The Battle of Sector 001

(Star Trek: First Contact - 1996)
In 2373, 6 years after the assimilation of Captain Jean-Luc Picard and The Battle of Wolf 359, the Borg have begun another invasion of the Federation on a direct course for Sector 001 (Earth and the Terran Solar System). The new USS Enterprise-E is uninvited from the battle with orders to patrol the Romulan Neutral Zone "in case the Romulans decide to take advantage of the situation" (in reality from a distrust of Picard due to his assimilation 6 years prior). Despite the Enterprise being uninvited from the battle against the invading Borg Cube, Captain Picard defies orders and joins the fight to protect Earth.

[@morbius109]

"It's the Enterprise!" That most epic of epic scenes when the Enterprise-E comes roaring in at full impulse. She is one beautiful starship.

[@Makeitso2023]

And saves the defiant,almost looks small enough for the enterprise to put her in the shuttle bay lol

[@ZeroKool7140]

That’s Ben Wyatt for ya! He’s as excited as we are!

[@7thBatallion]

That's hardly full impulse. Like 1/1000th impulse or less. Ya gotta remember, full impulse is 0.25c

[@riptydeco]

Reminiscent of this similar scene from the TNG finale: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmG1YaCaerVonMU

[@mbntr2363]

To be an a hole full impulse is 1/4 speed of light, it would go from earth to moon in 4 seconds

[@babygabz3591]

This is captain Picard of the Enterprise, I'm taking command of the fleet. Fleet: Okie dokie

[@socialcommentary1014]

He is the captain of the Flag Ship of the Federation. He's the most senior captain in the fleet.

[@protoborg]

@@socialcommentary1014 Especially with the admiral dead.

[@happisakshappiplace.6588]

@@socialcommentary1014 And most Captains are also aware of Picard's experiences with the Borg. Flagship captain: check. Borg expert: check.

[@Dseagles17]

Besides being the captain of the flagship, he also commands one of the most powerful starships Starfleet has

[@RampantFury925]

@@protoborg The admiral survived.

[@Synthmilk]

The fact that Starfleet was able to do heavy damage to the Cube's hull at all is a testament to Starfleet's Engineers, not even a few years before this a fleet of Starships couldn't even scratch a cube.

[@zerokame]

2:12 always gives me goosebumps seeing the already heavily damaged Defiant navigating through the wreckage of fallen star ships and still fighting on

[@richardtela]

She had flaws, but she had teeth...

[@kazemizu]

She's a tough little ship

[@zerokame]

@@kazemizu "Little?" Lol

[@Nicolas_Cage_Bees]

I always wondered why the Defiant was here since this is during the Dominion War IIRC. Obviously it was their best anti-Borg ship and the more obvious answer was the excuse to get Worf in the movie but in universe I can't see how they could have dragged the Defiant from the war unless it was a lull or something.

[@zerokame]

@@Nicolas_Cage_Bees that's interesting. I didn't know "First Contact" took place during the Dominion War. Since it was a cool ship and, like you said, to give Worf a dope entrance into the film, they probably just wrote it in

[@JD867]

I love the pilot's reaction at 2:30. Worf orders him to ram the cube, pilot's just like "Must be Tuesday."

[@ericmorang3903]

Jonathan Rhodes It's Worf's time of the month again.

[@anjetto1]

You wanna be the guy on the ship that blew up doing nothing, or the guy who rammed a much bigger thing and went out like a boss?

[@jwck7]

haha that's adam scott from parks and rec btw

[@BigMac8000]

He's like, "The minute they put me under a klingon, I knew this'd end". Then when he says the enterprise he's like, "Worf, dude, look at the com's your bro's are here, have your warriror funeral later". It's actually kinda perfectly delivered, the guy just is like, "ok that's great and all religious warrior captain but I'd like to be beamed OFF the ship thank you". No wonder that guy gets cast in everything now, excellent delivery.

[@peterp2153]

I *knew* it was someone’s well known. I used to think it was Ashton Kutcher for some reason.

[@Kibogu]

This entire battle could have been the movie. Did anyone else feel it was way too short?

[@Knight121198]

The battle took many hours, we just dont see it, it is infered with the time the Enterprise needs to take from the Romulan border to Earth. Uss Defiant was in that fight from moment one and still out lasted most other ships!

[@curseofgladstone4981]

@bill mill Enterprise E maximum warp around 3000c give or take a few hundred. 3000/365= about 9. That's 9 light years per day. In 3 hours they would barely travel 1. Would have taken a good week to get back. There is a reason kirk went on a 5 years mission to explore. Even with warp it takes a while to get around.

[@curseofgladstone4981]

@bill mill I love it too. Its my favourite star trek film. I may not like time travel but I can be explained with 31st century agents protecting the time line. In order for a cube to succeed assimilating earth it has to be right next to it and instantly alter the time line or it will be stopped. That's the only excuse I can think of. Still an awesome film

[@curseofgladstone4981]

@bill mill True. I liked star trek 4 a lot. I haven't seen many of the original series films. Beyond was good in my opinion but I don't like into darkness and the first reboot film was Meh

[@yulaw5110]

that is genius .. make it so

[@Aurora-313]

A 24 year old film, and I still get shivers when I see the fleet obliterate the borg cube. God, I loved the TNG era.

[@redpointt]

It was really the best of times

[@LarsonChristopher]

Agreed. Back when times were at their best.

[@pepelepew2690]

This truly was star trek, not like today's abominations. 😭

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

Its as thrilling now as it was 6 months before the movie was even created.

[@MrMegamike2k]

The battles of the last couple seasons and the DS9 series were epic.

[@bobpage6597]

0:17....."Flagship to Endeavour, standby to engage at Grid A15" - nice little name drop. For anyone not aware, the Endeavour was the only ship to survive Wolf 359. It was good to see she was back fighting the Borg at this battle!!

[@deaks25]

Not only that, the Endeavour apparently survived. We know the Defiant and Enterprise E are badass ships, but the Endeavour is a Nebula class, the cut-price Galaxy class and yet the Endeavour fights the Borg TWICE and survives. That is a badass ship!

[@Tarrenger]

The Bozeman was there for 001 too!

