|
Unimatrix Zero is a secluded place
within the Borg collective where drones can be themselves while
they regenerate, but only certain Borg have the ability to
visit. The Borg Queen considers Unimatrix Zero a threat because
she does not want her Borg to ever have traces of individuality,
but Captain Janeway thinks it could give the Federation allies
within the Collective. Janeway, Tuvok and B'Elanna Torres put
Borg implants in their bodies and infiltrate the Borg Cube to
try and free the select few that are able to go to Unimatrix
Zero, giving them the ability to maintain their individuality
outside of Unimatrix Zero. The away team has been injected with
a neural suppressant to keep their Borg implants from really
connecting them to the Collective.
While the away team is on the
Borg Cube, Seven of Nine goes to Unimatrix Zero herself to tell
the Borg within what the team is doing. Seven had been able to
go there when she was part of the Collective and she still
maintains that ability. In the past, she had a romantic
relationship there with her fellow Borg, Axum, and when she
meets him there again, she notices those feelings returning.
While the away team is headed for the Central Plexus of the Borg
Cube, Tuvok notices that his neural suppressant is wearing off
and the Borg Queen begins communicating with him telepathically.
The Queen finally convinces Tuvok to stop Janeway and Torres as
they download a virus to free the select group of drones. They
manage to get the virus into the system, but Tuvok prevents them
from leaving. More Borg drones appear and capture Captain
Janeway, but Torres is able to get away. Tuvok restrains Janeway
and puts her in contact with the queen.
 The Borg Queen makes Janeway watch on a viewscreen as she blows
up a different Borg Cube, destroying the thousands of lives on
board, because she lost contact with three of the drones due to
Janeway's virus. The Queen uses the virus Janeway used to free
the drones and alters it to actually kill the drones. She tells
Janeway that unless the captain tells the free drones to rejoin
the collective, she will go to Unimatrix Zero and kill all of
the drones inside. Janeway is put into contact with Chakotay on
Voyager to tell him the free drones have to go back to the
collective, but instead of telling him that directly, she
secretly tells him to destroy Unimatrix Zero. Without Unimatrix
Zero, the Queen will not be able to find all of the free drones,
and if she destroys all of the Borg vessels they are on, she
will destroy her entire fleet.
After Seven tells everybody in Unimatrix Zero of the plan, they
all agree that it is the best way to handle the situation and
they offer to help get the away team back to the U.S.S. Voyager.
While Voyager is preparing to attack the Borg Cube, a smaller
Borg Sphere appears through a transwarp conduit and hails them.
Korok, a Klingon that has been assimilated into the Collective,
has taken over the Sphere and offers to help them destroy the
Cube. Chakotay accepts his offer and both ships begin attacking
the Cube. Just as the Borg Cube explodes, Harry Kim manages to
beam Janeway, Tuvok and Torres back to Voyager where they can be
relieved of their Borg implants.
Seven, meanwhile, has gone back to Unimatrix Zero one last time
to say goodbye to Axum. Axum and Seven are the only people left
as Unimatrix Zero falls apart around them. Axum tells Seven that
he is on a Borg Cube in a totally different part of the galaxy
and though it seem like they will never see each other again, he
will find her. They both leave Unimatrix Zero as it completely
fritzes out of existence.
 |
