Voyager Discovers A Borg Cube

[@Kingpin1880]

Gotta love the "iconic threat level" the Borg inspires. One look on that screen of the floating cube, and it's red alert. Romulans, not so bad. Klingons, they're ok. Borg, BATTLE STATIONS NOW!

[@RIDDICK0911]

I don't get the point of this comment...

[@blockmasterscott]

So true! And she stood up right away with a "oh shit!" look on her face too!

[@xjunkxyrdxdog89]

Only thing to ever scare picard.

[@patrickperalta59]

@@RIDDICK0911 , basically the point is the Borg are a big threat more so then the Klingons or other races they have met before.

[@ChibiabosWolf]

@@patrickperalta59 Exactly why Q flung the Ent-D into Borg space in "Q Who," because "the Romulans, the Klingons -- they're NOTHING compared with what's waiting!"

[@hanszimmro9466]

They should have taken over the Borg vessel. Beam the dead drones into space. You have a fully functional Borg cube right there! Make it work, park voyager in its hangar and head home at transwarp speeds...

[@aminoshift1158]

My god that's genius

[@hanszimmro9466]

@@aminoshift1158 is it? Seems more like common sense ^^

[@FFKonoko]

Considering that much much later they undergo a ridiculously dangerous heist for a transwarp coil for a very similar plan...

[@tonynelligan1930]

borg didn't get transwarp tech till after seven of nine came along.can't recall the name of the alien,but he faked a star fleet ship to take the crew to the borg in the ep. his people supplied transwarp tech after the eps. so that cube wouldn't of had it.

[@FFKonoko]

@@tonynelligan1930 2374 - A vessel belonging to species 116 named the Dauntless was assimilated by the collective, it's quantum slipstream capable of speeds of at least 10,000 light-years per hour. It was assimilated and adapted to enhance the previous transwarp conduit technology. That's the bit you're thinking of. The Borg already were transwarp capable decades before that, that's how they had gotten to the alpha quadrant before, including the time they ran into the Raven near the romulan neutral zone before transwarping back to the Delta quadrant with the raven in their wake. So not sure how you thought they didn't have it before seven of nine, when them having it is part of how she got assimilated.

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

"Tuvok, assemble an away team!" >Tuvok proceeds to gather the first handful of people he can think of who ever annoyed him, and immediately assigns them to meatshield duty.

[@christophmalone6388]

“Mr. Paris, Mr. Kim, you’re with me”

[@Athanase48067]

Logical shit right there

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

"Mr. Neelix, you're on point."

[@kaicreech7336]

@@christophmalone6388 Tom even wears a red shirt...

[@hycron1234]

@@kaicreech7336 - Forgot to wear the brown pants though...

[@mikevanroy9356]

"Send the universal greeting." "No response." "Give it a few seconds, will you?"

[@Nathan19791]

Good point! Lol

[@IndigoIndustrial]

Let it ring at least 3 times..... Brrrrrringrinnggg Brrrrrringrinnggg Brrrrrringrinnggg... They might be in the shower. Try again in 5 min?

[@FluffyFooFookins]

"New ship, who dis?"

[@asmrjunkie6613]

Generally speaking the com systems, even on borg cubes will send an automated acknowledgement to the hail/greeting. Harry probably meant that no ack was received rather than an actual response.

[@1993bahamut]

Can easily tell.harrys never called a woman before 🤣🤣🤣

[@studyguy.7660]

I love how her immediate reaction is red alert. She knows enough about it to be extremely cautious.

[@NoxLegend1]

She watched the picard next generation episode she knows better

[@sourabhkarmakar8040]

@@NoxLegend1 you mean she read all data and information about Borg encounter by a previous Starfleet vessel named Enterprise 🤣

[@NoxLegend1]

@@sourabhkarmakar8040 Touche 😂

[@toomanyjstoomanyrs1705]

Thank you Q.

[@blackmondayy1]

@@sourabhkarmakar8040 You are talking like Wolf 359 never happened ..... by this time everyone in Alpha, Beta, and Gamma quadrants knew about the Borg.

[@ArchangelExile]

That Borg Cube sitting in the darkness only to slowly be revealed by dim starlight was very ominous.

[@krane15]

Didn't you see that nebula cloud? It was in the shadows, so once that passed the sun could hit it.

[@KenshiImmortalWolf]

the opening tones that sound almost like teh V'ger theme also help

[@kimpoy434]

It gave me chills for a second.. just shows how scary and big of a threat they are

[@robjackson5245]

​@@kimpoy434 They stopped being a threat by this time but that music was chilling. Won't lie.

[@danielveres4351]

*Tuvok:* It's an unidentified ship on long range sensors. *Janeway:* What sort of ship? *Tuvok:* An unidentified one...

[@AndrewChapman]

*Janeway:* Are you trying to be funny, Mr. Tuvok? *Tuvok:* It would never occur to me, Captain.