[@stevenobrien557]

​@@deaks25yes but what you may have overlooked is that Endeavour was not only in this battle, but also in the battle of Wolf 359 - which it survived! Which is why it was possible for it to be present for both battles! Badass! Yassss ssslay queen!

[@MiguelAJeffery]

The crew of the Endeavor likely received accolades

[@TFZ.]

​@Tarrenger Say, you wouldn't happen to know if Bozeman survived would you? I remember reading "Ship of the Line", and when I heard the Bozeman mentioned against the BORG, (the NEW Bozeman...) I was really worried about them...

[@jpowell180]

(Picard) - "Prepare to fire on my command..." < Waits for a few more starships to be destroyed....> (Picard) - "......" < One more ship lost....> (Picard) - ".....FIRE!"

[@jeffdraper5194]

Just can hear that cash register sound from Fallout Ka-Ching!!!

[@Revan2908]

Given how the Borg operate, I would not be at all surprised if he had to delay firing because he had to wait for a power cycle to happen in some system in the cube.

[@Revan2908]

***** Wasn't referring to an Enterprise system.

[@jakep1979]

He knew Wesley's Crusher was on one of these ships lol

[@kathleenfisher1134]

jpowell180

[@tyguy6296]

And not a single Miranda class ship survived... again... Starfleet rule #1: if assigned to a Miranda class, request a transfer. Starfleet rule #2: to avoid getting hit with burning ship fragments, don't fly in formation with Miranda class vessels.

[@tyguy6296]

shadedoom they are all out on 5 year missions to pick up space chicks

[@JS-wp4gs]

Ty Guy 'Starfleet rule #1: if assigned to a Miranda class, request a transfer' ......and find out 2 weeks later your new assignment is security on an Oberth class ship

[@jamesplacey5530]

Ty Guy LMAO

[@matthewstamper5688]

james placey When assigned to a Miranda class you may experience: A. Sudden loss of pressure B. A fiery expiration C. An old age virus

[@tyguy6296]

Matthew Stamper don't forget 4. aural Ceti eel insertion 5. less than 30 seconds of screen time 6. nuclear wessels

[@clairestark9024]

You can see how the hard lessons of 359 have been learnt. The fleet is engaging in a swarm attack and isn't panicking as casualties mount. You can see damage building up as the battle grinds on. The federation has adapted.

[@queenfan45]

A swarm is the only real way to defeat a borg cube. One ship at a time gives them all the time they need to adapt. Dozens or hundreds of ships, the borg don’t know where to turn.

[@nunyabeeswax303]

That's due to the writers being biased toward humans. 😂 The Borg would send a force reconnaissance. More than enough to defeat all of the powers of the star trek universe

[@lyinarbaeldeth2456]

@@nunyabeeswax303 That was actually the original draft of this scene - a full squadron of borg cubes, vs. Starfleet's array of purpose built anti-borg weaponry. The SFX costs were going to be astronomical so it was downsized to the brief, smaller scale battle we see here.

[@Knuspermonster]

and still....WHY IS THERE A OBERTH CLASS SHIPS IN CQC WITH A FUCKING CUBE XD?

[@bobjoebo8933]

@@Knuspermonster LMAO. The Oberth was sent in because that entire class deserves to die

[@davideagin5321]

“This is Captain Picard of the Enterprise, I’m taking command of the fleet.” HELL YEAH

[@YoungGun66]

"Arrgh! Perhaps today is a good day to die! PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!!" -Worf

[@deepdragon2]

just another day at the office for him it seems

[@twoasjuan7181]

#all world of tanks players

[@DanielTsosie]

When I play Star Trek Bridge Crew. I force the captain to say "PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED" when engaging a Borg Cube.

[@elgrandosmokionumbanine3021]

Did he survive the battle?

[@DanielTsosie]

@@elgrandosmokionumbanine3021 yes, it was for him to be in the movie despite being in DS9 at the time.

[@OmegaMapDesign]

Love the sound of those Quantum Torpedoes

[@OmegaMapDesign]

+rock3tcat (ⵙⴰⵔⵓⵅ) I can't see your comment here, but it's in my email. The Enterprise-E is using Quantum Torpedoes here, not Photon Torpedoes. Quantums are blue, and much more powerful than the outmoded Photons.

[@rpcarnell]

They could have used nuclear bombs.

[@jasonestrada5748]

Yea sounds hd and snazzy

[@gerod187]

OmegaMapDesign my favorite moment with my favorite ship

[@positronicfeed]

John Eaves, the guy who designed Enterprise E, didn't like how they seemed to be fired from the Captain's Yacht. But then again Andrew Probert didn't like how his Romulan Warbirds were firing disruptors from their navigational deflectors.

[@PCCphoenix]

0:24--From the novelization: At the mention of the _Defiant_ , Troi grew concerned. Each of them shared a single unspoken thought: "Worf."

[@axenledgie1423]

Oh my god, that hurts. That's true family right there.

[@garvindreis]

What about O'brian?

[@DantesonofSparda85]

@@garvindreis O'Brien got a cushy job at Starfleet Academy, teaching Engineering!

[@garvindreis]

@DantesonofSparda85 except O'Brian was still working at DS9 during this. At the end of DS9, Worf became a Federation Emissary for Kronos. This was also when O'Brian left for Earth.

[@patrickwilkinson7351]

@@DantesonofSparda85 That was at the end of Deep Space Nine, in 1999. This movie came out in 1996, sometime between DS9's fourth and fifth seasons.

[@johnweems4586]

Can we all just take a moment to recognize the the Defiant was one of the first ships to engage the Borg cube and one of the last to get knocked out by it.

[@Draco137YT]

They don't call it the _Defiant_ for nothing.

[@brotherhoodofsteeld.c.chap1917]

@@Draco137YTYeah, it’s one of their only true WARships after all.

[@markusostertag3032]

After all, she was designed and built to fight the Borg. Tough little ship indeed 😃

[@Forge17]

Tough little ship

[@famousdave7219]

Defiant is a bad bitch

[@TsutomuTomutsu]

This battle doesn't look very realistic. The helm didn't explode in a shower of sparks, and no expendable crewmen went flying.

[@successfulallan7044]

I laughed way too hard at this comment.

