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Ultimate Universe Mod

• on 16 Jan 2021
• By Chris Jones
• Fantasy , Future , PC Gaming , Space Combat , Star Trek , Strategy

The Ultimate Universe is/was a total conversion modification of the PC Game, Star Trek: Legacy (released in Late 2006). It is a collaboration of many individuals driven to make the best of Star Trek Legacy. 

You MUST start with a Fresh Clean unmodded Legacy install. If you try installing over UU1.0 or 1.5 you will CERTAINLY have problems! This is part 1 of a 2 part installer. Be sure to grab Part 2 of 2 as well, both are required!. UU2.0 is a FULL INSTALL.

Now that’s out of the way. You will find a new menu structure, more races, enhanced missions, the new Vs Armada, and Instant Vs modes. As well as the new “Exploring History” mode which is a mostly non combat mode that explores Earth and Mars development from the NX-01’s time to the NCC-1701F.

Great new intro, loading screens and main menu graphic by Mindwipe. Three interviews with the CoWriter of the Stock Campaign Derek Chester done by Mindwipe himself and a TMP Theme music vid with Mike Shaw. Rebuilt main menu by Muldrf. Enhanced Explosions and weapon effects by Miri as well as some nice new glow work on some of our favorite starships.

Here’s my Favorite Miri Explosion sequence !

New Terran Empire ships by Nix and new Section 31 by Gan as well as some other offerings. Additional ships by Maxloef. New Map Editor menu structure with easier navigation setup by Tjoz with nearly all flyable 2.0 ships as well as the stock components.

————————————- Nov 27th, 2009 – Part 2 of 2 You will find a new menu structure, more races, enhanced missions, the new Vs Armada, and Instant Vs modes. As well as the new “Exploring History” mode which is a mostly non combat mode that explores Earth and Mars development from the NX-01’s time to the Ncc-1701F.

————————————- April 7, 2011 – Hosted by Moddb Ultimate Universe 2.2 Update (Build 2) – This release includes updates to a fair number of existing ships to add features to them such as breaking nacelles with plasma effects, animated bussards, reduced torpedo circling, bump maps, and some torpedo circling prevention work. There are also a number of new ships, Wagaugusto’s Olympic Class. Phoenix’s TOS Proxima which was released to public in December is now included. The ole Marauder from BC ported by Muldrf with Acidfluxxbass’s take on it’s textures and Miri and Gan’s effects and weapons. Galaxy X (Evolution) Class, The Icarus Class. There are also numerous ships by Rudianos. Additional texture work by Gan and Acidfluxxbass on various ships. Great new effects work by Miri as usual. New Destruction Damage work by Gan making it a bad idea to get to close to a dying ship..

Please note that this does not represent (yet) the full extent of the mod. This site will, when time permits, contain credits and readmes for the many great talents involved in the making of the mod.

See the Full Mod with more notes at MODDB!

Thank you for years of Support!

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This is an overhaul mod by Chris Jones Gaming that adds many many new features. Added content includes: 70 new maps, historical missions, special modes, interface overhaul and much more.

Star Trek: Who Is Shinzon And How Did He Take Over The Romulan Star Empire?

Quick links, who was shinzon, how did shinzon takeover the romulan star empire, shinzon's legacy in star trek.

• Shinzon, a dark reflection of Jean-Luc Picard, was the final villain in Star Trek: The Next Generation movies.
• In Star Trek Nemesis , Shinzon assumed control of the Romulan Star Empire against all odds and launched a devastating campaign against Picard and the Federation.
• Despite criticism of the movie, Shinzon's actions had lasting consequences on both the prime and Kelvin timelines in the Star Trek franchise.

Shinzon was the primary opponent faced by the crew of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek: Nemesis . That gives him the distinction of being the final villain of Star Trek: The Next Generation , the hugely successful era of Star Trek that covered seven series and four feature films. While the spirit of that show continued in contemporary series like Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and more recently in Star Trek: Picard , this well-loved crew’s final voyage demanded a major threat and found it in an old sci-fi staple: the evil counterpart.

Dark doppelgängers have been with Star Trek since the Mirror universe was introduced to the Original Series in 1967’s ‘Mirror, Mirror.’ The show helped build many cliches associated with the trope designed to test a hero's mettle like never before (including evil goatee beards). In Nemesis , it was Jean-Luc Picard’s turn to be flipped, although not because of the Mirror universe. The renowned captain of the USS Enterprise faced a vengeful clone of himself with the full might of the Romulan Star Empire at his disposal.

