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[exciting music]

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♪ ♪

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[tense music]

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What did you put on that ship?

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Just as the Federation
ignited our civil war,

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when the Protostar comes
into contact

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with a Starfleet vessel,

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our weapons will release
a signal that will corrupt--

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Corrupt.

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- Even the way he says it--
- Quiet!

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Shh.

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Turning their ships
against each other

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until the entire alliance
is reduced to nothing.

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Our ship will destroy Starfleet.

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Holodeck, playback volume off.

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A secret weapon on my ship?

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That explains why the relay
station destroyed itself,

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yet everywhere else we
went was without incident.

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All this 'cause Starfleet
made first contact

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with their home world?

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- You mean will.
- It hasn't happened yet.

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My father is from the future.

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I mean was.

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I know it's a lot to take in.

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[gurgling]

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I think all this time travel
talk is making Murf sick.

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It's impossible.

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He can be indestructible
but not catch a cold?

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I meant the weapon.

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I would know if there
was a destructive force

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of that magnitude
on board this ship.

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Just like you knew
our ship had a protostar?

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Oh, that's right.

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They wiped that
from your memory too.

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Touché.

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Ooh! Computer, end playback.

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Affirmative.

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It's okay, Zero.

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I couldn't live with myself
if I hurt anyone else.

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If you'll excuse me.

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Zero, wait--

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Look, Jankom fully understands

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he needs to be sensitive,

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but there's a weapon
aboard our ship

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that we gotta find!

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Not here!

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We're coming up empty,
in the engine room.

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Not here either.

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We've searched every bulkhead,

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cargo hold, and Jefferies tube.

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But not this room.

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Ah!

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Look for panels,
hidden switches,

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anything out of place.

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If only we knew what
we were looking for.

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Jankom's detecting
tritanium duranium alloys,

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transparent aluminum...

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Oh, ho-ho!

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Uh, guys?

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I don't recall that being here.

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What is it?

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It's a symbol of Solum.

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Your heirloom, it's reacting.

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♪ ♪

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You don't think--

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♪ ♪

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- [floor clanking]
- What?

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What?

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How extraordinary.

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I have no record
of this entire sub-deck.

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Huh, Pog'll go last.

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You know, to protect you.
[laughs]

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- [machinery humming]
- What's that humming?

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♪ ♪

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Wow.

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That's the weapon
the Diviner was talking about.

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I've never seen
anything like it.

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It's like it's alive.

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Then we need
to make it not alive.

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How about we launch it
out of an airlock?

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But then someone
else may use it.

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Then let's take it apart.

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This is technology
from the future.

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You can't just cut a wire.

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At least I'm offering ideas.

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- Don't worry.
- Jankom will fix it.

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Whoa, no! No, no, no, no, no.

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Jankom!

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♪ ♪

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- How curious.
- Wha?

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It protects itself.

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If we can't hurt it,

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we need to find a way
to shut it down.

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Starfleet would know what to do.

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We ain't Starfleet, kid.

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[alarm beeping]

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Oh, great. Now what?

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- Proximity alert.
- Vessel detected.

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What the--hello.

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- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- What are we even looking at?

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Is that a ship?

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♪ ♪

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A Borg Cube.

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We must leave at once.

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Hold on.

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What's a Borg cube?

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The Borg are a race
of enhanced humanoids,

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mindless drones
that assimilate everyone

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they come across
into their collective.

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- Collective?
- They are a hive mind?

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You mean
they all share one brain?

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Thousands of minds
working as one.

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With the sole intent
to eradicate everything

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that's perceived to be
a threat, including us.

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There's no reasoning with them.

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Any tactic, any measure,
they learn and adapt

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until our weapons are useless,
and we are--

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Eradicated?

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- Worse.
- Until we become one of them.

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No way Jankom flies in a box.

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If we go to warp now,
we just might--

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Wait.

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She said they learn and adapt
until our weapons are useless.

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What if they know a way to
disarm that thing below deck?

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You aren't actually considering

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boarding that ship?

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I'm an advisor.

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I advise you to run away
as fast as you can.

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If we don't figure out how
to disarm that weapon,

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there goes our chance
at Starfleet.

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If the knowledge on that cube
can help us stop it,

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we have to try.

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The Federation's survival
may depend on it.

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These readings suggest
the cube is dormant.

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Data systems are functional,
but the Borg are sleeping.

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Good. You see?

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We slip in, use their cube
to tell us how to disarm it,

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we slip out.

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We'll be gone
before they know it,

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and we can save Starfleet.

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I'm against this plan,

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but if you're going
to be stubborn,

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at least let me brief you
on everything I know.