[@cookiedoh8882]

***** Well, at least all of those effects you're complaining about were added in Nemesis. Lol.

[@fluffdegoss]

***** and the camera didn't turn sideways

[@valf1733]

***** Needs more Micheal Bay...........

[@richardched6085]

TsutomuTomutsu lol

[@darthroden]

Who else got chills and cheered when you saw the USS Defiant in the movie? I only regret that Sisko and some of the other crew were not aboard and part of the movie.

[@Cailus3542]

That is rather the point. If Sisko had been on the Defiant, the Borg would've curled up in terror rather than face the Wrath of the Sisko.

[@OmegaMapDesign]

+Cailus Griffin I disagree. I think the Borg would be the one thing capable of shutting down The Sisko's badassery. PTSD is a powerful weakness.

[@Cailus3542]

OmegaMapDesign A fair point. Consider, however, Sisko's response to Wolf 359. He immediately began to help design and build the most lethal ship possible with the exclusive purpose of killing Borg. I think Sisko would work out his PTSD through the Defiant's cannons. Or simply his fists if he ended up boarding them. 0_0

[@MedalionDS9]

If Sisko was there, he would speak to the Prophets and wish them away to the other side of the Galaxy then there would be no First Contact movie lol

[@fadingjedi]

There is a great story about Avery brooks sitting next to michael dorm when say this scene for the first time. He claims to have turned michael and said commander I didn't give you permission to take the defiant out. It better be repaired and back in its birth before I get back to the station.

[@SheldonAdama17]

2:47 Worf be like “Dang, I *really* wanted to ram the Borg cube!”

[@park-jj4wo]

"This is Captain Picard of the enterprise Im taking command of the fleet". It takes a very special kind of person to be able to step in and quickly take control like that and for everyone to listen. Captain Picard the best

[@brch2]

Voyager kinda retroactively ruined the moment by stating that Starfleet policy is "In a combat situation involving more than one ship, command fell to the vessel with tactical superiority, should there not be a higher ranking officer present." With the Admiral dead, no time to contact command (even if they were at Earth), and Picard in command of the tactically superior vessel, he was allowed by regulation to take command.

[@jonathannovak132]

This is the Picarad we knew and loved, the Paramount version is such a disgrace to a great man.

[@gmork1090]

Well, he is also 20 years older, let down by what's basically a sector 31 replaced federation and on his way to his coffin. Still no excuse, but it's understandable-ish.

[@ConsiderTheCrows]

Captain of the flagship will do it.

[@ryanslauderdale]

I mean, the Enterprise crew destroyed the last one, so it makes sense that they'd take command for this one. Everyone in Starfleet knows who the real MVP is.

[@ajr993]

I like how captain picard just lets 2-3 ships get destroyed so he can look more dramatic saying "fire"

[@blodstainer]

Don't blame Picard! Blame crappy Movie-drama. Star Trek is always at its best in the series.

[@WookieFragger]

Or how Data wastes time to look uncomfortably around the bridge before saying 'To hell with our orders!' Although, in Picard's defense, it's possible that he was second-guessing himself for a moment. After all, Data had observed that the targeted system appeared non-vital, and Picard would have to wonder if he was about to make a severe tactical mistake by proceeding to act based on the voices he hears in his head.

[@blodstainer]

WookieFragger Picard always makes up his mind before speaking it though. There is no place for error in a StarFleet Captains orders to open fire... especially coming from the Captain of the Enterprise (who for some reason isn't an Admiral yet...)

[@Shaomoki]

Bloodstainer Admirals usually get relegated to desk jobs, unless there's a real need for an admiral in the field (Dominion war, Borg attack). When Kirk was admiral he was always given the enterprise due to some special circumstance (training mission, refit inspection) and something just seemed to happen while he was on board. Besides, Kirk already told Picard that he should never be promoted to Admiral, something which I don't expect will ever happen.

[@blodstainer]

Eugene Hu True but then again Kirk told Picard this in a Star Trek Movie, and the inconsistencies with the movies .. *shudders*

[@pinoi78]

4:12 Akira Class Captain: Get us OUT of range!!! Norway Class Captain....HARD TO STARBOARD! Steamrunner Class Captain....OH SHI!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jw9737]

RIP

[@omega311888]

ya i felt so bad for that poor ship that got caught in the explosion at the end. poor bastards survived the battle only to get taken out by something like that.

[@captaincraig5016]

That last ship at the end: "I helped!"

[@user-ch5zj2uf4v]

Deadly 😂

[@axenledgie1423]

*flies by camera* "wwwwwwwwwwwwwWE'RE ALSO Here" *flies away*

[@VigilanteAgumon]

The USS Thunderchild, I believe. At least it made it out alive, unlike its original namesake.

[@botterminator]

You can even see as the Borg cube is destroyed the explosion even takes out a nearby Federation Starship. The Federation are so dedicated that even that single starship went in knowing full well that with no shields they would not survive the victory.

[@retluoc]

"Stop exploding, you cowards!" :) I miss the old Futurama

[@BasicShapes]

Thanks, now I need to go rewatch the whole series!

[@Thefreakyfreek]

I miss futorama .

[@HUNmerlin]

the borg closed to victory over mankind, until they accidentally downloaded a copy of windows vista...

[@jackcaynon9746]

The same damn thing happened to the Cylons when they came to our Earth, too! :)

[@Coyote_Man]

The Enterprise was using Windows 1701, the best Windows program ever!

[@Joe13313]

With No Recycle Bin Says Bill Gates the IV

[@itsokaytobeclownpilled5937]

Windows 10: hold my beer.

[@SpaceMonke99]

This has to be one of the best looking space battles ever. In each shot I feel like I could reach into the screen and touch these damn ships. The special effects in the TNG movies have aged like fine wine.

[@ConsiderTheCrows]

All of the space battles and pull up confrontations in the movies and shows are still highly watchable.

[@tehagent1321]

Most of their effects are practical, real life effects - models, lasers, actual explosions, etc. That why they hold up so well - far better than CGI that came much later in some cases.

[@samuraixfx]

0:52 seconds in. Can we take a moment to appreciate that Diana is reading and feeling Picard in real time. The reaction of the magnitude of the situation and simultaneously feeling someone's emotions who is intimately connected with it. Yet she still achieves composure. I love her characters integrity.