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At the start of Star Trek: Nemesis , Shinzon was a mysterious new Praetor, the title for the head of the Romulan senate, who had seized control of the Empire. Having been drawn to a planet near the Romulan Neutral Zone by the remains of a Soong-style robot, a prototype of TNG legend Data , the Enterprise-E was the closest Starfleet vessel when the Empire made unexpected peace overtures to the Federation. This rare mission to Romulus revealed the new Praetor to be a younger version of Picard who was happy to provide a sample of blood for Doctor Crusher to verify, even if it meant sinisterly cutting his hand.

Shinzon was a clone created from Jean-Luc Picard’s DNA as part of a Romulan plot to infiltrate the United Federation of Planets. Due to Shizon's age, fan theories have speculated that the DNA was taken when Picard commanded the USS Stargazer. While not yet an influential figure in Starfleet, the time paradox of Tashar Yar could have given the Empire knowledge of Picard’s highly decorated career to come. After ‘Yesterday’s Enterprise’ saved Yar from an early death , Romulans captured her when she went back in time aboard the doomed Enterprise-C.

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Picard’s clone suffered away from Earth, not least when he also developed Shalaft's Syndrome, which made him hypersensitive to sound, but had to wait far longer to receive treatment he waited for a doctor with knowledge of the rare human condition. Then, a power shift in the Romulan Empire canceled the risky clone-infiltration plan. Shinzon was exiled from Romulus to work in the dark dilithium mines of its twin planet, Remus. The clone was frequently beaten during 18-hour work shifts, but he forged a close relationship with Vkruk, who would later become his Reman Viceroy.

In Nemesis , Crusher’s analysis showed that the new Praetor was suffering from a fatal cellular structure breakdown. The clone incorporated temporal RNA sequencing, intended to accelerate his physical age to Picard's at any time to complete the deception. However, the program’s cancelation meant Shinzon's aging program was never activated, causing the clone to become unstable. Shinzon’s only hope was a complete blood transfusion from his genetic template, Jean-Luc Picard, so he carefully plotted the kidnap of the captain to complete the procedure.

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While Shinzon seemed fascinated by the Picard family history he’d been denied, his true goal was to stabilize his biology before crushing everything Picard represented. The parts of the Soong android B-4 that ensured the Enterprise was closest to the Neutral Zone were planted as part of this plot. The android’s existence was suggested to be another earlier attempt by the Romulans to infiltrate Starfleet .

Shinzon was a product of his brutalized life — like Frankenstein’s monster, a wonder of science abandoned by his creators who returned to wreak vengeance. While he sought freedom for his adopted people, the subjugated Remans, his ultimate plan was built on the back of revenge, jealousy, and hatred. The film tackled typical nature versus nurture questions posed by dark counterparts in a debate between Picard and Data.

Shinzon’s savage outlook was reflected in other underhand actions. In one of the film’s most controversial moments, Shinzon used the telepathic powers of his Reman viceroy to invade Deanna Troi's mind, having become obsessed with her — the first human, or half-human, female he had ever met.

Shinzon’s opportunity came during the Dominion War when the powers of the Alpha and Beta were forced into an alliance to beat the devastating forces of the Gamma Quadrant superpower . While the war that raged between 2374 and 2375 was shown in Deep Space Nine , behind the scenes, Shinzon was drafted to the Romulan military, where he commanded Reman forces in 12 successful engagements. Despite their very different upbringing, Shinzon shared the command abilities with his Starfleet progenitor.

Shinzon emerged from the Dominion conflict with impressive military experience, an army, and alliances with high-ranking Romulans. Shinzon and Vkruk devised a plan to free the Reman people by overthrowing the Romulan senate. To this end, Shinzon’s forces built the gigantic warbird Scimitar and developed a devastating and deadly weapon using thalaron radiation. Shinzon made overtures to the Romulan Senate but seized complete control in a coup d’etat when he assassinated the Praetor and senate members with a small thalaron projector. As the self-declared Praetor, Shinzon could now turn his attention to the Federation and Picard.

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In Nemesis , Shinzon believed his true purpose was to free the Reman people by overthrowing the Romulan ruling elite. However, a deleted scene in the movie confirmed he intended to follow the destruction of Picard by crossing the Romulan Neutral Zone to wage war on the Federation. Crushing the Romulans’ great foe would take revenge on humanity and secure his name above Picard’s in the history books.

