federation , who opposed everything that Starfleet stood for. Both of these threats proved that traditional Federation diplomacy wasn't a viable solution, putting the crews of the USS Enterprise-D, and Deep Space Nine in the line of fire. However, while Star Trek: DS9 addressed the effect of the Dominion on its civilian crew, TNG carried on as if having a ship full of civilian families was perfectly normal during the Borg crisis .

The Dominion War was the bloodiest conflict in Star Trek history, and its complicated timeline was filled with shocking twists and turns.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Took Its Children Out Of Harm’s Way, Unlike Picard’s Enterprise

After Commander Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) fails to reason with the Dominion in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's season 3 opener, it has an immediate effect on the station's civilian populace. In DS9 season 3, episode 3, "The House of Quark", Keiko O'Brien (Rosalind Chao) reveals that the Dominion threat has shut the school, due to the Bajorans evacuating the station for the safety of the planet below . This is in stark contrast to how, in Star Trek: The Next Generation 's season 3 finale, the multiple families aboard the USS Enterprise-D weren't evacuated in the face of the Borg threat.

The closure of the school was written into Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to remove Keiko O'Brien from the series temporarily while the writers developed the friendship between Chief O'Brien (Alexander Siddig) and Dr. Bashir (Alexander Siddig).

Kids in Star Trek like Jake Sisko (Cirroc Lofton) or Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) were regularly put at risk because they were being cared for by their single parents, who happened to be Starfleet officers. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine made this distinction clear by establishing in "The House of Quark" that the only kids left on the station were Jake, Nog (Aron Eisenberg) and Molly O'Brien (Hana Hatae). Meanwhile, Picard's Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation continued to put multiple civilian children in harm's way through battles with the Borg and the eventual crash on Veridian III in Star Trek Generations .

Why Star Trek: TNG’s Enterprise Had To Have Kids

Captain Picard wasn't fond of having children aboard the USS Enterprise-D, which begs the question of why Star Trek: The Next Generation had so many junior crew members. Picard's Enterprise had families aboard thanks to TNG 's creator, Gene Roddenberry. In Roddenberry and David Gerrold's Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1 bible , the show's new approach to families is explained:

As humanity probes deeper and deeper into space with ten-year or longer missions becoming the norm, Starfleet has begun encouraging crewpersons to share space exploration: adventure with their families. Twenty-fourth century humans believe that life should be lived, not postponed.

In essence, the reason that Star Trek: The Next Generation 's Enterprise had kids aboard was because there was a better work-life balance in the peaceful 24th century . Indeed, Roddenberry and Gerrold's bible asserts that " people need people " and having family members aboard will reduce the isolation felt by deep space explorers. However, as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's pilot proved, the effects of losing a loved one during times of conflict are devastating, and a hefty price to pay for the privilege of having one's family aboard. It's only when the Dominion War began that Starfleet clearly began to rethink this policy.

All episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine are available to stream on Paramount+.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, also known as DS9, is the fourth series in the long-running Sci-Fi franchise, Star Trek. DS9 was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, and stars Avery Brooks, René Auberjonois, Terry Farrell, and Cirroc Lofton. This particular series follows a group of individuals in a space station near a planet called Bajor.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek: The Next Generation is the third installment in the sci-fi franchise and follows the adventures of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew members of the USS Enterprise. Set around one hundred years after the original series, Picard and his crew travel through the galaxy in largely self-contained episodes exploring the crew dynamics and their own political discourse. The series also had several overarching plots that would develop over the course of the isolated episodes, with four films released in tandem with the series to further some of these story elements.

Fluidic space

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Voyager in fluidic space

Fluidic space was an extra-dimensional realm filled with a form of organic fluid and containing no stars or other celestial bodies. Its sole indigenous lifeforms were Species 8472 . Objects moving through fluidic space generated pressure waves detectable by Species 8472.

The Borg became aware of fluidic space in 2373 and utilized a series of quantum singularities as interdimensional rifts to access the realm. However, Species 8472 proved impossible to assimilate and invaded the galaxy in return. The ensuing conflict resulted in Species 8472 destroying hundreds of Borg planets and millions of drones .

When the USS Voyager arrived at Borg space , they allied with the Borg Collective , offering modified nanoprobes that could destroy Species 8472 cells in exchange for safe passage. After Commander Chakotay decided to terminate the alliance, the Collective ordered Seven of Nine to take Voyager into fluidic space to force a confrontation. Voyager destroyed several Species 8472 bio-ships with nanoprobe-armed bio-molecular warheads , causing the remainder of their forces to retreat to fluidic space. ( VOY : " Scorpion ", " Scorpion, Part II ", " In the Flesh ")

In 2374 , a member of Species 8472 who had been stranded in the Delta Quadrant boarded Voyager and unsuccessfully tried to use the deflector to open a quantum singularity. ( VOY : " Prey ")

When Voyager locked down after encountering the Omega phenomenon later that year, Ensign Hickman speculated the cause to be a new Species 8472 incursion from fluidic space. ( VOY : " The Omega Directive ")

After the Voyager crew reached a peaceful settlement with Species 8472 in 2375 , the Species 8472 within the terraspheres returned to fluidic space. ( VOY : " In the Flesh ")

Axum was stationed aboard a Borg scout ship patrolling a border with fluidic space in a remote sector of the Beta Quadrant . After he was liberated from the Collective in 2377 , Axum entertained the idea of contacting Species 8472 and soliciting their assistance. ( VOY : " Unimatrix Zero, Part II ")

In 2378 , the bored son of Q suggested to Kathryn Janeway that they could enter fluidic space and fight Species 8472. ( VOY : " Q2 ")

Apocrypha [ ]

The last level of Star Trek: Armada II is set in fluidic space. The realm is portrayed as lacking any kind of natural resources and it is not possible to travel at warp speed inside.

A few missions in Star Trek Online involve the player traveling to fluidic space. The realm is shown to contain clusters of coral -like structures the size of celestial bodies.

Star Trek: Alien Domain takes place in fluidic space, which is portrayed with celestial bodies and wormholes .

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• Fluidic space at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• Fluidic space at the Star Trek Online Wiki
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