[@dean1039]

Spock would have said that.

[@AndrewChapman]

@@dean1039 Exactly, I was referencing the TOS episode "The Immunity Syndrome".

[@Treizez34]

And her first instinct, being thousands of light years off course, trying to get home..... is to announce they’re here! Greatest captain ever

[@chuchulainn9275]

I think she says what "kind", she is refering to what class of ship. Is it a freighter, a science vessel, a warship, etc...

[@AnansiTheSpider8]

Captain Janeway: "There's coffee in that Borg cube."

[@alagass6466]

Worth the risk!

[@rushthezeppelin]

😂😂😂

[@chance2smoke]

"We look for things that make us go." -Cap. Janewa...errr...Pakleds

[@jordansparks6113]

Bread alert 🚨🤣

[@thedavecorp]

Haaa

[@nimaside]

I like how Kim says they aren't responding a millisecond after he sends the message.

[@emizerri]

He sent them a poke

[@OtherDalfite]

Me when my crush doesn't immediately respond

[@Tazkar]

I always treated that kind of thing as he sent a message and didn't even get confirmation the ship had received it. Like I'm guessing ships that are open to being hailed send a confirmation packet automatically to the other ship letting them know 'Hey we got your hail!' Then the respective captains decide if they want to actually answer. Least thats my line of thinking.

[@fredcasdensworld]

To be fair most people reject calls from Harry Kim

[@ryancarroll5488]

TNG is like that too Hail them Mr worf,- -no response captain!

[@spartandud3]

Tom: We haven't had an interesting encounter in ages. Other players: Oooooh boy... DM - Rolls for random encounter and starts smiling menacingly.

[@Marioboy777]

You know you rolled a natural 1 when a borg cube appears on the viewscreen...

[@bradcampbell7253]

Sounds like something Leroy Jenkins would say

[@mrcritical6751]

@@Marioboy777 they’ve somehow managed to get lower than Nat 1 if a Borg Cube has appeared in a fantasy game

[@joshuadavis1547]

I miss my tabletop RPG days 😞. My dice always seemed to treat me well.

[@randomrazr]

should have taken some transwarp coils while they were at it

[@shiftyshamsk]

"Send a message", "any response", "no captain". "Send another" The Borg..."some bastard called Harry is calling us long distance, and hanging up" Borg..."He's arrived outside, turn the lights out, and don't answer the phone", 🤣

[@TheFleeingPhoenix]

Harry...Du Bois?

[@HHopebringer]

Borg: "New phone, who's this?"

[@darkjediknight2923]

@@HHopebringer The Borg never answer to mere Ensigns. Legend has it that Kim is still an Ensign.

[@Asghaad]

@@darkjediknight2923 yeah fat chance of that, whole command crew of Voyager would get instant promotions to Commander at least, Janeway made instant Admiral, Tuvok and Chakotay would be promoted to Captains and given theyr own command (Tuvok taking over as captain of Voyager and Chakotay maybe resigning his commission again, but as Captain rank nonetheless) by the shows end they were probably the most experienced crew in the whole Starfleet, ways above the usual rank and file, having Paris or Kim as anything other than first officers would be insulting AND incredible waste ... remember usual exploration tour of duty for federation FLAGSHIP exploring frontier is 5 years, with return trips home, steady supply line and constant contact with Starfleet ... Voyager spent 7 years all on its own in absolutely unexplored part of the Galaxy not only surviving and getting home but also gathering wealth of knowledge and super advanced technology (not even counting the overpowered Anti Borg tech from the future ...) while saving galaxy several times over from being destroyed or taken over ... Kim was stuck at Ensign simply because Voyager couldnt afford to promote anyone, because there were no vacancies to move the ranked up personnel for appropriate position only promotion i remember were returning Paris to Lieutenant rank again to reverse his demotion and Tuvok going from Lieutenant to lieutenat-commander which made zero difference as he was already second officer of the ship so the promotion had absolutely no effect as he already was commanding officer to any lieutenant on the ship by that fact and only two higher ranking officers were Chakotay and Janeway... the rank up just meant he would also rank higher than lt. on OTHER ships which was pointless in the Delta.

[@1911Savage]

@@HHopebringer Harry: "Our records show that your auto warranty has expired..."

[@Rezzworks]

Janeway: "That's exactly why we're going to board that ship." Ensign Me: "Bitch, I just wanna go home."

[@AndrewChapman]

Janeway: What do you think we've been trying to do these last 2 years, Ensign?

[@victorbruant389]

REZZ was my best good friend. And even I know that ain't something you can find just around the corner. REZZ was going to be a shrimping boat captain, but instead, he died right there in that Cube in the Delta Quadrant

[@mmjahink]

Then you should have mutinied with Chakotay while you had the chance.