[@brianlindee960]

it always funny the admiral ship gets destroyed in all major battle engagements they have

[@toddsmitts]

+Brian Lindee Admiral Ross' ship wasn't destroyed during "What You Leave Behind". Also the admiral here lived, because we later saw him on "Voyager".

[@gezatherton1071]

+toddsmitts I always thought Adm Hayes was a bastard for not going down with his ship like Adm Hanson in Wold 359.

[@brianlindee960]

+toddsmitts that is Ross he never stopped fighting in the war

[@oatmealboy6]

+Brian Lindee Starfleet should stop painting "Admiral's Flagship" on the hull in bright yellow and red letters.

[@domoranzi638]

+toddsmitts Yeah, Admiral Ross gave Sisko his flagship the Sao Paulo, After that he got the Excelsior Class U.S.S. Farragut for the Battle of Cardassia and later on got the Prometheus Class U.S.S. Cerberus

[@StsFiveOneLima]

"It's the Enterprise..." Enough said. :-)

[@memyself1407]

"We need reinforcenents!" "Chewy punch it!" Love the fact even han and chewy were at that battle lol

[@garvindreis]

Sir, another moon just appeared on sensors. That's no moon.

[@nicolasjouan452]

I love the special effects. They were the last ones of the pre CGI era, and you can see they were perfectly mastered by technicians at the time. Ships looked less "perfect" than in today's SF blockbuster. Visual action was more limited but they had this nice feeling of heft on screen.

[@KH4444444444N]

Agreed.

[@triclon]

The background ships were CGI. The close ups were still models though.

[@BlaneNostalgia]

The Enterprise unexpectedly arriving on the battlescene still makes me cheer! Such an epic starship with a great crew it must be a huge morale boost for the other Federation starships

[@umairbutt1355]

Worf's expression at its arrival says it all :)

[@corbin_4738]

Umair Butt Such as 'Thank God, maybe I don't have to die today! Would have been great if Picard had said 'Beam Worf off the Defiant right now.' Haha! It's a good day for the rest of them to die!

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

Sobereugn

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

Sovereign class battle cruiser. Big tough and packs a punch. Designed for the dominion war. Low profile, shield that is closer to the hull for better protection, and starbase like firepower. A welcome sight on any battlefield

[@beepthemeep12]

@@joshuaplotkin8826 not to mention borg resilient tech. I think if no other ship had made it out borg killers like defiant and enterprise would be been ok. Even in the state defiant was in her hull would've come out mainly intact

[@Acrosurge]

I love this scene. I love the tension, the pacing, the graceful CGI ships firing salvo after salvo, and the size and positioning of the Borg Cube in the frames, the Enterprise E, and the way Picard capitalizes on a weakness that appears in the Cube that remained otherwise undetected. I also love the beam phasers, photon, and quantum torpedoes (I really dislike the look and sound of the weapons in the JJ timeline). And it is really cool that they highlighted the wall that becomes a holographic view-screen (not a flatscreen, or a window, a holographic projection). This is spectacular work from ILM.

[@antourte1]

+Ryan Alderfer Badass beam weapons + torpedoes. That's motherfucking Star Trek. I absolutely love the Return of the Jedi space battle, but that's a different franchise. It's a shame JJ got his hands on this franchise and went "cool I can make a Star Wars clone now".

[@spinningchrysalis4061]

Best effects in the history of Star Trek, lens flare be damned.

[@Pepitobenito]

It still remains ones of the best-looking space battles ever. That combination of CGI and practical effects with such a great array of sound design is just leaps and bounds ahead of the overly clean and generic JJ-Verse.

[@raudello3666]

@@spinningchrysalis4061 I agree

[@blppt]

The Ent-E was actually a physical model in this scene, which is why it has visual "presence" unlike a lot of second-rate CGI ships in other movies.

[@chrispeters5780]

I remember watching this movie in the theater and the awe at the scale of the Enterprise unexpectedly filling the screen in front of the Defiant. Serious goosebumps.

[@argonunya1543]

Such an underrated Trek movie. The shot of the cube approaching Earth at 1:58 still confounds me and gives me chills. I saw it in the theater in 97. Action packed and understated and beautifully acted. I thought so then and it still stands up.

[@arthurchadwell9267]

It's the only "Pepsi Generation" film that I liked.

[@jamess-b9119]

Upvote for seeing this in the cinema back in the day. Still one of my favourite Trek films.

[@Ryvaken]

It's 'underrated' because those of us that watched Trek for the characters more than the setting are disappointed, at best, by Picard's collapse. We saw these issues dealt with in I, Borg, and we saw them handled the way Jean Luc Picard behaved without him needing to go on a Sisko-like tantrum.

[@argonunya1543]

@@Ryvaken You don’t like Sisko either? Yeesh. Are you sure you just don’t dislike Star Trek? 😂

[@Frostwolf666]

@@Ryvaken I disagree, the "Draw the line" monologue of Picard is my favorite moment of the whole movie, to see the achilles heel of legendary captain Picard.

[@lkvideos7181]

4:17 I jus noticed that one of the Federation ships was caught in the blast and exploded. Damn man ....

[@hezbollah95818]

rip

[@danhair]

Wow dude, you're right. I guess that captain was: "This is never going to- WHAT THE FU-BOOOOMM!!"

[@Wildcard120]

Notice the Akira class starship that escaped the blast at the last second. The luckiest ship in the Galaxy.

[@jakep1979]

Take that Benjamin Sisko hehehe.

[@lkvideos7181]

jakep1979 lol !

[@a.morphous66]

I love how when Worf orders ramming speed, the Defiant’s helmsman just sort of sighs and reminds Worf that he doesn’t need to kill himself. I wouldn’t be surprised if he orders ramming speed every time the shields go down. Klingons, am I right?

[@garvindreis]

Goes to dock at DS9. Prepare for Ramming Speed!

[@chheinrich8486]

They didn’t even forget to use the good old Klingon theme

[@alexturlais8558]

Some day, one genius captain will order whoever is at tactical to start firing at will as soon as they arrive and will completely revolutionise Star Trek warfare.

