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The Enterprise arrives at the New Providence colony at the edge of Federation space in response to a distress call from the colony. Beaming...
Watch in High Quality http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6jZC... Plot The Enterprise arrives at the New Providence colony at the edge of Federation space in response to a distress call from the colony. Beaming down, the away team find that the entire colony has been removed and nothing remains except a crater, a situation which the crew had encountered previously when investigating the disappearance of outposts along the Romulan Neutral Zone. In response Starfleet sends Admiral Hanson from Starfleet Tactical, accompanied by Lt. Commander Shelby, a Federation tactician and expert on the Borg, to join the investigation. Shelby is found to be highly ambitious. After their introduction in Picard's ready room, Commander Riker escorts Shelby to her quarters. While in the turbolift, she remarks that she wants Riker's job, since she heard Riker was leaving for his own command.
Shelbys bold actions lead to a confrontation with Riker, and matters are complicated further for Riker when Picard informs him that he knew that Riker had actually turned down a command for the third time, and echoed Admiral Hansons opinion that Riker was "hurting his career by staying put." This causes Riker to have a sit-down with Troi and re-evaluate his decisions.
An electromagnetic signature, a "Borg footprint", is found on the colony confirming that the colony was razed by a Borg cube. When Admiral Hanson, having returned to Starfleet to organize a defense, sends a message informing the Enterprise of a distress call from the USS Lalo, reporting that it had encountered a vessel described as "cube-shaped," Picard orders Data to set a course. Hanson informs them that they are sending every available starship but that the nearest help is at least a week away.
En route to the Lalo's last known position the Enterprise encounters the Borg cube. The Borg demand that Captain Picard personally surrender himself to them, which the crew find unusual in that, with the Federation's current knowledge of the Borg, they are only interested in technology and not individuals. When Picard refuses to surrender the Borg grab the ship in a tractor beam and start cutting into the hull. Initially the Enterprise's weapons have no effect on the cube, but when Shelby suggests adjusting the ships phasers to a higher 'EM' band they are able to destroy the tractor beam. The Enterprise escapes and takes refuge in a sensor-blinding nebula to effect repairs. Picard reasons that while the Borg are looking for them "they won't hurt anyone else."
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I think there is 1 time where the Borg shooting torpedoes was at least "interesting" and I think it was in Voyager when a cube was fighting Species 8472 and it spun while fighting, just seemed to be high in speed and action, it worked well.
I had a problem with this segment, and only one: When the Enterprise engages the borg, when it comes back from "Commercial" they're just sitting there. That always annoyed me, you'd think they'd move a bit.
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Also, the theme when the screen gets magnified to get a closer look at the borg ship (starting at 2:10) is one of my favourites. It's epic.
This is the last episode where the Borg feel this threatening, this epic. As Star Trek progressed, they were weakened considerably.
They're no longer able to adapt like this, the new 'adaption' doesn't neutralize weapon effects anymore, it just lessens them
I couldn't work for Picard though. I'd be too enamored and giddy. LOL!
When the Enterprise engages the borg, when it comes back from "Commercial" they're just sitting there. That always annoyed me, you'd think they'd move a bit.