[@NorthernShinigami]

I love how at first when they saw the Borg it was "Oh shit RED ALART!" And then in later seasons: "OH look, a Borg vessel! LETS RAID THEM FOR SPARE PARTS!! :D"

[@Fimbulvinter19]

That's a good example of the crew beginning to understand the technical and tactical limitations of the borg. They aren't invulnerable, and so long as you don't appear to be a threat, nor hold a unique technology they want, you can do pretty much what you want on their ships relatively safely.

[@jozefgurzynski7380]

@@Fimbulvinter19 They're basically bees with honey in their hive. Piss them off and threaten them and they'll attack. Slow gentle action, and they're pretty chill.

[@smartalec2001]

Familiarity breeds contempt.

[@SeruraRenge11]

@@Fimbulvinter19 I chalk that up to the borg becoming less and less intimidating over the shows. It was all downhill after First Contact.

[@poppasan1873]

I'm more amazed they had to be in visual range to detect it was a Borg vessel. Long range sensors are not better than telescopes?

[@blargd]

"Ah send them a jolly greeting would you!" "No reply, let's have a look" "RED ALERT ALL STOP SHIELDS TO MAXIMUM, STANDBY WEAPONS" Their day went from 0-11 real fast.

[@juliuszsowacki4822]

That immediate red alert call from Janeway and fear coming from crew gave me chills. Janeway did a huge work fighting off or outplaying so many Borg vessels during their trip to Earth. ST:VOY is amazing.

[@JnEricsonx]

Here's the closest "oh shit" reaction in other science fiction: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKHCpYmLgJpphLc

[@stevenwalker8199]

Its funny she said? shields up but the Borg can beam in or beam people out with shields up.. So whats the point?

[@lucinavonnolaran8728]

@@stevenwalker8199 ... Shields up for the eventuality that they fire, genius.

[@aboomination897]

some might say that voyager overused and ruined the borg

[@julianaylor4351]

Tom Paris is bored, so here's a Borg cube, he's a trouble magnet.

[@_Thred_]

Tom was always like that on the show

[@hmartinspliff]

Tom Paris' boredom is a jinx. Next time Tom Paris is bored, he can settle for a Rubik's cube to entertain himself.

[@NateSean]

@@hmartinspliff Yeah well Tom is also the only officer with medical training on a ship of 150 people to which he was originally assigned to as a furloughed convict.

[@krane15]

He spoke too soon.

[@qwave1322]

If Toms bored he can do Harry’s jobs basically 😂

[@StillJustDreaming]

"Haven't run across anything interesting for days" 0:16 Oh boy, Tom jinxed them - never EVER say things are too quiet - they're guaranteed to blow up fast!

[@qwave1322]

He needs to leave quickly and put a red-shirt at his com panel because it will explode soon. 😂

[@MaxMckayful]

Tuvok always does a great job fitting in with the humans, while also staying true to his Vulcan-ness. There was no need to phrase his initial finding as "pique Mr. Paris's interests" except to flow with the good-natured banter. And he goes along with it, and sometimes looks like he's almost enjoying it despite his better Vulcan judgement.

[@xenon132]

Vulcans enjoy trolling humans. It's only logical.

[@epicbossgamer8953]

"Hail them", A second later.. "No response" Surly wait a couple seconds, they might be in the bathroom or doing the hovering....

[@-M0LE]

peter Quill ikr he barely stopped speaking

[@alexturlais8558]

How is that worse than "Its an unidentified ship on long range scanners" "What kind of ship?"

[@tigervv6437]

Most likely he can detect whether the other vessel has picked up the hail, in this case it did not because the vessel was completely offline.

[@tigervv6437]

She says: "What sort of ship?" Most likely meaning she wants to know if it is a warship, shuttle, freighter etc. it is possible to be able to tell that and it can still be unidentified.

[@icwiz]

yeah they do this a lot in star trek, but if they didn't, imagine how long these moments would be.

[@SystemYTP]

"There's coffee in that cube!"

[@g00gleminus96]

"Quick, maximum power to all transporter stations, lock on to all coffee signatures and beam them directly all available storage spaces! I don't care if it's whole-bean or fine-ground, use the crew quarters and the escape pods if you have to but get me all the coffee you can!"

[@CommanderM117]

@@g00gleminus96 i would be doing the same thing

[@tonywebster8582]

New Borg tactic. Gangbang.

[@realtonysolo]

gotta stay wired to get you through an uncharted and hostile part of the galaxy.

[@bilcal]

But is the coffee filled with nanoprobes???

[@QuarkGamingLLC]

I always feel bad for the families onboard federation ships. I can just imagine a mom or dad playing with their baby singing “if you’re happy and you know it...” then suddenly red alert “oh shit, not again”

[@Siyko]

The first TNG episode they were like "we have to seperate the saucer section so we don't expose all these families to danger", and then every following episode was "screw it, take us in"

[@CuriousTempsest]

Just imagine a lovely couple in the heat of the moment. Then, all of a sudden, Red Alert and a battle ensues. A young Borg drone transports into their room, saying. "Resistance can wait, carry on!" Then goes to a different part of the ship.