[@mr5yy]

Alex Turlais That would be hilarious. Just imagining a little Miranda-Class popping out of warp and blasting everything made my day.

[@thribs]

Starfleet never fires first.

[@Bulls3ye86]

They need to learn how to give a Vulcan Hello.

[@adamfrisk956]

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

[@Linerunner99]

So in other words every single battle in Star Trek Online? Yeah, I hear you. lol

[@frysause934]

3:56 always gets me...Picards hesitation. He knows that 99.9 percent of the people on that ship are unwilling slaves to the borg. He was once one of them, but he has to kill them anyway, for the greater cause. You can hear the resignation in his voice as he says fire. The sound of sadness and determination at once. That is the strength of his character. That is why Patrick Stewart is one of my favorite, and greatest actors of all time.

[@michaelkovacic2608]

I watched this movie for the first time when i was about 10 years old, my father explained to me the borg's nature before, so when the cube was destroyed, i was like "oh, i thought you would rescue all these people. Ok, never mind.."

[@commanderdante3185]

I dont think he hesitated because he cared for the Borg. I think it was more so to represent getting the perfect angle of attack. Holding for the perfect opportunity to strike. As soon as he heard the Borg were attacking he immediately disobeyed direct orders to go fight them. He is know for having a deep hatred for what they did to him. Hundreds of his crew members that he lived with for years and probably hand selected have died at the hands of the Borg.

[@Utubesuperstar]

Yeah simply based on how he acted in the holodeck mowing down people who used to be his crew, those he is responsible for and he sees as family he has no reservations about killing the borg he hates them and even enjoys it, did you watch the full movie?

[@BlaneNostalgia]

@@commanderdante3185 indeed

[@Pyradonis]

This doesn't match at all with how he acts later in movie, Ahab-style.

[@brianu2229]

0:49 Battle begins 0:52 Cube breaks the defensive perimeter (B + 3 seconds) 1:01 Calls for reinforcements because shits hit the fan (B + 12 seconds) 1:09 Signs of panic and possible rout so obvious Picard turns off the comm (B + 20 seconds) Man, that escalated quickly.

[@danmonaco7607]

Brian U Good pick ups.

[@WarhammerWings]

+Brian U Well I'd blame the Borg for splattering them over the sector! XD *thinks it over* BEAM ME UP WORF!!!! *vanishes* XD

[@brianu2229]

... wat?

[@OpenMawProductions]

No, it did not. The battle with the cube started in the Typhon sector when Enterprise first got the transmission. Enterprise rendevouzed at some point later with the fleet near Earth. They had been dogging the vessel all that way. Adaptation aside the cube was actually starting to weaken from sheer attrition by this point. Hence why you see torpedos doing massive structural damage to the cube. That isn't a plot hole, and I wish people would pay attention to the movie. The battle doesn't start at Earth and the E "arrives minutes later." No. many many hours pass between E jumping to warp and the battle on Earth's doorstep.

[@curseofgladstone4981]

@Special Guest Star 3 hours it took. There is a time jump. By which point the cube has almost reached earth. The cube had barely passed the federation border when it was first engaged.

[@petergorombey3249]

Mad respect to the Defiant for holding out so long

[@garvindreis]

It was a ship designed to fight the borg. Just guns, speed and armor. No holodecks, no science labs. Just combat .

[@Sambodiego]

This scene looks more realistic now than any modern cgi film it could be released in cinemas today and not look out of place. Says a lot for the genius of the creatures of the film. A credit to cinematography.

[@blppt]

Using at least some physical models, unlike today's pure CGI films.

[@deathhero9120]

@@blppt Today movies sucks!

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Ingenuity has certainly taken a backseat to lazy CGI. Back then you really had to "sell" the practical effects with amazing attention to detail. Now sfx is lazy, just feed the cgi into the most powerful computer you can find and that's that.

[@burnbobquist8999]

@@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts And combine that with the harsh, brutal working conditions the vfx industry is in, due to the pressure of the large production companies like Disney. :( I have to say, Andor looked stellar, due to a shorter budget and therefore relying on a bit of trickery and more importantly: build sets to film in with real wether effects. I bet in 20 years we talk about Star Trek/Star Wars/Aliens and come to the conclusion, that very rarely the CGI still looks good.

[@EllAntares]

@@burnbobquist8999 Ironically, Disney bought Star Wars... and made a collection of bloopers, bad CGI, scene design and choreographics which could embarrass a 90s movie.

[@deaks25]

The Akira class deserved to become and instant favourite when the USS Thunderchief does it drive buy during the final explosion. Just such a cool shot. Also, I've seen jokes about how 'easily' the Defiant gets damaged, but we here it being mentioned at the literal start of the battle, and yet here it is, still fighting at the very end of the battle. Definitely a very tough little ship!

[@BlameThande]

USS Thunderchild - it's a reference to HMS Thunder Child from "The War of the Worlds".

[@XR171]

Little?

[@geoffreyprior8931]

Well thanks to it being small; it can avoid a lot more attacks. Also the Akiras took a beating during the fight. Goes to show how powerful a cube is.

[@azraelangelofred]

4:10 Borg Sphere Pilot drone was quoted as saying, "SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT!"

[@Yonkage]

+azraelangelofred Feces are irrelevant.

[@delluminatis]

+Yonkage escape pods are futile

[@domoranzi638]

+Yonkage Especially considering the Borg most likely don't defecate.

[@azraelangelofred]

It was a figure of speech, dipstick.

[@jerodast]

"Must go faster, must go faster..."

[@Ved000000]

Happy first contact day to all you other old geezers. Only 49 years left.

[@MrDogfighter42]

And world war three :(

[@lojosol]

MrDogfighter42 perhaps but as Picard once said, the future can be constantly influenced by our decisions today :)

[@Ma77riK]

picard was given admiralty after the E-D crash, morgan bateson (kelsey grammar) the captain of the bozeman that collided then un-collided with the enterprise d when his ship traveled into the future through a temporal rift became the first captain of the enterprise E, but after a horribly failed mission caused by arrogance, he was taken off the captains chair and command of the enterprise E was taken by order of picard.

[@lojosol]

turbonut20v thats not canon information

[@richardlahan7068]

@@lojosol Correct.

