Next: Chapter OneRedemptions of the Heart
By Oprelia
Rating: PG-13
Code: P, J/P
Category: VOYAGER
Genre: Action/Adventure/Romance
Spoilers: Endgame, STAR TREK: ARMADA II, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT, lots of other Voyager episodes.
Archive: Jupiter Station and FanFiction.Net. Anywhere else, please ask me first.
Feedback: Please give me feedback at oprelia@hotmail.com. This is my first story so please be nice
Warning: Major Character Death. Minor references to torture. Inexplicit love scenes. If this disturbs you, do not read any further.
Summary: What if Captain Janeway ordered Tom Paris to alter course to enter the other aperture inside the transwarp corridor that led back to the Delta Quadrant?
Disclaimer: STAR TREK: VOYAGER, STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT and all its characters contained within this story are owned exclusively by Paramount Pictures Corporation. STAR TREK: ARMADA II belongs to Activision, Inc. No copyright infringements are intended.
Author's Note: Some of the technology that appears in this story comes from ARMADA II.
Prologue
In The Heart Of The Enemy
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The lair is small and dark, with flickering white and green lights. Five cybernetic humanoids, all with pasty grey complexions and outfitted with black exoskeletal suits were moving around at the different displays, cataloguing and analysing all the technology that it had assimilated from throughout the galaxy while a few were in their alcoves regenerating. On one Borg control terminal stated the words in the Borg alphanumeric code "Species 5618: Ablative Armour Generator". On the second terminal stated the words "Species 5618: Transphasic Torpedo". The third terminal had the words "Species 10561: Advanced Cellular Regeneration. The Fourth terminal had the words "Species 10561: Advanced Clone Matrix" while the fifth terminal and the words "Species 10561: Advanced Neurological Studies". All were completing their assigned tasks without being aware of the central command tower that was situated inside the centre of the room with a blue floor and a green lit ceiling.
# VOYAGER HAS ENTERED APERTURE EIGHT TWO THREE #
# ACCESS TRANSWARP CORRIDOR ZERO NINE #
# REDIRECT VESSELS TO INTERCEPT AT SUBJU...... #
# CORRID... CORRIDOR... #
Suddenly all the drones within the room ceased their tasks and faced the centre.
# THE COLLECTIVE HAS BEEN COMPROMISED #
# REDIRECT COMMAND FUNCTIONS TO REPLACEMENT QUEEN ONE TWO FIVE Q TWO ONE #
# FAILED #
# REDIRECT COMMAND FUNCTIONS TO REPLACEMENT QUEEN ONE TWO FIVE Q TWO TWO #
# FAILED #
# INITIATING BACKUP TRANSFER PROTOCOLS #
# FAILED #
# INITIATING EMERGENCY TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ZERO ONE#
# FAILED #
# INITIATING EMERGENCY TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ZERO TWO... FAILED #
# INITIATING EMERGENCY TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ZERO THREE... FAILED #
# INITIATING EMERGENCY TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ZERO FOUR... FAILED #
# INITIATING EMERGENCY TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ZERO FIVE... FAILED #
# THE COLLECTIVE MUST GROW. COMMENCE SEARCH FOR ACTIVE EMERGENCY TRANSFER PROTOCOLS #
# SEARCHING... SEARCHING... SEARCHING... #
# TRANSFER PROTOCOLS FOUND #
# INITIATING PROTOCOL SOVEREIGN ZERO ONE. TRANSFERRING COMMAND CONTROLS #
# PROCESSING... #
# PROCESSING... #
# TRANSFER COMPLETE #
Suddenly the central command tower began moving from the green lit ceiling and three access portals opened up from the blue floor to commence the construction of a cybernetic body. A head came down from the cylindrical tower and connected with the body that was constructed specifically for him.
"Why was the Emergency Command Protocol Sovereign Zero One activated?"
# A NEUROLYTIC PATHOGEN HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE CENTRAL HIVE. QUEEN DESIGNATION ONE TWO FIVE Q TWO ZERO HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. REDIRECTION OF COMMAND FUNCTIONS TO REPLACEMENT QUEEN ONE TWO FIVE Q TWO ONE AND ONE TWO FIVE Q TWO TWO HAVE FAILED. BACKUP TRANSFER PROTOCOLS HAVE FAILED. EMERGENCY TRANSFER PROTOCOLS ZERO ONE TO TWO FIVE HAVE FAILED#
"How many drones remain connected to the hive mind?"