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♪ ♪

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Tea.

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Black.

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Admiral, you're
not drinking coffee?

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Doctor's orders.

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Between you and me, Ensign,
I need a second opinion.

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But I know you didn't come here
to talk about beverages.

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Dr. Noum, how's our patient?

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He's just coming
out of his stasis.

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You're welcome.

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They took my daughter.

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Who took your daughter?

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My mission.

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I have to save them.

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Save who? Can he hear me?

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Not likely,

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considering he seemed like
a frozen corpse.

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Any sign of life means
I'm a miracle worker.

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We need him awake if we're
going to get any answers.

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Oh, oh, sure.

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Let me just wake him up.

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Except I don't know his
neurological system functions,

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let alone what species he is.

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Admiral, the suit
we found him in

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contained some kind
of life sustaining bio serum.

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Perhaps, if we replicate it,
we can revive him.

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That's a novel idea,
one of many I've noticed.

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I wish I knew how
to kiss tail like that, Ensign.

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Keep it up, and we'll be
taking orders from you.

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How long
until we reach the location

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of the last
proto jump signature?

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We should arrive
at relay station 721

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in a few hours, Admiral.

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Explore her theory, Doctor.

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The sooner he recovers,
the sooner we'll have answers.

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♪ ♪

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It seems this cube
went dark for a reason.

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A neurolytic pathogen
disabled their nanoprobes

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and shut down their drones,

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so going in is
still risky but doable.

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When in doubt, act harmless,
and you should be ignored,

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but please be quick about it.

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♪ ♪

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- [sighs]
- Would you look at this place?

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Spooky.

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- Spooky?
- It's an engineer's dream.

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Carbon tubing? Thermo couplers?

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Ooh, monotanium aperture valves.

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Oh, now he likes the box.

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- Jankom, look up.
- [gasps]

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Huh?

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♪ ♪

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[gasps]

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♪ ♪

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And I wouldn't want
to be here when they wake up.

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♪ ♪

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Let's just keep moving, right?

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♪ ♪

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This place contains knowledge

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of a thousand
assimilated worlds.

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We need to find the vinculum
to access it.

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Let's hope they have
the intel we need.

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♪ ♪

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Which way to the nerve center?

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This way.

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Oh, great.

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The Borg never
assimilated a turbo lift?

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♪ ♪

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Ahh!

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Whew.

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♪ ♪

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We're nearing
the central data hub.

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♪ ♪

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So this is the vinculum
Janeway spoke of.

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All the Borg minds connect
through this hub.

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- Wow.
- I bet they're super smart.

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Hopefully smart enough
to tell us how

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to get that thing off our ship.

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Stand aside and let
Jankom work his hack-gic.

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[laughs]

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Does anybody see a console?

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A keyboard'll do.

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Pog can work with a--no,
how about a joystick?

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You know what?

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Has anybody seen
any buttons whatso--starting

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to freak out here.

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♪ ♪

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Someone has to plug
themselves into the collective.

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♪ ♪

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No one is being assimilated.

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There has to be another way.

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Someone has to link
with the collective

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to analyze the weapon.

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Jankom thinks
he speaks for all of us

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when he says "not it."

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This isn't a joke.

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Whoever goes
in might not come back.

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- Eh.
- [clears throat]

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I once belonged
to a collective hive mind.

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I know how strong
their hold can be.

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If there's anyone who has
a chance at resisting the Borg,

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it's me.

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[tense music]

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If anything happens that
you don't like, you come out.

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You hear me?

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If I succeed,

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that weapon will not
harm anyone ever again.

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♪ ♪

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I promise I will come back.

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Zero!

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Don't get lost in there, Z.

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♪ ♪

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Hello, Borg.

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My name is Zero.

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I know you can hear me.

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Species 802. Medusan.

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There is no "I."
There is only Borg.

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You're not harmed
by my appearance?

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It has been known
to hurt others.

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Here in the vinculum,
you cannot hurt us.

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Your uniqueness is
acknowledged here.

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Your distinctiveness
will be added to our own.

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- Oh, dear.
- Aren't you a chatty bunch?

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I forgot what it's like
to share a hive mind.

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It's so overwhelming.

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♪ ♪

270
00:13:16,830 --> 00:13:19,180
- [gasps]
- They're scanning our ship.

271
00:13:19,270 --> 00:13:21,530
Crew, what's going
on over there?

272
00:13:21,620 --> 00:13:24,930
Status report.

273
00:13:25,020 --> 00:13:27,580
Whatever you're doing,
the Borg are waking up.

274
00:13:27,670 --> 00:13:30,240
You need to hurry.

