Star Trek: Voyager

Last time on Star Trek: Voyager...

My god.

We don't know exactly how many vessels are out there,

but their space appears to be vast.

It includes thousands of solar systems...

all Borg.

We are, no doubt, entering the heart of their territory.

Captain, I'm detecting

two residual weapon signatures in the debris.

One is Borg.

The other is of unknown origin.

I'd like to know what kind of weapon could destroy the Borg.

They refer to these new aliens as "Species 8472."

Captain, it's not the Borg that we should be worried about.

It's them.

The alien cells are consuming his body from the inside out.

In developing a treatment for Harry,

the Doctor has found a way to attack the aliens

at a microscopic level.

An alliance with the Borg?

More like... an exchange.

We offer them a way to defeat their new enemy

and, in return, we get safe passage

through their space.

State your demands.

Can you get a lock on the Captain?

Not yet.

And now, the conclusion.

Report.

The Borg shields are off-line.

I've got a lock on Captain Janeway.

Get her out of there and break us free of the cube.

Stand by all weapons.

I'm trying to energize.

The Borg are scattering the beam.

Compensate.

No effect.

We're being hailed.

On screen.

Commander, cut the transporter beam.

Captain?

Do it.

I have reached an agreement with the collective.

We're going to help them design a weapon against Species 8472.

In exchange, they've granted us

safe passage through their space.

Cube is altering course.

They're heading toward the Alpha Quadrant.

That's part of the plan.

We'll work on the weapon en route.

Once we're across their territory,

we'll give them the nanoprobes.

They appear to be holding up their end of the bargain.

I suggest we do the same.

How do you propose we begin this "collaboration"?

I'm going to work here on the cube.

They have technology that'll make the job go faster.

I want to take advantage of it.

It's not necessary for you to stay there.

We can set up a com-link with the Borg...

It's part of the deal.

I work here.

All right.

As long as we're cooperating...

maybe the Borg would be willing to disengage their tractor beam.

We can match their course without a leash.

I'll propose it.

Mr. Tuvok, transport to my coordinates.

Understood.

We're going to make this work, Commander.

Janeway out.

You heard the Captain.

I've replicated nearly ten million Borg nanoprobes,

each of them reprogrammed to my specifications,

each capable of targeting the alien tissue.

Assimilating it?

Just momentarily.

The Borg technology will denaturate within seconds

taking the alien tissue along with it.

Mr. Kim, I'm about to inject your carotid artery.

You'll feel a tingling sensation.

Don't be alarmed.

Nice to see you again, Ensign.

It's working.

Prepare another dose of nanoprobes.

Yes, Doctor.

Good work.

Let me know when he's back on his feet.

Commander, I must tell you,

I have my doubts about this alliance.

You may have convinced the Borg

the nanoprobes can defeat their enemy,

but a medical treatment

is a long way from a weapon of war.

We'll leave that to the Captain.

This situation is unpredictable,

so we're going to stay at full Red Alert.

Keep all information about the nanoprobes

stored in your holo-matrix.

Don't worry. I'll delete myself

at the first sign of trouble.

Well... maybe not the first sign.

We've just received word.

Tuvok beamed to the cube.

He's joined the Captain.

Keep a transporter lock on both of them.

I'll try, but the Borg

are already regenerating their shields.

Try matching their shield frequencies.

It won't work.

They'll be able to adapt too quickly.

I don't want to hear what we can't do, Lieutenant!

Just find a way to get our people

out of there if we have to.

Aye, sir.

They've released their tractor beam.

Match their course and speed.

I never thought I'd hear myself say this, but...

looks like the Borg are cooperating.

Kes, Kes!

Kes!

What's wrong?

They're watching us.

May I ask where we're being taken?

Grid nine-two of subjunction 12...

our very own workspace.

It's near the center of the cube.

These are my tricorder readings of the bio ship we examined.

I believe you will find them most revealing.

Have you compared this to the Doctor's analysis

of the alien tissue?

Yes. Many of the cellular structures are identical.

The aliens and their ships are made of the same

organic material.

Apparently so.

You have entered grid nine-two of subjunction 12.

Proceed.

All right.

We've analyzed one of the alien vessels

and it appears to be constructed of organic material

vulnerable to the modified nanoprobes.

I suggest we begin thinking

about a large-scale delivery system...

a way to infect their ships

and destroy them at the microsc...

We will begin.

What are you doing?

A neuro-transceiver is required for maximum communication.

We will work as one mind.

No, that wasn't the agreement.

The neural link is temporary.

You will not be damaged.

I don't care.

I prefer to communicate verbally, thank you.

Your primitive communication is inefficient.

On the contrary...

we work better with our individuality intact.

Surely, we've proven that to you by now.

Irrelevant. You must comply.

We "must" do nothing.

Tell your drone to remove the transceiver.

What about choosing a representative...

a single Borg we can work with and talk to directly?

Elaborate.

You've done it before

when you transformed Jean-Luc Picard into Locutus.

We will not be assimilated.

Choose a representative, or the deal's off!

I speak for the Borg.

I'm Captain Janeway.

This is Lieutenant Tuvok.

We are aware of your designations.

What's your designation?

Seven of Nine,

Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One.

But you may call me Seven of Nine.

You are proposing a large-scale weapon.

We concur.

I thought you might.

We could encase the nanoprobes in some of our photon torpedoes

in essence, turn them into biomolecular warheads.

Your torpedoes are inadequate.

They lack the necessary range and dispersive force.

Do you have a better idea?

We are Borg.

I take that as a "yes."

A multikinetic neutronic mine...

five million isoton yield.

An explosion that size

could affect an entire star system.

Correct.

The shock wave will disperse the nanoprobes over a radius

of five light-years.

That's somewhat larger than I had in mind.

You're proposing a weapon of mass destruction.

We are.

Well, I'm not.

You'd be endangering innocent worlds.

It would be efficient.

We would need approximately 50 trillion nanoprobes