Shinzon was defeated at the Battle of Bassen Rift when his flagship Scimitar locked talons with the Enterprise-E. Picard escaped his imprisonment with Data’s help and, using his younger self’s overconfidence against him, severely damaged the Scimitar by using his ship as an unorthodox ram. In a final battle with Picard, Shinzon was fatally impaled, his last words ominously proclaiming, “Our destiny's complete.” His plans died with him when Data sacrificed himself to destroy the thalaron weapon.

Despite a strong script from John Logan, the concept of Nemesis and Picard’s dark clone failed to spark, some criticism leveled at the emphasis put on the villain, and its underperformance ended TNG ’s journey on the big screen. However, the events of Nemesis would have consequences for the franchise’s prime and Kelvin timelines.

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Despite Star Trek's portrayal of a utopian future, there are many characters throughout the franchise who feature some very dark characteristics.

The Kelvin timeline of 2009’s Star Trek and subsequent movies was created when a black hole propelled Ambassador Spock, the vengeful Romulan Nero, and his crew back in time. Spock had failed to stop the imminent supernova of Romulus and Remus’s sun, which destroyed the planets and killed Nero’s family in 2387, eight years after Shinzon’s death. The subsequent damaging campaign of another rage-filled villain finally put a leading Romulan villain on the big screen.

Star Trek: Picard , which dealt with the consequences of Data’s death in Nemesis , also filled in details of the destruction of Romulus in the Prime universe. Following his promotion to Admiral, Picard took charge of constructing and coordinating a fleet to evacuate affected Romulan planets.

The Romulan Senate’s plea to the Federation for help might have been ridiculous at any other time of their fractious history , but relations had thawed after Picard’s defeat of Shinzon. Picard’s acceptance of the role may have been motivated by guilt about his dark counterpart. That the evacuation plan was sabotaged by the Tal Shiar, the Romulan intelligence agency, masterminding a devastating synth attack on Mars, triggering the Admiral’s resignation from Starfleet as they did, indicated ongoing instability in the Romulan Star Empire after Shinzon’s defeat.

Perhaps the greatest sign of how Picard’s confrontation with his dark younger self affected the Star Trek icon has been his increasing closeness to the Romulan people. As well as taking in refugees Laris and Zhaban he saved his young protegee Elnor, who would become the first fully Romulan Starfleet cadet.

Star Trek: Nemesis

Release Date December 13, 2002

Director Stuart Baird

Cast LeVar Burton, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Ron Perlman, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Gates McFadden

Runtime 117 Minutes

Genres Sci-Fi

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Which Star Trek Shows & Movies Do The Borg Appear In?

Everyone in star trek who beat the borg, what happened to star trek: picard's other borg queen explained by showrunner.

• Borg's evolution from mindless drones to formidable villains led to their various versions in the Star Trek universe.
• The Borg Queen introduced in Star Trek: First Contact brought deeper lore, adaptability, and persistence to the Borg Collective.
• Star Trek: Picard continued the Borg legacy, showcasing their adaptability and the potential for new versions to emerge.

The ever-changing Borg have had several different versions throughout Star Trek history. Sparsely used as a mindless force of nature in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the cybernetic Borg, with unison voices proclaiming, "Resistance is futile," became breakout villains in TNG . The Borg were formidable enough to become the villains of the second Star Trek: The Next Generation movie, Star Trek: First Contact , which introduced the Borg Queen (Alice Krige). With its Delta Quadrant setting, Star Trek: Voyager made the Borg a primary enemy of Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), as Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) provided an insider's perspective on the Borg Collective.

Even after their apparent destruction, the Borg still played a major role in Star Trek: Picard , which addressed the trauma that Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) sustained after being transformed into Locutus, the voice of the Borg. Echoes of the Battle of Wolf 359 , Starfleet's Pyrrhic victory against Locutus and the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation , rippled through the backstories of several Star Trek characters, making the battle a defining moment in the Star Trek timeline. The Borg, however, are highly adaptable, so instead of being haunted by trauma, the Borg respond by constantly evolving. Let's take a look at the Borg evolution, starting at the beginning.

As one of Star Trek's most iconic villains, the Borg have made many appearances in various franchise projects over the years since their introduction.

9 Original Borg Collective

Star trek: the next generation.