275
00:13:30,330 --> 00:13:33,110
[machinery clanking
and whirring]

276
00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:39,810
♪ ♪

277
00:13:46,260 --> 00:13:47,870
Why are they waking up?

278
00:13:47,950 --> 00:13:49,870
Jankom thinks this looks bad.

279
00:13:49,950 --> 00:13:51,130
Oh, no.

280
00:13:51,220 --> 00:13:52,870
They're already
inside Zero's mind.

281
00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:54,700
Wake up, Z! Wake up!

282
00:13:54,790 --> 00:13:56,700
Janeway, tell me you
can beam us out of here.

283
00:13:56,790 --> 00:13:58,790
The cube's defenses
are interfering.

284
00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:00,206
You'll have
to find another way out.

285
00:14:00,230 --> 00:14:03,320
- Ah!
- Ah!

286
00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:04,800
We have to go.

287
00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:07,100
We can't just leave Zero!

288
00:14:07,190 --> 00:14:09,150
♪ ♪

289
00:14:09,230 --> 00:14:12,110
Resistance is futile.

290
00:14:12,190 --> 00:14:14,240
♪ ♪

291
00:14:14,330 --> 00:14:16,940
- We'll come back for Z.
- Come on!

292
00:14:17,030 --> 00:14:23,290
♪ ♪

293
00:14:23,380 --> 00:14:26,560
all: Ah!

294
00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,340
You will be assimilated.

295
00:14:28,430 --> 00:14:30,690
Eh, I'm good.

296
00:14:30,780 --> 00:14:32,870
♪ ♪

297
00:14:32,950 --> 00:14:36,000
Ah, they're not so tough.

298
00:14:36,090 --> 00:14:39,700
♪ ♪

299
00:14:39,790 --> 00:14:42,620
They adapted to our phasers!

300
00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:44,400
Let's see how
they adapt to this.

301
00:14:44,490 --> 00:14:47,320
[grunting]

302
00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,190
Gwyn, behind you!

303
00:14:49,270 --> 00:14:51,970
♪ ♪

304
00:14:52,060 --> 00:14:54,580
Keep changing
the phase variance!

305
00:14:54,670 --> 00:15:01,330
♪ ♪

306
00:15:01,420 --> 00:15:02,720
Whoa!

307
00:15:02,810 --> 00:15:04,550
- Uh-oh.
- Whoa!

308
00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:08,290
♪ ♪

309
00:15:08,380 --> 00:15:11,250
[grunting]

310
00:15:11,340 --> 00:15:12,600
[laughs]

311
00:15:12,690 --> 00:15:14,820
♪ ♪

312
00:15:14,910 --> 00:15:17,170
Back off!

313
00:15:17,260 --> 00:15:24,140
♪ ♪

314
00:15:26,790 --> 00:15:30,710
Uh, they destroyed the bridge!

315
00:15:30,790 --> 00:15:32,580
No, no, no.

316
00:15:32,670 --> 00:15:39,800
♪ ♪

317
00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:48,460
Dal!

318
00:15:48,550 --> 00:15:50,030
Get out of here.

319
00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:51,640
Save Zero!

320
00:15:51,730 --> 00:15:53,730
Don't make it easy for them!

321
00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:58,470
♪ ♪

322
00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:00,430
There's no need to hide.

323
00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,300
Give yourself over.

324
00:16:02,390 --> 00:16:04,000
Become one of us.

325
00:16:04,090 --> 00:16:06,220
I can't.

326
00:16:06,310 --> 00:16:07,740
There is a weapon
aboard our ship.

327
00:16:07,830 --> 00:16:10,700
The Living Construct.

328
00:16:10,790 --> 00:16:12,790
Yes! I need your help.

329
00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,710
It is a destructive force
and a danger to the Federation.

330
00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,100
If it can hurt the Federation,

331
00:16:18,190 --> 00:16:19,970
one day, it could hurt the Borg.

332
00:16:20,060 --> 00:16:23,760
We must deactivate it, but how?

333
00:16:23,850 --> 00:16:26,850
We will assimilate the ship
and use the Living Construct

334
00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:28,590
to assimilate our enemies.

335
00:16:28,680 --> 00:16:30,110
No!

336
00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:31,526
That's not what we--I mean,
what I want.

337
00:16:31,550 --> 00:16:34,990
Tell me how to deactivate
the Living Construct.

338
00:16:35,080 --> 00:16:36,560
Irrelevant.

339
00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:40,120
Your crew will be assimilated
to advance the Borg.

340
00:16:40,210 --> 00:16:42,470
No, no.

341
00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,480
Resistance is futile.