[@DrownedInExile]

Silly Tom Paris, didn't you get the memo? Never tell your boss you have nothing to do. That never ends well!

[@SignedWithBlood]

Sending a hello signal to a dead borg cube seems to be the equivalent of saying "hello, is anyone there?" in a haunted house.

[@phelimridley6727]

This is what makes Kate Mulgrew worthy of watching. Few other actors on a tv show could generate tension like that just from their acting. Good choice for an upload.

[@lythsian]

Completely agree, was thinking exactly the same thing.

[@tonybudz]

Phelim Ridley I forgot which episode this is?

[@phelimridley6727]

@ tony budz The episode is "Unity", the 17th episode of season 3 of Voy, first aired in February 1997. It's the first appearance in the show of the Borg.

[@keithgilham9438]

Personally I didn’t like voyager I was a ds9 man but this episode wasn’t bad

[@phelimridley6727]

@ keith gilham Oh God yeah. There is no comparison. Voyager saw a return to an episodic format after the serialised nature of DS9. The characters had little depth to begin with and over years did not grow or change. The Kaizon were like discount Klingons. . . . . I could go on. What do you think of Discovery?

[@dronedad5784]

I love the episodes with the Borg. So tense

[@NapoleChan]

*Tuvok:* Captain Nelix has accidentally destroyed the sourdough starter for Voyager! *Janeway:* Bread Alert!

[@RIDDICK0911]

You know... Tuvix could've been a better Captain than Janeway.

[@greenhat8978]

and get the cheese to sickbay!

[@ryanmiller6605]

Dream The Endless I laughed out loud.

[@robynharris7179]

Janeway: “Harry, send a standard greeting.” Kim: “Unidentified ship, we’re right here, all alone, and we’re a nummy treat.”

[@djpookie2000]

I haven't seen this show in years. This makes me want to watch it.

[@joshuadesautels]

"Entering visual range." "The Borg!" "Red Alert!"

[@atigerclaw]

*Janeway:* We're going to board that ship and find out what disabled them so we can use it against them. *Me:* Captain, I would be more concerned with whatever disabled that Borg ship, first. *Janeway:* Why is that mister Random KZbinr? *Me:* Because if we go to Red Alert on the mere sight of a Borg cube, I have to wonder what alert status the Unknown Borg Cube Disabling Threat warrants. I mean, when you start finding corpses in the road, do you not start to have second thoughts about that road?

[@saragolightly]

And here we see an example of Mansplaining in the Comments Section

[@atigerclaw]

@@saragolightly "TROLL!!!! IN THE COMMENT SECTION!" "Just thought you'd like to know."

[@Thros1]

@@saragolightly the fuck is wrong with you

[@Tylerpierre99]

What's mansplaining?

[@atigerclaw]

@@Tylerpierre99 "Mansplaining" is a derogatory concept feminists came up with to describe when a man explains something from a supposedly male-oriented perspective. It implies that the male is being sexist by explaining something condescendingly to the female with the pretext that she doesn't understand it on the basis of being a female. Of course, it's completely fabricated garbage and is in fact a variation of an ad hominem fallacy (attacking the person, not the argument). My original comment is a joke on Voyager's script writing. Voyager & crew discover a recently eviscerated Borg ship. The Borg, being the big bad BORG, must have encountered something pretty gnarly to get mangled like that. Not once here does it occur to the crew that perhaps evaluating the scale of threats is more prudent than "Let's loot the corpse". Considering that the Borg are reason enough to run away screaming, something that can slap the Borg down with ease should be an order of magnitude higher up on the 'run away!' scale. There isn't even a precaution of 'let's get what we want and get out of here in case whatever killed that cube shows back up.' But because I made this joke at the proverbial facsimile of Janeway, a female, some random feminist who may or may not be a bot decided I was 'mansplaining'. I don't think I need to 'mansplain' to point out how bad an idea it is to stick around while something that can kill the thing that can easily kill us is potentially in the same sector. If the captain had been Kirk, Picard, Sisko, or any other person, I'd still be commenting on it in about the same snarky fashion.

[@Flamingcloud083]

I like how they go from long range scanning range to visual range in 4 seconds.

[@postmastersgt1670]

The Borg always make a good entrance.

[@andreasegger4277]

Lol if the long range sensors find something you already can almost see i don't want to know how useless the short range sensors are.

[@cadengrace5466]

Star Fleet long range sensors vary by ability by class of starship and time period but Voyager has shown her long range sensors extend out to at least 15 light years and visual abilities just short of that. Once the astrogation lab came on line it went into the hundreds of light years but that was using Borg technology. The Enterprise E had a range in hundred of light years as well in the film Generations. The different between ranges in sensor is the amount of data that can be collected. Basic information from long range and exponentially more details as the range shortens.

