Disclaimer:
I do not own any characters, species, or other indicia from either Star Wars or Star Trek. Any that appear in this story are used without permission. However, this story and any characters I have created (not existing in the official Star Wars or Star Trek) are mine. This story is made available for fan entertainment purposes only, and I am not making any money by presenting or having written it. I am poor, so please don't sue me.
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Third of Five. Earth, twice. Seven of Nine.
These names continued rolling around in her head. Were the Queen capable of real emotion, she would be beyond fury.
The Borg were unstoppable. They were the most powerful species in the known galaxy. Then, the species that referred to themselves as "humans" repeatedly caused setbacks in The Borg's plan. Almost insignificant setbacks, but setbacks nonetheless. No species had ever resisted The Borg and been able to delay assimilation this long.
Picard. The artificial life form Data. Janeway.
Using the "prowess" they are so proud of to prevent from joining our perfection. It did not matter, because The Borg would prevail. The Borg always prevail. Resistance is futile.
This time, there would be no mistakes. Cube 3244 will use the temporal gateway while still within Borg space and cross the distance to Sector 001 at a time when the "humans" are barely learning to use complex machines.
There will be less technology to learn and culture to assimilate, but there will be no chance of future interference by the "Federation".
The Borg cube hurtled through transwarp space toward its destination, a neutron star in a dead solar system. Not a product of conventional engineering, the nearly black cube was larger than almost any spaceship created by other species. It was purely functional in design, not incorporating any natural form into itself. To other species, it was unattractive and threatening. Attractiveness is irrelevant. Its purpose is to transport The Borg consciousness to remote areas, and assimilate those areas into the consciousness. To the Collective, it would be beauty, if beauty were not irrelevant.
Space near the dead star seemed to stretch, then explode in light and released energy. The cube slipped through that transwarp portal and back into realspace. As it quickly moved closer to the star, the cube began to emit chronometric particles from its hull. The transwarp portal, instead of closing immediately, began to twist and draw nearer to the cube as it absorbed the temporal energies. It was unimportant, however. The Borg ignored the unusual phenomenon.
A temporal rift began to form. Through the rift, one could see the dead star as it was a millennium ago, if one were looking. The Borg only saw the immediate task-increase the size and strength of the rift to accommodate the cube. It required much more power than a sphere ship, but that was irrelevant. The cube had all the power it could ever need.
The rift grew larger, rotating in hues of blue and white. A temporal wake began to form, streaking past the cube like the tail of a comet. The wake began to interact with the transwarp energy from the unclosed portal, and drew it across space like a ravenous shark on a fishing line, toward The Borg cube.
The cube had begun to cross through the portal, when suddenly, it was pulled backwards into the new time/space portal. The temporal rift began to waver from its perfectly round form and stretch in several directions at once. The Collective had no information on what was happening, so it increased propulsion and chronometric particle output to compensate for the drag. That action pulled the time/space portal over the cube like a hood, erasing it from this place in time and space. The time/space portal, having absorbed its energy source, collapsed violently, emitting a subspace shockwave.
That shockwave struck the temporal portal, causing it to collapse irregularly. Instead of flashing out of existence, the resulting subspace shockwave struck the neutron star, squashing it like gelatin, and hurling it toward the galaxy's core. Another part of the shockwave disrupted the fusion reactions in a nearby yellow star, causing it to collapse upon itself and explode, wiping out all planets in the system (all Borg planets).
The Collective regarded the loss of twenty-five cubes and seven planets to be irrelevant. There were more systems to assimilate and ships to build.
I do not own any characters, species, or other indicia from either Star Wars or Star Trek. Any that appear in this story are used without permission. However, this story and any characters I have created (not existing in the official Star Wars or Star Trek) are mine. This story is made available for fan entertainment purposes only, and I am not making any money by presenting or having written it. I am poor, so please don't sue me.
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Third of Five. Earth, twice. Seven of Nine.
These names continued rolling around in her head. Were the Queen capable of real emotion, she would be beyond fury.
The Borg were unstoppable. They were the most powerful species in the known galaxy. Then, the species that referred to themselves as "humans" repeatedly caused setbacks in The Borg's plan. Almost insignificant setbacks, but setbacks nonetheless. No species had ever resisted The Borg and been able to delay assimilation this long.
Picard. The artificial life form Data. Janeway.
Using the "prowess" they are so proud of to prevent from joining our perfection. It did not matter, because The Borg would prevail. The Borg always prevail. Resistance is futile.
This time, there would be no mistakes. Cube 3244 will use the temporal gateway while still within Borg space and cross the distance to Sector 001 at a time when the "humans" are barely learning to use complex machines.
There will be less technology to learn and culture to assimilate, but there will be no chance of future interference by the "Federation".
The Borg cube hurtled through transwarp space toward its destination, a neutron star in a dead solar system. Not a product of conventional engineering, the nearly black cube was larger than almost any spaceship created by other species. It was purely functional in design, not incorporating any natural form into itself. To other species, it was unattractive and threatening. Attractiveness is irrelevant. Its purpose is to transport The Borg consciousness to remote areas, and assimilate those areas into the consciousness. To the Collective, it would be beauty, if beauty were not irrelevant.
Space near the dead star seemed to stretch, then explode in light and released energy. The cube slipped through that transwarp portal and back into realspace. As it quickly moved closer to the star, the cube began to emit chronometric particles from its hull. The transwarp portal, instead of closing immediately, began to twist and draw nearer to the cube as it absorbed the temporal energies. It was unimportant, however. The Borg ignored the unusual phenomenon.
A temporal rift began to form. Through the rift, one could see the dead star as it was a millennium ago, if one were looking. The Borg only saw the immediate task-increase the size and strength of the rift to accommodate the cube. It required much more power than a sphere ship, but that was irrelevant. The cube had all the power it could ever need.
The rift grew larger, rotating in hues of blue and white. A temporal wake began to form, streaking past the cube like the tail of a comet. The wake began to interact with the transwarp energy from the unclosed portal, and drew it across space like a ravenous shark on a fishing line, toward The Borg cube.
The cube had begun to cross through the portal, when suddenly, it was pulled backwards into the new time/space portal. The temporal rift began to waver from its perfectly round form and stretch in several directions at once. The Collective had no information on what was happening, so it increased propulsion and chronometric particle output to compensate for the drag. That action pulled the time/space portal over the cube like a hood, erasing it from this place in time and space. The time/space portal, having absorbed its energy source, collapsed violently, emitting a subspace shockwave.
That shockwave struck the temporal portal, causing it to collapse irregularly. Instead of flashing out of existence, the resulting subspace shockwave struck the neutron star, squashing it like gelatin, and hurling it toward the galaxy's core. Another part of the shockwave disrupted the fusion reactions in a nearby yellow star, causing it to collapse upon itself and explode, wiping out all planets in the system (all Borg planets).
The Collective regarded the loss of twenty-five cubes and seven planets to be irrelevant. There were more systems to assimilate and ships to build.