[@JannyPwns]

This movie will always be one of the best because they don't blow up the enterprise in it.

[@edwardcohen1184]

I love how Picard is just a captain, and yet no one else in Starfleet questions when he takes command of the fleet.

[@darthnowlan]

Enterprise is the flagship of the Federation. Doubt any other captain would've objected to Picard taking command of the fleet.

[@brch2]

Voyager established that when there are no higher ranking officers present (and it was established here the only Admiral that was part of the fleet was dead/his ship destroyed), the Captain with the ship that has tactical superiority is authorized to take command of a fleet. Also, it's Enterprise. The only crew to defeat multiple Borg cubes (one at Wolf 359, and, inadvertently, Hugh's ship). And commanded by the guy that WAS a Borg. Maybe Starfleet thought he should sit out at the start, but the people on those ships that were being destroyed and not making any noticeable progress in defeating the Cube figured that they were out of options, and Picard couldn't make things any worse than they already were even if he were in some unlikely chance compromised.

[@thomashong2938]

He’s captain of the biggest, most advanced and heavily armed Starfleet ship in the battle. And he had previous experience commanding task forces. No one is going to challenge his authority to take charge of the situation.

[@thomashong2938]

Sisko was just a captain and he commanded a very large fleet in battle against the Dominion.

[@CCJJ160Channels]

I love the implicit trust they give Picard 3:35 - Data: "Sir, the coordinates you have indicated do not appear to be a vital system." Picard: 'Trust me, Data.' Data (THINKING TO SELF): "No further questions."

[@tbeller80]

That's how Picard beat them the first time. And Data was plugged into his head when he made the suggestion.

[@StormcloudLive]

Sleep....

[@thegeneral4943]

There are no singular vital systems onboard a Borg ship; something that was established during their debut in Q Who.

[@slavdef]

In a deleted scene, Picard just slapped him on the back of his head.

[@infinitecanadian]

You know, there's nothing like a good dose of quantum torpedoes to blow things up.

[@petetpickering]

Best star trek movie in my humble opinion

[@MitchMaker]

"PREPARE FOR RAMMING SPEED!!!" god i love this scene

[@flamingarrow167]

Kind of like Ben Hur..but faster.

[@KH4444444444N]

I hope they went to Hyperspeed shortly after...They could never hang with the big dogs in this battle.

[@patrickfitzpatrick2579]

Him hearing the borg makes more sense now since Picard season 3

[@gatedude07]

The Enterprise was on the Romulan border at the start of this film. When you consider how long it must have taken them to fly from there to Earth, the battle is even more chilling. Starfleet was engaged in a desperate running battle with this cube for HOURS (at least!), which means all the ships we see at Earth are either the survivors of constant battle or are other ships that have managed to join in at some point.

[@axenledgie1423]

Didn't they mention in Next Gen at some point that the neutral zone was, like, DAYS away from most Federation planets? That probably includes Earth? But the fleet would never have survived that long.

[@blppt]

@@axenledgie1423 Sovereign can attain a significantly faster high warp speed than the Galaxy from TNG. Probably why.

[@Utubesuperstar]

@@blppt it was likely a several hour long battle but remember the warp scale is logarithmic so the sovereign being only a decimal point or two faster than a galaxy is a massive difference

[@mikedocherty6160]

Its a plot hole. No need to over think it. Just enjoy the ride!

[@WAREHOUSE553]

Why didnt the Klingons help? I wonder if the Federation asked for help?

[@stuartkseels]

EPIC!!!!!!!!! I love the sound of the smaller ship firing photon torpedoes followed by the Enterprise E firing quantum torpedoes!!!

[@scottdixon6155]

Everything in this was perfect. If you watched through all of STTNG and DS9, you know why. The Klingon battle music over Worf is perfect too

[@thatcrazybrony5721]

USS Enterprise NCC 1701-E. Sovereign class...goddamn i LOVE that design

[@hadorstapa]

Looking at this again 22 years later, there’s actually surprisingly little fuss made over just how good a job Starfleet made of resisting this Borg cube. Very different story to Wolf 359 just a few years earlier.

[@curseofgladstone4981]

Death is a good motivator.

[@darthimperious1594]

I always liked the explanation as to why the Borg are so obsessed with assimilating Humanity, compared to all the other species in the galaxy which they're slowly taking their time with. Humanity adapts faster than the Borg. And that scares them.

[@colinmelton3815]

Yeah, it seems like getting their asses handed to them at Wolf 359 was a powerful motivator! I remember when I first saw this in the theater and the enterprise-e came up I had no idea what it was going to look like and I was like damn that's a f****** battleship!

[@garycannon4644]

@@darthimperious1594 no shit? the borg are actually scared of that fact? lol hot damn

[@donborvio]

Also, all the lessons learned from the Dominion War and those upgrades, ships like the Defiant, the Akira-class you see in a few shots here, etc.

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

One of those ships that took part in this battle is the USS Thunderchild named after the warship which bravely defended the evacuation of civilian ships from the Martians but was destroyed by them in the HG Wells War of the Worlds.

[@garvindreis]

Personally. I hope there is a USS Kamchatka. Star Fleet : Uss Kamchatka, how goes your patrol? USS Kamchatka: Do you see Cubes approaching?

[@richfish2112]

I love that the Conn Officer in the Defiant is Adam Scott who played Ben Wyatt in Parks and Recreation

[@antaresmaelstrom5365]

The thing that always gets me starts at 2:55. You can clearly see several people (picard, data at least) looking ahead at where the screen would be. But when picard orders "on screen" it is plain to see that the newfangled viewscreen is a hologram and was off at the time (as it doesn't change from a tactical view to the cube, but from a wall). So they were intently watching a wall the entire time.

[@andrewvarcoe4741]

I remember this in the theater with my dad, wicked battle scene, especially liked the way riker was with worf, riker says "that's a tough little ship you got there", worf replies " little!?". Also when picard apologizes to worf. This was a really good startrek to watch.

[@Neris-of-the-hidden]

I just love how badass Worf in this scene is.

[@jeff5534]

God I love Patrick Stewart, the way he can convey all the hate and emotion of a character in one word is just incredible, no one else could make the word ‘Fire’ sound so compelling.