[@andreasegger4277]

oh okay

[@frostmagemarii]

So what he's saying is.. Star Trek writing is inconsistent from episode to episode (especially voyager); because you know that no one was reading a guideline of capabilities of ships when they write episodes.

[@CyrusKazan]

Also, you need to consider the speeds at which starships move (subwarp speeds and space vessels IRL measure speed in meters per SECOND), and the fact that the cube was completely offline. The fact they picked it up at all is amazing, considering in most sci-fi, sensors run on heat signatures and EM emissions, and that thing would be emitting nothing.

[@frostmagemarii]

+DrayvenValore *The fact they picked it up at all is amazing, considering in most sci-fi, sensors run on heat signatures and EM emissions, and that thing would be emitting nothing.* Except for the fact that Sensors in most Star Trek episodes (especially within Voyager) are pieces of magical god tech that seems to be able to do more than they ever should when the plot demands it.

[@belamaterna3701]

Dang, Voyager is fast! A few seconds after finding the ship with longrange sensors, they‘ve visual contact

[@fredcasdensworld]

Tom's foot is always on the accelerator pedal.... he doesn't brake for no body

[@kilroy987]

It's called time padding after a few things have been said with nothing new happening.

[@blazerocker1734]

I like how as soon as they're in visual range Janeway orders "On screen" and it's already at the ideal magnification. They've come a long way from the TNG crew where Picard always ordered "Magnify" on a distant object or ship.

[@sailbatten2056]

I love how in space, a ship that is adrift is somehow "tilted".

[@concernedcitizen8231]

To be fair, if they are in space why is every ship the same way up?

[@Elthenar]

I like how, when the cube popped up on the screen, Janeway flew out of her chair on nothing but the power of clenched buttcheeks

[@macklee6837]

"I believe I may have found something else to peak Mr Paris' interest, Captain" So Vulcan 😂

[@TheOrigamiGuru]

God Capt. Janeway was such a badass. Even in little moments like this she is just such a boss

[@raterus]

Except in giving out promotions to Ensigns

[@jamesarnette1394]

That was a hairy comment

[@plurplursen7172]

I just love how a sighting of The Borg prompt a direct Red Alert!

[@yamato6114]

I mean Wolf 359 happened several years prior so Starfleet would probably have issued an ‘instant red alert’ already.

[@davicool9958]

" Tupac you and Biggie assemble an away team ..."

[@SgtCandy]

"Biggie biggie biggie can't you see? Sometimes the Borg just assimilate me! I can't rhyme anymore send hel______"

[@mad-k6q]

They both get killed at Suge Knight's order.

[@Eyetrauma]

I’m going going back back to the Delta Quadrant (~Delta Quaaaadrant~)

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

"There's Hennessy in that Nebula"

[@kingpin6989]

1:02 Tom: The Borg! Me: Now now, let's not jump to conclusions.

[@robjackson5245]

This episode, whether intentionally or not, makes a good job of obscuring the Borg as to whether this was before or after the "First Contact" Borg. It also helps that this felt like a season 2 episode. I genuinely believed that this was the "TNG" Borg. That's what this episode so scary. The music made it that way. This episode sends chills down my spine. This is Dennis McCarthy or Jay Chattaway when their militant music really spells impending doom. Excellent.

[@julioverne579]

thats because the score when the drifting qube hits the screen is quiete the same than when the Borg first appeared on screen in TNG

[@robjackson5245]

@@julioverne579 there wasn't that "First Contact" feel. Lol But "Scorpion" on is "FC" Borg

[@evie8078]

-"We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile." -"There....are....four....lights....!"

[@worldsmostaveragemagician2246]

Lmao, I wonder how many people will understand that

[@evie8078]

@@worldsmostaveragemagician2246 those who watch Star Trek will.

[@TomalakGeretkal]

This is why you identify something before you shout at it

[@marcussavina2726]

Gotta love how they send greetings without knowing if it's friend or foe

[@Lizfan2]

Ikr? If that had been an active, manned cube Voyager would have been toast. Not smart.

[@cs512tr]

Damn I forgot this is just a clip Got engrossed

[@Tigerman1138]

That happens easily with things I enjoy seeing on here.

[@SGz_Eliminated]

I mean can you imagine the chief of security walks up to and says you're joining an away team to board a bloody Borg vessel. Um no thanks I'll pass lol

[@danielwalmsley1824]

Sam Trott I’d go with Tuvok just because I like having productive and efficient co-workers who cut the crap and do what they need to do. Unlike my current ones.

[@AhsokaTanoTheWhite]

@@danielwalmsley1824 Agreed.

[@Vulpine407]

(Salutes) "Ensign Red-shirt meat-shield reporting for duty!"

[@attiepollard7847]

Vulpine407 you mean gold meat shield?

[@calanon534]

@@attiepollard7847 I think they call it Mustard. I seem to recall that in some episode or another.

