Part II
Chapter 7
"I am Admiral Jean-Luc Picard of the Federation Starship Enterprise. I have come here on a mission to warn you of a grave threat that has entered your galaxy," Picard began, starting from the discovery of the wormhole and going all the way to the encounter with the Borg drone.
It was Luke's turn to speak. "Wedge, I saw fought this Borg creature. The sensation I got through the Force was unlike anything I've ever encountered. The creature was half machine, half humanoid. I felt it's individual thoughts and emotions locked away beneath a collective will superimposing itself on the beings conscious mind. It was eerie to say the least."
Wedge didn't know what to ask next. He wanted to ask about the origin of the strange humans. He wanted to ask more about these creatures. So many questions, but he told himself, I need to do what's best for the Republic. "So, Admiral Picard, tell me more about these, 'Borg'."
On the bridge of the Enterprise, Commander Geordi LaForge sat in the command chair. All of the normal bridge sounds and sights were proceding without interuption. Suddenly, a series of bleeps from the ops console shocked Geordi into full awareness. He recognized that sound: ship approaching with weapons armed. His heart began to pound. "Report," he managed to say.
"Sir, Borg cube matching sensor records of the vessel previously encountered approaching. Diverting power to weapons"
"Activate shields, raise cloak, and divert power to forward weapons array."
Geordi had just let the words leave his mouth when a bright green beam lanced out against the ship. A brilliant blue beam of energy lanced out of the saucer section of the monsterous Enterprise. The beam pierced the hull of the shieldless ship and vaporized the transwarp coil. The giant cube exploded in a brilliant flash of light. Yes! said Geordi under his breath. Red lights on the bridge suddely interrupted the bridge crews celebration. Alarms whooped as the tactical officer gave his report: "Sir, twenty other Borg cubes have surrounded the ship. We are still invisible to their sensors, but the planet is in grave danger."
Geordi cursed under his breath. He spoke out loud: "Enterprise to Captain Picard"
"Picard here"
"Sir, a force of about twenty Borg cubes have surrounded the planet. They have diverted all energy reserves to their pattern buffers. Sensors also indicate that they are preparing a massive invasion fleet of spheres and pods. They've begun to launch their first offensive against the planet"
A Yuuzhan Vong commander sat in his worldship, bewildered at the sight he found when he arrived in the alien galaxy. The entire fleet of warships had been wiped out by the infidels...
Suddenly a small villip opened in front of him...from the war station.
"My lord, a flotilla of infidel warships unlike any ever encountered has just emerged from lightspeed. We have launched all of the coralskipper squdrons and..."
Suddenly the message was cut short. The commander heard a whine and turned to look behind him. Green light flickered into existance and grew until a large creature, half machine, half flesh, was standing on the yorik deck
"WE ARE BORG YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED RESISTANCE IS FUTILE YOUR TECHNOLOGICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN YOU WILL BE ADAPTED TO SERVICE THE COLLECTIVE"
The Yuuzhan Vong warrior drew his amphistaff, raised it above his head, and brought it down on the exposed flesh of the creature. A few seconds later, the creature went into convulsions and collapsed onto the ground: dead. In another coelescence of green energy, the creature vanished. Then, another of the creatures appeared in the same manner as the first. The commander slashed his amphistaff down...but it was stopped halfway by a glowing hemisphere of energy. The creature, in the bilnk of an eye, had the commander by the throat. A tiny, snakelike cord emerged from his wrist and pierced the skin of his neck. He lost feeling in his neck and the sensation spread until...