Chapter 4
Data tried to communicate with the Borg before they attacked the starbase: -"Good morning. I am Commander Data. This is Starbase 99. You are in Federation's space. What are you doing here?"-
From the cube arrived a strange answer: -"Welcome, brother…Finally I have found you….after a very long time…."- It was Lore's voice. The people were looking at Data in search for an answer, but they didn't dare to ask to him anything. They seemed paralyzed by the terror. How could Lore be back again? And with so many Borg cubes….How could they sustain such a powerful attack? The Enterprise was coming, it was true, but meanwhile they were too weak….
Data didn't say anything. He thought that there was a traitor in the Federation. He could have found the body of his brother and then he reassembled it. Then he could have persuaded the Borg to attack the Federation in order to conquer a colony. The information which Lore had about the security systems of the Federation could destroy easily that Starbase and perhaps an entire fleet… He should prevent this disaster anyway. It was a question of family…
Data informed Captain Picard about the situation. Cindy, who was on the bridge, thought that she would lose his husband forever. She felt herself very bad and then she fainted. Worf helped her to arrive to the sickbay. Dr Crusher said that she needed to rest. She was preoccupied about Cindy's children, therefore she ordered to Lieutenant Schultz to go to her apartment in order to assist them.
Picard informed Admiral Janeway about the bad news. –"Good morning, Admiral, we have some urgent bad news for you…"- he said. –"Good morning, Captain. What happened so bad in your sector?"- she answered preoccupied. –"The Borg, sir. And Lore. He is back again…"- Picard said coolly. Janeway become pale. A new attack to the Federation without any previous provocation…The Borg had at least two Queens, and now they return with a King? It seemed so strange…so different from their usual society. Perhaps Lore had persuaded only a few ships to follow him and it wasn't a real menace to the human kind. She answered: -"How many cubes did you detect in your sector, Captain? And how many ships do you need to defeat the enemies? Unfortunately I think that we have only 5 available ships in your area…"- Picard seemed to have had a confirm to his suspicions. They didn't have sufficient ships to stop the Borg. But they could bluff. He answered that he was flying at Warp 9 in direction to Starbase 99, which was under attack. He said that Data was on this station and therefore they could try to find out a plan while the other ships were flying there.