[@Nergalsama01]

Man, I love those those synth riffs, straight out of "First Contact". It's a pity they didn't use Goldsmith's Borg motif after this episode.

[@anthonygoodwin4624]

They did, briefly, in the two-part "Dark Frontier" episode from Season 5.

[@Weissman111]

Strange that with all their technology, they hadn't developed a remote drone they could beam over first.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

How anti-human. Maybe Starfleet had abandoned as immature and pansy the 2020s-style tech-y pussyfooting--?

[@Reggie1408]

The remote drone was a failed experiment in TNG S7

[@AtlasBlizzard]

I get why Paris said "The Borg", but personally it took away from the ominous moment when the cube appeared.

[@TheOneZytel]

This was my first time seeing the Borg and now after many years of consuming Star Trek. I also noticed a very nice touch how here when the cube was on the screen they used the same instrument and tunes as in First Contact at the part where Picard and co. were going to the deflector dish. Very nice touch indeed. :)

[@pascalrottier4783]

It's called leitmotif

[@Skaitania]

"Red Alert. All Stop, shields to maximum, stand-by all weapons!" It's not the music, or Paris' shocked comment. It's Janeway's complete and instant shift from "relaxed-sunbathing-lioness-watching-her-kittens" to "lioness-who-just-saw-a-hyena-come-near-her-kittens" that really sells the threat of the Borg, even to someone who has never seen the Borg before, like me when I first saw Voyager many, many years ago. It somewhat spoiled the Borg reveal in TNG for me, or course.

[@GeorgeMonet]

"Your culture will adapt to service us." "You want us to SERVICE you?" "You will service the Borg, all night if needed."

[@Fimbulvinter19]

Best line comes straight from Patrick Stewart himself: NIGHT CREW!!!!! Beer me.

[@cytorakdemon]

Having seen a Borg Burlesque cosplay, I'd be down.

[@swishfish8858]

"That is not consistent with Borg tactics" You mean the tactics of the culture whose gimmick is adapting and changing their tactics?

[@davidguthary8147]

Sure, but don't they always make their presence known with their "We are the Borg, resistance is futile" speech?

[@swishfish8858]

@@davidguthary8147 Just one tactic, observed only while the Borg are advancing on enemy territory. They're in Borg homeland, anything goes!

[@robjackson5245]

Borg are cyborgs. They cannot lie and deceive. But then again the Cardassians never deceived either. It's not like honesty makes you honorable.

[@VulKus117]

1:11 First Contact OST. LOVE it.

[@RurouniKalain]

Kim might just have Worf beat for time spend waiting for a hail to be responded to.

[@quoniam426]

I guess he saw no energy reading modification from hail so he conclued that wouldn't respond since they didn't seem to recieve the message in the first place.

[@Blackwind_Legacy]

Think of it like internet protocol. There's a handshake between communicating systems in the beginning and if that doesn't happen, then they're not capable of responding.

[@Epaminaidos]

Always strange: when they are hailing, they do not give the receiver any time to respond. And when something comes "into visual range", they do alway have a very clear and big image immediately. Why did they not check the camera, when ist was smaller? It is not too hard to identify a Borg cube.

[@drkcobra]

Gotta work it into 48-50 minutes of air time...

[@Aaerial15]

Janeway: Mr. Tuvok. Summon this week's crop of Redshirts. Tuvok: Aye, Captain

[@TheDivineYinzer]

I like how she stands and yells red alert as soon as she sees them

[@enolastraight577]

Called Red Alert immediately on sight. Wise.

[@TokoGT]

Back when The Borg were an actual threat to Starfleet. The fear in Janeway's eyes as she reacts, never get to see it again. A year later and they're blowing up Borg ships like they were nothing. A red alert goes off while Tom is enjoying a Hawaii holodeck simulation, is told Voyager has engaged The Borg and he's disappointed its the third time that week and that he didn't get to finish his martini.

[@edwardness7497]

1:54 "that's exactly why we are going to 'borg' that ship" hmm, makes sense...

[@DreamskyDance]

0:59 .. it would be so fun if she drank coffee at that moment XD

[@98cents]

I find it funny that her first instinct is to announce themselves to unidentified ships outside of visual range, like they're not in uncharted territory filled with potentially hostile species... like the borg. "Hey Borg ship, we're over here and we'll never be able to outrun or outgun you, please come and get us".

[@emissaryofcharybdis105]

I feel like it would have been a bit more impactful if they didn't declare "THE BORG" when they saw it on screen. Just that ominous theme, and Janeway standing up and immediately ordering red alert. Old fans who know about the Borg would get it, and new fans that don't could be swept up in the wonder of "whoa, what the hell could possibly warrant an instant red alert?"

[@AtlasBlizzard]

My thoughts exactly.

[@LightStrikerQc]

Got to love how the sensors couldn't detect a cube shape nor borg tech before they entered visual range.