[@auranit]

This was awesome. I love how the Defiant was evading and managed to get off so many shots.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Which were all completely in effective because it has too small of a powerplant. Starfleet needs to build bigger, not smaller.

[@WaterCrane]

The Defiant was said to be overgunned and overpowered for its size and needed special modifications so it didn't shake itself apart. For its small size, it foregoes most luxuries that a Starship has, since it is, by all accounts, a warship (officially it's an escort vessel, the naval equivalent of a destroyer probably). If we go by the safe assumption that the battle against the Borg Cube has been a running fight from the edge of the Solar System, the Defiant had exhausted its supply of torpedoes, was running low on power and only had its pulse cannons left before they too were knocked offline, and even after it lost its shields, it was still able to take a blast from the Borg Cube thanks to its ablative armour before the Enterprise positioned itself between them.

[@armandoortiz9114]

In the movie adaption book, when the Enterprise takes the tractor beam lock on its shields the crew didn't even feel the effect up until the 3rd time. Testament for how Advanced Shielding the ship really has, for its time.

[@bugs7253]

I can’t get enough of the Akira class in this clip. Watch it over and over.

[@kawafahra]

Picard is so competent at commanding, he was used by both sides of the battle… and won !

[@vicvector7878]

There's some nice nuance in this scene,you can see how picard still feels closely connected to the borg,represented by the pause before he gives the order to fire and the quiet way he says it :)

[@barnardsloop01]

The opposite of what everybody does in Star Trek Online.

[@barnardsloop01]

sergeantassassin3 *all ships die and the Borg drink some tea as they keep killing the Miranda class n00bz that think they're "kewl guyz"*

[@delluminatis]

+sergeantassassin3 how did your links survive for so long? are you using borg nanoprobes to regenerate them after youtube erases them?

[@mr5yy]

sergeantassassin3 Not anymore. Usually you end up having that one person who's so op that they can take on the Borg Queen's ship by themselves.

[@AA-jp9cj]

@@sergeantassassin3425 It often works lol

[@michaelkennedy5803]

I go in, all guns blazing, then wonder where my ship went, and why I'm free floating without a space suit. Hey, I'm Scottish!! It's what we do!!!!

[@Morbius6995]

This is my favorite Star Trek movie out of all of them!

[@LukeLovesRose]

First Contact is arguably the best Star Trek movie ever made

[@TheWhaller]

Best movie. Best Enterprise. Best crew. Best uniforms.

[@TFZ.]

*Sigh* We will NEVER have trek like this again, and that makes me both sad that we won't see it again, but also very grateful we got it at all!

[@chheinrich8486]

Not to mention the coolest looking background starfleet vessel ever, the akira class😊

[@thomashong2938]

No, worst uniforms.

[@matthewroberts8606]

Voyager vs tactical cube= voyager wins Fleet vs normal cube= barely wins Logic

[@homelessend8557]

Shooting v well voyager did have future technology that helped them against the borg

[@matthewroberts8606]

Sassy Sylveon that was only in the finale when they vs the tactical cube they won

[@histguy101]

Shooting v By "won" do you mean barely escaped with heavy damage while barely scratching the cube? The tactical cube is smaller than a regular one. It also destroyed the Delta Flyer.

[@matthewroberts8606]

Christus Regnet well the fact voyager lasted a long time then when the normal cube at wolf 359 destroyed ships in 1 shot

[@lereff1382]

You're right, Voyager would have never survived a second. Would have been kinda lame though if Voyager had just been destroyed in the middle of the show at their first Borg encounter....

[@tungstun1977]

Within a few minutes of arriving Picard handles the situation….goat

[@SvalPlays]

By far the best movie in the entire Trek franchise.

[@tigervv6437]

We are Google. Lower your passwords and surrender your privacy, We will add your social network to our own, Your browser-history will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.

[@toddkes5890]

At cheap Gigabit speeds, which is better than other companies

[@afterlifegoeson1901]

Laughed out loud, loved your creative writing.

[@ghostofpambo6266]

LOL

[@benny3969]

You win the internet.

[@davidgoossen113]

"PREPARE TO DELETE ALL HARD-DRIVES .......... " ??????????? Whaaaaat?

[@Dotanalyst]

Gotta love how the Sovereign is so powerful here that when the Cube's lasers first hit its shields and they immediately cut to the bridge crew, they aren't feeling any impacts or bumps, nothing. Its shields are just that tough.

[@MereelSkirata]

Yet the ship was absolutely wrecked by the Scimitar.

[@kawafahra]

@@MereelSkirata The Enterprise was held defensive full length of the fight against the scimitar, cause cloak. It took severe beating like a fortress and kept operable condition throughout. Had the Scimitar not been cloaked, it may not even had needed the BoPs that assisted later on to turn the tide. Scimitar was powerful, but without cloak it would had been en par. Which would still make it en par with a Sovereign, which is a lot.

[@KH4444444444N]

​@@MereelSkirataBrooo. The Sovereign was a fucking tank in that fight with the Reman Warbird. It held out against Schinzon's cloak fire attack, she even exhausted all her torpedoes. That's a 10 round fight.

[@MereelSkirata]

The Scimitar disabled the Enterprise's warp drive with it's opening salvo then for the rest of the fight the Scimitar was trying to disable the Enterprise so they could capture Picard. The Enterprise struggled to defend itself against a ship that was pulling it's punches. The Enterprise inflicted minor damage to the Scimitar until she rammed it.@@KH4444444444N

[@IamJustJ.]

@@KH4444444444N Indeed. I don't know if there's a canon source of how many torpedoes the Sovereign class was capable of holding, but I know the less war-friendly Enterprise-D had a maximum capacity of 250 photon torpedoes and it wasn't even consuming a lot of space on the ship. (Much of Enterprise-D according to the tech manual was basically empty space not filled in.) Expending the full magazine of torpedoes on a Sovereign class vessel is not at all a trivial showing. Ultimately, even with the supposedly tactically superior Reman Warbird, Captain Picard's superior experience combined with Donatra and her crews helped level the playing field. In equally capable playing fields between, let's assume for the second, equal Picards (in terms of skill and experience), the Scimitar would likely win. But, Captain Picard was by far the superior commanding officer between him and Shinzon. Often times, that matters in battle. Some might say "most of the time" it matters. The only plot contrivance that annoys the crap out of me was Deanna's inconsistent abilities in this movie and the fact it wouldn't have worked. She's never demonstrated the ability to pinpoint anyone else cloaked before (or she'd have used it many times with cloaked Romulan warbirds in TNG), so to cart it out conveniently in this movie annoys me greatly. Deanna is liked by me, so understand it is not a criticism of the character but in fact the plot.