342
00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:51,530
♪ ♪

343
00:16:51,610 --> 00:16:53,660
Dal? Rok?

344
00:16:53,750 --> 00:16:55,010
Is anyone there?

345
00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:58,750
They've all been captured.

346
00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,490
You don't have long until
the Borg assimilate them.

347
00:17:01,580 --> 00:17:02,970
It's up to you, Gwyn.

348
00:17:03,060 --> 00:17:05,320
No, I have to get to Zero.

349
00:17:05,410 --> 00:17:07,240
Zero can tell them to let us go.

350
00:17:07,330 --> 00:17:08,980
Remember what I told you.

351
00:17:09,070 --> 00:17:11,760
If you're not a threat,
they will ignore you.

352
00:17:11,850 --> 00:17:13,110
Lay down your weapon.

353
00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,420
How will I defend myself?

354
00:17:15,510 --> 00:17:17,210
Gwyn, trust me.

355
00:17:17,290 --> 00:17:19,250
Stand down.

356
00:17:19,340 --> 00:17:21,510
Nice tip, Janeway.

357
00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:28,480
♪ ♪

358
00:17:50,190 --> 00:17:55,370
Dal?

359
00:17:56,590 --> 00:18:00,640
[tense music]

360
00:18:00,730 --> 00:18:02,510
both: Gwyn!

361
00:18:02,600 --> 00:18:04,900
Get us out of here!

362
00:18:04,990 --> 00:18:06,780
♪ ♪

363
00:18:06,860 --> 00:18:08,430
Zero, great.

364
00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:09,740
Uh, Zero?

365
00:18:09,820 --> 00:18:13,000
[ominous beeping]

366
00:18:13,090 --> 00:18:15,700
Resistance is futile.

367
00:18:15,790 --> 00:18:18,140
What did they do to you?

368
00:18:18,220 --> 00:18:21,100
Apparently gave Z
a new set of mitts.

369
00:18:21,180 --> 00:18:24,580
Nobody offered Pog upgrades.

370
00:18:24,660 --> 00:18:27,360
Actually, Jankom will pass
on the upgrades.

371
00:18:27,450 --> 00:18:33,280
♪ ♪

372
00:18:33,370 --> 00:18:36,200
Uh...

373
00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,200
No haircut. Zero!

374
00:18:38,290 --> 00:18:39,550
No haircut!

375
00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,070
Ah!

376
00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:42,860
Fight the collective, Zero.

377
00:18:42,940 --> 00:18:44,860
There is no Zero.

378
00:18:44,940 --> 00:18:47,160
Zero hurt you.

379
00:18:47,250 --> 00:18:49,340
Endangered you.

380
00:18:49,430 --> 00:18:52,780
Now Zero is Borg.

381
00:18:52,870 --> 00:18:54,870
Well, the Borg are
making you hurt us,

382
00:18:54,950 --> 00:18:57,090
and that is not the Zero I know.

383
00:18:57,170 --> 00:19:00,570
Ahh, ahh!

384
00:19:00,660 --> 00:19:05,530
We will not hurt others anymore.

385
00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:07,710
- Good, good, good.
- It's working.

386
00:19:07,790 --> 00:19:11,410
We will assimilate you
into the collective.

387
00:19:11,490 --> 00:19:13,280
No, no, no!

388
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,190
Bad Zero, bad Zero!

389
00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:16,890
We all get hurt, Zero.

390
00:19:16,980 --> 00:19:19,070
It's the risk we take
for revealing pieces

391
00:19:19,150 --> 00:19:20,460
of ourselves to each other,

392
00:19:20,550 --> 00:19:23,110
but what you did,
trying to protect me,

393
00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:24,550
was an act of love,

394
00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:26,770
and you should never
feel ashamed for that.

395
00:19:26,860 --> 00:19:29,160
If there's any part
still listening,

396
00:19:29,250 --> 00:19:31,030
protect us again, Zero.

397
00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:33,600
- Break free from their hold.
- [screaming]

398
00:19:33,690 --> 00:19:37,480
Resistance is not futile.

399
00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:43,260
Resistance is not futile?

400
00:19:43,350 --> 00:19:46,090
[Borg whispering indistinctly]

401
00:19:46,180 --> 00:19:50,580
I will resist because I'm
already a part of a collective

402
00:19:50,660 --> 00:19:53,930
that is stronger
than you will ever be!

403
00:19:54,010 --> 00:20:00,930
♪ ♪

404
00:20:08,810 --> 00:20:11,420
Friends, are you all right?
We must hurry.

405
00:20:11,510 --> 00:20:12,860
I lured them
into a dormant state,

406
00:20:12,950 --> 00:20:14,030
but it won't hold for long.