[@Lucatin]

Yes, that's why it's called "visual range". They couldn't tell what it was because they weren't close enough.

[@kilroy987]

Apparently they need an active energy signature to match with.

[@nolaanderson8770]

Some Starfleet prankster should have beamed over and started sending messages back to Voyager: "ooooo the collective love you long time!" "My mama always said that cybernetic life was like a cube of chocolates" "nobody puts Baby in a cube" "You talkin' to me?"

[@The_Curious_Cat]

Tuvok: "However, we should avoid complacency. The Borg are known to retrieve their damaged technology, it is quite possible we will encounter additional Borg vessels that are fully maned and powered". Captain Janeway: "That's exactly why we are going to board that ship". Tuvok: "Dafuq?".

[@R-L-I]

Right! Tuvok was like the hell? is this -itch serious? 🤣

[@BigyetiTechnologies]

Tuvok Dafuq is actually his full name

[@SeanScot36]

If I was Captain of Voyager, I would never send a standard greeting, until I found out who the space ship belonged to.

[@waltertomaszewski1083]

SeanScot36 You are walking alone in the dark when you hear something. Wouldn’t you announce your presence with a greeting, and ask the other (presumably) person to do the same?

[@oldtwinsna8347]

It's standard protocol to do so for Starfleet in deep space exploration. They needed allies to help with navigation, supplies, and for cultural exchanges. Reaching out first outweighs the potential negatives.

[@LostMercenary99]

Suddenly everyone's uniforms look more brown

[@zlozlozlo]

Is that interesting enough, Mr. Paris?

[@Scioneer]

Never say "I'm bored " in space.

[@Johnny-rx4hs]

@@Scioneer Yeah, Q might hear you.

[@scottmantooth8785]

@@Johnny-rx4hs *Q:* "Oh. Really....let's change that"

[@paulmelling8297]

Let's get over there and steal anything that's not nailed down!

[@lucidhominid2190]

Living on a starship has got to be like guaranteed PTSD. I can barely stand birds chirping in the morning or being on-call 3 weeks out of the year. Just imagine all the random red alerts jarring you from your sleep with promises of impending doom.

[@danieldickson8591]

I imagine starship crews are evaluated and trained for resistance to such stress. I would think on a long voyage like this, boredom would be a bigger threat. We only see the exciting days. But they do have holograms to simulate other environments for a change of scene.

[@lucidhominid2190]

Given the prevalence of PTSD in the military even among those who never saw combat, I am very skeptical of that. However, maybe there is something about living in a post scarcity society that takes care of your every need that provides resilience.

[@alejandroyava]

I love how the Borg made their reputation as one of the most feared and powerful forces in the galaxy. One second later of seeing a Cube, RED ALERT.

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

Star Trek Voyager really picked up from the last episodes of Season 3 on. I keep on coming back to them. Seven Of Nine would become one of the most interesting characters of the Star Trek saga. She filled a missing spot that started out with Spock and continued with Data of The Nex Generation.

[@raideurng2508]

Oh man, that ominous blaster beam from First Contact. Chilling.

[@bak8823]

I'd like to see the message they sent Voyager- hey cube how you doing? X Voyager- ? Voyager- ?

[@Snowwie88]

Yes, send a standard greeting to somebody you don't see or know. It's like jumping in a lake in Africa not knowing there might be crocodiles in it.

[@rhylin26]

“What sort of ship?” An unidentified one.

[@1993bahamut]

"Bitch y u no listen?!! Imma slap some logic into you."

[@chuchulainn9275]

I think she means what CLASS of ship. Is it civilian, freighter, warship, etc...

[@EvilMariobot]

0:16 Fate has now officially been tempted.

[@8749236]

General Order 12: On the approach of any vessel, when communications have not been established...

[@duramirez]

I love Capt. Jeneway

[@fitnesspoint2006]

its weird tho cus she is behaving like a caricature of what a man is

[@jt4369]

“We are in visual range.” “On screen.” “Pakleds.” “Harry, weenie alert.”

[@masere]

We look for things to make us go.

[@tt100123]

0:50 harry sends greetings. 0:51 no response! hell man you waited 1 second. ONE!!

[@brav0wing]

When they said they didn't detect life sign in the cube I remembered that in TNG they couldn't read life signs because all the borg were in their alcoves and regenerating. A bit of a plot hole here.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

One could reason that after the events of TNG Starfleet had all sensors updated to recognise the life signs of Borg.

[@alliel6745]

Originally when I saw the cube I thought "oh gosh how are they gonna get out of this?" and understood her reaction and declaration of red alert

[@MaheshWalatara]

Best Trek series- stuck in the Delta Quadrant- no contact from home- having to fend for themselves, make new allies to survive. Utterly mind blowing.

[@harvestercommander3250]

Star Trek Voyager. Has to be my new favorite Star Trek series.