[@joellehughs6073]

My favourite star trek movie. Am glad picard is back..

[@richardched6085]

At least the Enterprise isn't the only ship in range..... This time

[@briansmith5239]

One of, if not, the best movie of the entire star trek franchise featuring the best antagonist from the TV series. Stewart and Frakes were in fine form on this one.

[@echodigger]

I saw this in the theater back in the day and even in 2018, this scene still gives me the chills. The tension on the bridge, and the heroic arrival is a rollercoaster ride for any Trekkie.

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

Seeing the Enterprise ride in like that never gets old.

[@Egobyte83]

God i love the sounds when the fleet fires in unison... all of those different kinds of (photon and Quantum) torpedoes. *shivers*

[@brandonsamuels6457]

Picard is a boss.

[@JanetStarChild]

+brandon samuels As captain, Picard is the highest ranking officer of the Enterprise, so it's to be expected that he's the boss of his vessel.

[@JanetStarChild]

Henchman Twenty1 Right-O! Jean-Luc Picard is not only A boss, as brandon put it, but Picard is THE boss.

[@delluminatis]

+brandon samuels boss is irrelevant.

[@odiemodie1]

It is futile for Picard to escape of what he is... A bad ass.

[@1010thechamp]

+odiemodie1 Pickard should make cameos in the new series, as well as Archer, Janeway and Sisko.

[@Revan2908]

One of the best battle scenes of all the movies...just watching a half-dozen ships unload all sorts of happy horseshit into that Cube.

[@Finn-OleHertz]

The Steamrunner and the Akira Class were so beautifully designed

[@LordyT34]

That battle comm activity cut off by the Borg surrender call is just perfect

[@cdalvany]

4:15 RIP that human ship which destroyed in the explosion... D:

[@kouko6727]

I was thinking the same thing. OMFG YES WE WO......

[@cdalvany]

Poor crew. I want to see their face in the last moment.

[@kouko6727]

This face (;•͈́༚•͈̀)

[@zacotb]

Their deaths will be noted in Picards log.

[@richardched6085]

I believe I speak for everyone here sir when I say. I don't give a fuck

[@Daehawk]

I like how the Borg message cuts through all the communications of the Fed ships and is so clear and ominous.

[@jessedellross3245]

To this day hearing the word “we are the borg” sends chills down my spine

[@davidmiller661]

Wouldn't it be a weird fate if one day all communication world wide is interrupted by an announcement, "We are the Borg, resistance is futile"?

[@commanderdante3185]

RIP to the brave earthlings who died from the cube and starships breaking up in orbit.

[@LordHoth_09]

This scene always makes me wonder just how unstoppable the Enterprise would be if it had been a pure battleship

[@oddish4352]

Well, I expect she would have... Multiple pulse phaser turrets. Full spread quantum torpedo launchers. Gatling photon launchers. Antimatter mines. Multiple shield generators. Dual-layer ablative armor. Phase-cloaking abilities. Armed parasite craft. And maybe some other stuff I didn't think of.

[@chuckbuck5002]

Wasn’t that what the sovereign was essentially

[@oddish4352]

@@chuckbuck5002 By 2365, Starfleet was aware of the Borg, and in 2370 they became aware of the Dominion, too. So, they redesigned their ships to be more combat capable. But if the Sovereign was a warship, why have Picard (who's an explorer at heart) as Captain? Someone like Jellico would be a more logical choice.

[@ConsiderTheCrows]

See Into Darkness. Khan designed a Dreadnought class combat Federation ship twice the size of the Enterprise.

[@Nightweaver1]

"That does not appear to be a vital area." "I'm Locutus of Borg, trust me, it's a vital area."

[@anubis44r]

Made a good entering of the defiant. Heavily damaged but still fighting a "hopeless battle". A nice tribute to ds9 AND in character of Worf as the defiants commander.

[@Falconlibrary]

"Give me RAMMING SPEED!"--Worf's wife on their wedding night

[@Curien247]

The Conn Officer driving the Defiant is Adam Scott of Parks & Rec Fame.

[@antourte1]

+Curien247 What happened to him after the battle anyway? Maybe he got assimilated walking out sickbay...

[@kuribayashi84]

+antourte1 Let me put it this way: Later, he donned a spacesuit and accompanied Picard and Worf on a dangerous mission against the Borg outside the ship. Now guess who didnt came back... :b

[@antourte1]

+Schwatvogel You're thinking of Lt. Hawk, the Enterprise conn officer played by Neal McDonough. (Believe me, I had nightmares about what happened to him when I was kid.) We were talking about the one on the Defiant, played by Adam Scott. Unless there was a SECOND dangerous EVA mission that didn't make it on screen haha :)

[@kuribayashi84]

antourte1 Oh sorry, I guess I fucked up.

[@antourte1]

+Schwatvogel S'all good! The Deflector Dish Maintenance From Hell is always fun to bring up.

[@toddsmitts]

2:26 *Defiant Helmsan*: Main power's offline, we've lost shields, and our weapons are gone! If we get out of this alive, I'm quitting Starfleet and finding a nice quiet government job. Maybe something in Indiana...

[@everybodylieshm]

He might try his hand at a winter sports complex first though.

[@johnilarde8440]

toddsmitts Worf: No! We must join Captain Picard on his journeys!

[@philipjeffrey2926]

the shot of the cube approaching Earth and the music are 🤌

[@nicholasmorsovillo2752]

I'll bet like the helmsman on the Defiant who said those words 'It's the Enterprise' they probably had the same reaction with everyone else on all the surviving ships seeing the Federation Flagship come swooping in to save the day and you know what would have been funny if they started playing the Star Trek theme song for when the Enterprise arrived.