# DRONE COUNT IS NOW SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND NINETEEN BILLION FOUR HUNDRED FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT DRONES REMAINING IN THE COLLECTIVE #
"That is not acceptable. Initiate new directive SR 10657 ST 15. Search and recover. Reconnect all drones which have been severed from the collective. Include any drones which have been disconnected since the Unimatrix Zero incident. Those drones are too dangerous without the control of the hive mind. Destroy any drones that are too troublesome. The collective must grow"
# DIRECTIVE RECEIVED. IMPLEMENTING NEW DIRECTIVE. THE COLLECTIVE MUST GROW #
"Proceed".
As the collective began implementing the new directives, the drones within the lair recommenced their cataloguing of the assimilated technology. Soon those tasks were complete and the drones began regenerating.
The drones were oblivious to the slow mischievous grin that formed on the Borg's face.
Three Days Later
The room was now lit with small screens detailing the progress of directive SR 10657 ST 15. A few screens showed the remains of debris fields while a few others showed the interior of vessels containing reconnected renegade drones. All current assimilation directives concerning new species was halted as the Borg underwent the consolidation of its numbers. The hive was growing rapidly as the directed was nearly complete. Only a few remaining vessels containing a few thousand drones were unaccounted for...
# DIRECTIVE SR 10657 ST 15 HAS BEEN COMPLETED. DRONE COUNT IS NOW SIXTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN BILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO DRONES. #
"How many vessels and drones did you destroy?"
# WE HAVE DESTROYED SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE VESSELS. SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY TWO DRONES HAVE BEEN TERMINATED. #
"Disengage the command vessel from the complex. We will be travelling to Unimatrix One. I want to see the remains of the unicomplex".
# DISENGAGING VESSEL FROM UNIMATRIX TWO #
A large diamond shaped vessel suddenly appeared from an access portal deep within the gigantic superstructure that encompassed the entire planet. It continued to rise out of the planet's atmosphere and entered a standard orbit around the planet with hundreds of other geometrically shaped vessels. Four cubes suddenly broke their holding pattern and joined the command vessel. The five vessels then altered course and in a green flash, left the system.
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The five Borg vessels entered the system designated Unimatrix One to find the debris field which contained the remains of the Borg Unicomplex. The whole area was littered with Borg technology that was waiting to be salvaged.
"The technology must be salvaged before other species remove it from the area. Send ships in to remove the debris and relocate it to Unimatrix Two. We will be using the technology to rebuild the collective"
# RECEIVING NEW DIRECTIVE. WE WILL COMPLY #
# AN UNASSIMILATED VESSEL HAS BEEN DETECTED BEARING THREE FOUR TWO MARK SIX ONE #
# VESSEL IDENTIFIED #
# FEDERATION SHUTTLECRAFT DESIGNATION SC FOUR #
"That's Admiral Janeway's shuttle. Redirect the command ship to that bearing and assimilate that vessel. We will add its distinctiveness to our own".
# DIRECTIVE RECEIVED #
# ALTERING COURSE. TIME TO INTERCEPT ONE TWO POINT THREE FOUR UNITS #
# ACTIVATING TRACTOR BEAM. WE WILL ASSIMILATE ALL RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES #
Soon the sector was swarming with Borg vessels. Hundreds of Borg salvage ships converged on the remains of Unimatrix One and began the enormous task of collecting and cataloguing the debris for transport, all under the watchful eye of the Borg Sovereign.
"The Federation database was very insightful. The database has its origins from twenty-six years into the future. It has provided me with a priceless knowledge of the future. The armour technology and transphasic torpedoes have both been assimilated already but this stealth technology can be adapted easily to suit our purposes. The most useful information that we have assimilated is the medical technology. It has been added to our perfection.
"With this new information I will now alter the course of the future. Thanks to Admiral Janeway, the Federation must now alter their perceptions of the Borg. Resistance will most definitely be futile. Once we have completed the salvage operation, set a course for fluidic space. It is time to reacquaint ourselves with Species 8472"
# WE WILL COMPLY #
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