[@heidiwilks5316]

I like how Paris has to say "The Borg!" -- as though any Trek fan worth their salt would know that at a glance. They might as well have him exclaim "The Borg! Those dastardly villains that have caused Starfleet so much grief over the years! Danger! Danger!"

[@nisseheim4996]

Not everyone watching the show in the 90's had seen the previous series. I remember this moment well, being 10 or 11 at the time. While having no idea who the Borg were, Janeway's reaction was all I needed to get the sense of immediate threat just seeing that cube posed. I agree that they could have been smoother with exposition, but it needed to be there some way.

[@StarryStarryNocturne]

Sounds like something Ensign Burt Ward would say.

[@RaulSmith]

"I'm bored, Captain" "Boom. How about a Borg cube?" "Okay I'm good"

[@Bulbophile]

that looks like ironpyrite

[@Anthyrion]

Tuvok: "The Borg are known to retrieve their damaged technology." Me: *looks at the so called "Artifact" of ST-Picard* "That's what i'm saying the whole time. But nooooo. Mr. "i don't care about any established lore" Kurtzman knows it better."

[@Slavir_Nabru]

ST-Picard is the first canonical appearance of the Borg since Endgame. Remember the neurolytic pathogen? We saw the Queen/Collective lose control of many/most/all ships and the transwarp hub. If it still exists, it's almost certainly too busy recovering technology in the Delta quadrant. This is one of the occasions Kurtzman, or somebody on the team at least, apparently does know better.

[@Anthyrion]

@@Slavir_Nabru It was one and important Transwarp Network, which the Voyager destroyed. And yes, combined with the Virus, Admiral Janeway brought from the future, the Borg were in disorder. But not so much, that they can't recover in the 30 years that went since this incedent. And if the Borg were able to sent one Cube, they could sent others through a other Transwork Network. And i doubt, that the Queen is dead. She uploads herself into another cloned body and deletes the virus or adapt to it

[@Acrosurge]

@@Anthyrion I don't know that its a matter of the Queen "uploading" anything. The Borg is a Collective and they can manifest a queen whenever it is convenient. I don't see her as an individual, but a representation of the entire Collective. To make it impossible to have a Queen, you'd have to kill off the whole Collective; all Borg, everywhere.

[@Anthyrion]

@@Acrosurge I think, they made it partly canon, that the Queen exist within the Collective and can download herself into a new body. But Memory Alpha says, that there are some inconsistencies because the Queen behaves different in Voyager and First Contact and contradicts the first thoughts, how the Borg are operating. It speculates, that the Queen is a physical manifestation of the Collective and represents the Collective as whole. But i still think, that the Voyager destroyed only one major Transwarp Network and the Virus brought chaos into the Collective only for a short time, before it adapted to the virus.

[@leandrotami]

watching this transport me in time and space, not to the delta quadrant but to my parents home, to my teenage years, back in the 90s, in a Saturday afternoon

[@Jonno-xv9vn]

*sees Borg ship “Tom get us into transporter range”

[@rvaughan74]

Janeway: "Take us into transporter range." Paris: "Well we already entered pants-shitting range."

[@MotraZotra]

Is the top quality required of a ship's captain is "Suicidal"?

[@GeorgeMonet]

Compared to the top quality of admirals being evil idiots. Or that one bitch they had on during The Best of Both Worlds whose only real plans were always sacrificing someone or everyone.

[@methodsofmayhem666i8]

@@GeorgeMonet , she was a bitch

[@Ablaze1983]

She got out that chair awfully fast lmfao

[@LostMercenary99]

You'd think a freaking Borg Cube would trigger an immediate alert on the sensors. In the time it took them to figure out who it was a fully operational Cube would be lopping off Janeways arm.

[@Jokie155]

A fully functional Cube would probably be a lot easier to identify, energy signature, actual movement pattern etc.

[@Jajo3998]

Most likely standard sensors are only passiv as to not alert any other ship that they are being scanned. And as this cube is rather deactivated sensors would have trouble even recognizing it's a ship and not an asteroid. An active Cube would emit massiv amounts of energy the sensors could interpret.

[@JanetStarChild]

Just because the vessel is on the view screen, doesn't mean it's a mere kilometer away. That Borg cube could still be 100 km away, giving the Voyager crew enough time to react.

[@LostMercenary99]

100km in Star Trek is practically right in their faces.

[@JanetStarChild]

If they're moving at full impulse speed, sure; but long range sensors had already detected that the ship was motionless.

[@tacticalderpy2077]

saying you're bored on a starship is like saying "pretty quiet tonight" while on duty

[@Awfulwriter]

Wouldn’t it be prudent to see the ship you are messaging before actually messaging them? What if it had been an operational Borg ship that hadn’t detected them and Janeway was like ‘cooee, over here!’

[@MrHulsi]

Such a underrated show, rewatching it atm on NF.