407
00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:16,300
Zero's back!

408
00:20:16,380 --> 00:20:17,950
I thought we lost you.

409
00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:20,560
[soft music]

410
00:20:20,650 --> 00:20:23,700
I've already
found my collective.

411
00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:25,920
Yeah, yeah. That's great.

412
00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,050
Now help us out of here.

413
00:20:28,130 --> 00:20:32,010
♪ ♪

414
00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:33,970
- Crew, do you read?
- Get back to the ship.

415
00:20:34,050 --> 00:20:35,620
Follow my signal.

416
00:20:35,710 --> 00:20:42,630
♪ ♪

417
00:20:42,710 --> 00:20:44,330
Let's go.

418
00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:46,330
I've had enough Borg
for two lifetimes.

419
00:20:46,410 --> 00:20:52,120
♪ ♪

420
00:20:52,200 --> 00:20:53,940
After everything
we went through,

421
00:20:54,030 --> 00:20:55,510
what did you learn from them?

422
00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,640
When they analyzed
the Living Construct

423
00:20:57,730 --> 00:21:00,820
the Borg determined
it sadly cannot

424
00:21:00,910 --> 00:21:04,780
be deactivated or removed.

425
00:21:04,870 --> 00:21:07,570
You're saying
we can't shut it off.

426
00:21:07,650 --> 00:21:09,310
But at least
we know a little more.

427
00:21:09,390 --> 00:21:12,660
We have Zero back,
and that's enough for me.

428
00:21:12,740 --> 00:21:15,360
And you survived the Borg.

429
00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,490
Consider me impressed.

430
00:21:17,580 --> 00:21:20,750
Zero, how did you
escape the Borg hive mind?

431
00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,280
I listened to a friend.

432
00:21:24,370 --> 00:21:27,280
While I may have harmed others
in the past,

433
00:21:27,370 --> 00:21:30,550
I now choose to save.

434
00:21:30,630 --> 00:21:33,110
The same is true for our ship.

435
00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,590
It may be a weapon
against Starfleet,

436
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,940
but it can still
be used for good.

437
00:21:39,030 --> 00:21:42,770
So we're not going to Starfleet?

438
00:21:42,860 --> 00:21:45,600
Not until we can
get there safely.

439
00:21:45,690 --> 00:21:48,390
But they can tell
you who you are.

440
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,740
The answer will always be there.

441
00:21:50,830 --> 00:21:53,050
It just might take us
a little longer.

442
00:21:53,130 --> 00:21:55,610
[computer beeping]

443
00:21:55,700 --> 00:21:59,490
- A distress signal?
- [gasps]

444
00:21:59,570 --> 00:22:00,880
Can we help? Can we help?

445
00:22:00,970 --> 00:22:02,360
- Can we help?
- What do you think?

446
00:22:02,450 --> 00:22:05,140
Five minds are better than one.

447
00:22:05,230 --> 00:22:08,800
- [squeaks]
- I stand corrected, 5 1/2.

448
00:22:08,890 --> 00:22:10,890
We may not be ready
for Starfleet,

449
00:22:10,980 --> 00:22:13,460
but we're ready to take
your orders, Captain.

450
00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:15,550
Then let's do some good.

451
00:22:15,630 --> 00:22:16,940
Plot a course.

452
00:22:17,030 --> 00:22:19,030
Yeah.

453
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:22,030
[exciting music]

454
00:22:22,120 --> 00:22:26,470
♪ ♪

455
00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,780
You're growing and adapting.

456
00:22:28,860 --> 00:22:31,430
Eh, what can I say?

457
00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:33,560
Resistance is futile.

458
00:22:33,650 --> 00:22:38,790
♪ ♪

459
00:22:38,870 --> 00:22:43,360
Admiral's log, stardate 61284.3.

460
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,710
We arrived at CR 721

461
00:22:45,790 --> 00:22:48,010
only to make
a frightening discovery,

462
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:52,410
a helpless Starfleet
relay station decimated.

463
00:22:52,500 --> 00:22:54,320
No sign of survivors.

464
00:22:54,410 --> 00:22:57,240
The Captain Chakotay
I know could never do this.

465
00:22:57,330 --> 00:23:00,110
I fear he's lost command
of the Protostar,

466
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:04,250
and whoever gave this order
must be stopped.

467
00:23:04,330 --> 00:23:07,210
[dramatic music]

468
00:23:07,290 --> 00:23:13,080
♪ ♪

469
00:23:13,170 --> 00:23:17,480
[gasps]

470
00:23:17,570 --> 00:23:24,490
♪ ♪