![]() When the Ambassador-class USS Yamaguchi and the Nebula-class USS Bellerophon rushed to rescue the disabled ships, they too were destroyed, along with numerous other starships entering the combat zone. The Miranda-class USS Saratoga was quickly neutralized thereafter. The Excelsior-class USS Melbourne was among the first ships destroyed, with its saucer section partially vaporized while approaching. If you attempt to intervene, we will destroy you. You will disarm your weapons and escort us to Sector 001. Immediately thereafter, the fleet engaged the Borg. Locutus hailed the assembled fleet, ordering the ships therein to disarm and escort the cube to the Sol system. In early 2367, around stardate 44002.3, the cube entered the Wolf system. ( TNG: " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II")īellerophon and Yamaguchi engaging the Borg cube The Klingon Empire was in the process of dispatching warships of its own to assist in the defense, and the possibility of requesting support from the Romulan Star Empire was even considered. In the meantime, Admiral Hanson and Starfleet Command had hastily assembled a fleet of forty starships, with more on the way. The Enterprise was forced to stay behind, having suffered extensive damage to its deflector array and warp core. The cube easily shrugged off the Enterprise's assault with the unwilling aid of Picard's knowledge and resumed its course to the Sol system. ![]() Having temporarily disabled the cube, the Enterprise launched its deflector weapon. In the process, it was discovered that Captain Picard had been assimilated by the Collective – he had been transformed into a Borg drone with the designation Locutus of Borg. An away team led by Lieutenant Commander Shelby was sent over to the vessel and succeeded in taking the Borg cube out of warp. Riker, as acting captain, planned to force the cube out of warp in order to attack it, using the Enterprise's deflector dish. The cube maintained its course, with the Enterprise in hot pursuit. Picard ordered the ship out of hiding, and in the ensuing attack, he was captured by the Borg, who then left at high warp, en route to Sector 001 and the core of the Federation. Attempting to force the starship out, the Borg launched magnetometric guided charges into the nebula, causing minor damage to the Enterprise. Hiding in the dust cloud, the Enterprise and her crew prepared for the inevitable resumption of conflict. After a brief exchange of fire, the Enterprise retreated into the Paulson Nebula, with the Borg vessel close behind. The Borg demanded that the Enterprise captain, Jean-Luc Picard, beam himself aboard their vessel for an unspecified purpose. News was relayed to Admiral Hanson, who had begun to assemble a fleet to combat the invasion. En route to the coordinates, contact was made with the unknown vessel: a Borg cube. With Starfleet reinforcements at least six days away, the Enterprise was on its own. Upon receiving this information from Admiral Hanson, the Enterprise set a course for the Lalo's last known location. The signal was cut off mid-transmission, and no response was received to further hails. At 2212 hours, Starbase 157 received a signal from the Lalo, reporting contact with a cubical object. That evening at 1900 hours, the USS Lalo departed Zeta Alpha II on a freight run to Sentinel Minor IV. Starfleet imposed a fleet-wide standing yellow alert, and warned all Federation and allied outposts. Admiral Hanson returned to Starbase 324 to discuss strategy with Starfleet Command. Starfleet immediately began preparations for a possible Borg invasion. (For further information, see "Q Who" story development ) Originally, the destruction wreaked on the outposts bordering the Neutral Zone, as established in the episode "The Neutral Zone", was intended to have been committed by an insectoid species which, during the production of TNG, were revised to become the Borg. ( TNG: " Q Who", " The Best of Both Worlds") Likewise, devastation of this kind had been found even earlier, in 2364, on several Federation and Romulan outposts along the Romulan Neutral Zone, and, in 2365, on the sixth planet of System J-25. While investigating a planet within that system, the Enterprise had found corresponding devastation as that on Jouret IV. ( TNG: " The Best of Both Worlds") An away team determined that the colony had been wiped away by weapons similar to those found on a Borg cube encountered by the Enterprise in System J-25. Hanson and Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Shelby of Starfleet Tactical arrived to investigate the disappearance. The colony was found to have been completely destroyed, literally scooped from the planet's surface.Īdmiral J.P. In late 2366, on stardate 43989.1, the USS Enterprise-D arrived at Jouret IV, twelve hours after contact with the New Providence colony was lost.
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