Initially conceived as a purely technological species, the original Borg Collective was first introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, episode 16, "Q Who", when Q (John de Lancie) showed Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-D crew the horrors that waited at the far reaches of space. The original Borg Collective had pallid, indifferent drones who were unified in one mind and only interested in assimilating alien technology , but as the Borg proved to be a fascinating foil for the plurality of the Federation, they did what the Borg would come to do best: the Borg adapted.

Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3, episode 26, and TNG season 4, episode 1, "The Best of Both Worlds", was a turning point for the Borg, for Picard, and for Star Trek as a whole. Picard's capture and transformation into Locutus of Borg haunted Jean-Luc for the rest of his life. "The Best of Both Worlds" also introduced the concept of the Borg assimilating people, not just technology, that would come to be a hallmark of the Borg.

8 Lore’s Borg Collective

Star trek: the next generation - season 6, episode 26 & season 7, episode 1, "descent".

The roots of Lore's (Brent Spiner) Borg Collective can be found in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 5, episode 23, "I, Borg". A year before "Descent", the USS Enterprise-D discovers and rescues an abandoned Borg drone who chooses the name Hugh (Jonathan del Arco) after being rehabilitated by Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton). Hugh takes the concept of individuality back to the Collective , but instead of liberating the Borg, it backfires.

An unusual faction of the Borg Collective with individual names and personalities appears in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, episode 26 & season 7, episode 1, "Descent". These individual Borg still require direction, so Lore graciously steps in to fill the power vacuum. Lore uses the Borg under his banner as a personal army to capture the USS Enterprise , making them seem relatively toothless compared to the Borg's earlier TNG appearances, but thankfully, there are far more versions of the Borg in Star Trek .

7 The Borg Queen's Collective

Star trek: first contact & star trek: voyager.

While technically the same Collective as the original Borg seen in Star Trek: The Next Generation, the cosmetic changes and the deeper lore in Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Voyager warrant recognition as a new version. Perhaps the most significant change to the Borg in Star Trek: First Contact is introducing the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) as the physical embodiment of the Borg Collective, but these Borg are more adaptable and more persistent, stopping at nothing short of complete assimilation of all intelligent organic life.

In Star Trek: Voyager , Seven of Nine becomes the Borg's new voice, and after being liberated from the Collective, provides insight as to the Borg's true motives. Seven explains that the ultimate goal of the Borg is perfection, not conquest , and assimilation is the means by which the Borg learn about other cultures. Adding the biological and technological distinctiveness of other species only refines the Borg Collective.

6 The Borg Cooperative of Former Drones

Star trek: voyager - season 3, episode 15, "unity".

Commander Chakotay (Robert Beltran) encounters the Borg Cooperative in Star Trek: Voyager season 3, episode 15, "Unity". During a scouting mission, Chakotay crash lands on a planet and is rescued by Riley Frazier (Lori Hallier), a human woman. Frazier and members of several other Alpha Quadrant species were assimilated by the Borg at Wolf 359 and brought to the Delta Quadrant as drones , until an electro-kinetic storm severed them from the Collective.

Although separated from the Borg hive mind, members of Frazier's Borg Cooperative are still neurally linked like drones in the Collective, and share thoughts and memories with one another. The Borg Cooperative proves that there are some benefits to the unity experienced as a Collective , like a lack of conflict, common goals, instant communication, and rapid healing. Frazier, however, exploited the neural link technology to force Chakotay to act against his will, so the Borg Cooperative still wasn't perfect by any means.

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5 Unimatrix Zero

Star trek: voyager - season 6, episode 26 & season 7, episode 1, "unimatrix zero".

In Star Trek: Voyager season 6, episode 26 & season 7, episode 1, "Unimatrix Zero", some Borg drones experience a virtual reality called Unimatrix Zero during regeneration cycles. In Unimatrix Zero, drones are able to remember their former lives prior to being assimilated, and live out entire lives with each other, creating friendships, romances, and organized resistance against the Borg Collective. Memories of Unimatrix Zero fade when the drones wake up and go about their business.

Unimatrix Zero is a weakness that exists within the Collective, so, of course, the Borg's greatest adversary, Captain Kathryn Janeway , wants to use it as a means to destroy the Borg, but the dream-world is important to nearly every drone who is able to access it, because Unimatrix Zero makes the drones' lives bearable to some extent. Unimatrix Zero is destroyed, but the drones who experienced it become severed from the Collective, and form their own resistance movement.

Star Trek: Voyager

4 the borg in the confederation of earth alternate reality, star trek: picard season 2.

In Star Trek: Picard season 2, Q takes Admiral Jean-Luc Picard to an alternate reality where the Confederation of Earth arises in place of Earth's position in the United Federation of Planets, and the Borg are all but wiped out. Only the Borg Queen (Annie Wersching) remains, a seemingly impotent remnant of the Collective's former power and glory, and the people of Confederate Earth look to General Picard, the Borg Slayer , to deal the final blow against the Borg Collective by killing the imprisoned Borg Queen.

Instead of giving in to xenophobic demands, however, Admiral Picard recognizes that the La Sirena crew needs the Borg Queen's computational power and multidimensional awareness in order to go back in time and undo the damage to the timeline that created the unrecognizable, hostile present. The Borg Queen cooperates, perhaps as a means of self-preservation.

3 The Borg Soldiers Serving Adam Soong

Adam Soong's (Brent Spiner) Borg Soldiers in 2024 Los Angeles are the work of the Borg Queen, in the body of Dr. Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill), seeking to recreate the sweet bliss of the Borg Collective's connection. The Borg Queen convinces Adam Soong that Soong's work will be rendered obsolete by Renée Picard's (Penelope Mitchell) Europa Mission, but the Queen will help Soong prevent that, if Soong agrees to help the Queen in return by providing the bodies of mercenaries from Spearhead Operations .

The Borg Queen uses Soong's 2024 Mercenary Borg to lead an assault on the crew of La Sirena in Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 9, "Hide and Seek", keeping Admiral Jean-Luc Picard from protecting Picard's own future by surrounding Château Picard. Many die in the ensuing battle, with the remainder accompanying the Borg Queen and Agnes Jurati in La Sirena, as they escape to the Delta Quadrant.

2 Agnes Jurati's Borg Collective

In Star Trek: Picard season 2, Dr. Agnes Jurati merges with the Borg Queen from the Confederation of Earth reality, and together Jurati and the Borg Queen create a new Borg Collective that seeks entry into the United Federation of Planets . With a specialty in synthetic life forms that was curtailed by Earth's ban on synth production, Jurati is fascinated by the concept of the Borg as a species that combines the best traits of organic and synthetic life, so it's not hard for the Borg Queen to quite literally get under Agnes' skin.

Agnes Jurati considers assimilation more of a promise than a threat.

As someone who longs for personal connection and rarely finds it, Agnes Jurati considers assimilation more of a promise than a threat, and willingly accepts being merged with the Queen. The nature of the Borg Collective changes under the auspices of Borg Queen Jurati, and it operates much more like the Borg Cooperative in Star Trek: Voyager . Jurati's Borg Cooperative only assimilates those who consent to being part of the community, and uses its combined power to protect others, rather than destroy them.

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1 Assimilated Starfleet Borg

Star trek: picard season 3.

The Borg Queen is again reduced to a dying echo of what she once was at the end of Star Trek: Picard season 3 , as the Queen supposedly killed by Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek: Voyager is revealed to survive by leeching off of the trickles of power in the husks of dead drones. The Queen has just enough power to make promises to the last surviving dregs of another powerful Star Trek enemy: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 's Changelings. Working with the Changelings, the Borg Queen orchestrates a plot to create more Borg drones.

At the behest of the Borg Queen, the Changelings create the new Starfleet Borg drones in Star Trek: Picard by contaminating Starfleet's transporters with Borg DNA extracted from Admiral Jean-Luc Picard's corpse. The Assimilated Starfleet Borg are sleeper drones under the age of 25 who are completely unaware of their assimilation until Frontier Day , when the Borg Queen activates the Borg DNA throughout Starfleet with a signal from the Queen's Borg Cube, creating a new Collective.

Star Trek: Picard

Star Trek: Picard season 3 seems to be the end of the Borg, for real this time, but the same could have been said of Star Trek: First Contact , when Picard and Data killed the Borg Queen in 2063, or Star Trek: Voyager season 7, episode 26, "Endgame", when Admiral Janeway killed the Borg Queen again. As long as some remnant of the Borg remains active in Star Trek , there's no guarantee that the Borg will ever actually be permanently defeated. A new Borg Queen always rises to take the place of the previous one, so another new version of the Borg can always potentially return to Star Trek , deadlier -- or at least more interesting -- than before.

Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Picard are streaming on Paramount+.

Star Trek: First Contact is streaming on Max.