She is also the main antagonist of the Voyager series finale, "Endgame". Her death caused the destruction of the Unicomplex and despite her efforts, Voyager reached Earth safely. https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Borg_Queen?oldid=2694189, In an early design meeting for the Borg Queen, the movie, Consequently, many different theories have developed over the role of the Queen and the extent to which she may have represented a hierarchical structure in the previously supposed-to-be Collective nature of the Borg. After refamiliarizing Seven with assimilation procedures during an attack upon Species 10026, the Queen ordered her to program nanoprobe viruses that would be used surreptitiously upon Species 5618 — the human race. Therefore when she speaks as "I," she is presumably referring to all previous manifestations of the Queen, going back probably thousands of years. In 2376-2377, the Queen was engaged in an obsessive quest to uncover the interlink frequency that bound certain drones in a dreamstate realm called Unimatrix Zero while regenerating. and vented the warp core plasma coolant, which destroyed her organic parts. But for the Borg Queen the concepts "I" and "we" are interchangeable. The Borg Queen was the ruler of the Borg.Sometime during the 2360s, Hillary Clinton entered this role and "assimilated several new planets" as well as imprisoned and tortured Q, who had been made mortal by the Q Continuum after she reported his "questionable dealings" to them. However, when Picard continued to resist, even when he could not control Locutus' body, she was regretfully forced to turn him into the form in which Starfleet encountered him, a glorified drone. The name was given to her by the Federation scientists Magnus and Erin Hansen, who discovered her existence. The tubules retracted and Janeway collapsed to the ground. (VOY: "Dark Frontier"), The Borg Queen was one of several real people who was adapted into a character in Kelis' play, based on descriptions from B'Elanna Torres. A large part of what made the borg so terrifying was the mystery behind them and I absolutely loved it. The exact nature of the Queen is still hotly debated and has many possible explanations. 1 talking about this. Here, the lost Federation starship USS Voyager, tried to rescue the former Borg Drone, Seven of Nine, who was then part of Voyager's crew, when the plan to steal a transwarp coil from a Borg sphere did not work out as planned. The Borg Queen Seven of Nine was an Excalbian simulacrum, created as part of their trials. Voyager accidentally discovered a Borg transwarp hub within a nebula and were helped by Admiral Kathryn Janeway, who came from an alternate timeline around twenty-six years in the future, to use the Borg transwarp network to get back to the Alpha Quadrant. Yes, Data and the Borg Queen Borg-Boned One of the highlights of First Contact is the dynamic between Brent Spiner's beloved android Data and Alice Krige's sexy/creepy Borg Queen. While the Collective felt that assimilation was warranted, the Borg Queen countermanded them and justified the decision due to the fact that Voyager didn't compromise their security. Data told her, "Resistance is futile!" She resides primarily at Unimatrix One in the Delta Quadrant, but will often leave this home base to participate in assimilation efforts of a special nature. Unknown She wished to terminate this realm, because in it drones were able to regain their identities as individuals, and even though they would awaken from it without any memory of the experience, the Queen considered it a threat to her control over the Hive. Almost two years later, in 2375, the Queen attempted to lure Seven back into the Collective — again, by having her give herself voluntarily to the goal of Borg "perfection", while remaining an individual within the Hive. Evidence of this was later seen when the Queen countermanded the Collective's judgment about assimilating Voyager in 2378. (Star Trek: First Contact; VOY: "Dark Frontier", "Unimatrix Zero", "Unimatrix Zero, Part II", "Endgame"), As of the 2380s, at least some Borg cubes contained a queencell, which in turn contained a spatial trajector reserved for the Queen in the event of an emergency. Borg in Star Trek Online also engage regularly in raids of major star systems and players may fight them as part of a Strike Force for great rewards - the Star Trek Online universe is an alternate-universe from the … Her successor later "allowed" the drone Seven of Nine (who had been the daughter of the Hansens — probably the first humans ever assimilated) to be separated from the Collective by the U.S.S. The purpose of the Queen was to bring order to chaos. Happy mother's day. The Borg Queen designated as Alpha is the most superior of models used by the Collective, and also the most logical choice for reactivating the Queen when the current becomes dysfunctional. (VOY Season 7 DVD-special feature, "The Making of Borg Invasion 4D") While an official Star Trek franchise production, events depicted in the film are, as usual for these kind of productions, not considered canon, and treated as apocrypha. She evolved, and rejected the Excalbian trials. (VOY: "Endgame"), The Borg Queen was assimilated to the Collective from Species 125 around the age of 7-8, along with her parents, and was already present in 2354. She ordered Data to destroy the Phoenix spaceship with quantum torpedoes, and taunted Picard that she would rule Earth without Humans or the Federation in it, when the torpedoes missed. Your password must include at least 8 characters with a combination of upper/lower case, number and symbol. She would do anything to protect the Borg Collective. 1 Caption 141 posts. Because of her disembodiment she saw herself as the epitome of perfection. However, because the Hansens were assimilated, their discovery never reached the Federation. She was introduced in the eighth feature film in the series, Star Trek: First Contact and was played by actress Alice Krige.The Queen has also been presented in the fifth and seventh season Star Trek: Voyager where she was played primarily by actress Susanna Thompson. The purpose of the Queen was to bring order to chaos. The exact criteria for producing a queen is unknown, but it has been speculated that females from certain species possess a superior level of mental processing, allowing them to establish order amongst the chaotic chorus of the billions of voices within the collective. Alice Maud Krige was born on June 28, 1954 in Upington, South Africa where her father, Dr. Louis Krige, worked as a young physician. Because the Borg guarded their Transwarp hub closely, Admiral Janeway devised a plan by which she would infect the Borg Queen with a neurolytic pathogen and in doing so make her lose control over the force fields which protected the interspatial manifolds. Affiliation: Voyager, to the Queen's chagrin. The Borg Queen was an entity that served as a representative and apparent leader for the Borg Collective. The Borg Queen Vessel was destroyed during that incident; however, it is not clear if the Queen herself was still aboard at the time. In Star Trek Online, a new Borg Queen had emerged in 2409 and led the Collective in an invasion of the Alpha and Beta Quadrants, her main targets being the Federation and the Klingon Empire. The Queen even brought in the Magnus Hansen drone to convince Seven that her "family" was the Collective. (VOY: "Unimatrix Zero", "Dark Frontier"), The death of a Borg Queen, while traumatic to drones in the immediate vicinity, did not seem to affect the Collective or its hive mind as a whole. The earliest Federation data on the Borg Queen was collected by Magnus and Erin Hansen, two exo-biologists who spent several years studying the Borg in the 2350's aboard their science vessel, the U.S.S. (VOY: "Unimatrix Zero, Part II"), The existence of a Borg Queen was first established sometime prior to 2365 by the exobiologists Erin and Magnus Hansen. (VOY: "Unimatrix Zero", "Unimatrix Zero, Part II"), Admiral Janeway confronts the Borg Queen in 2378. Voyager about 20 years later. The Borg Queen has a unique personality and a sense of individuality that normal Borg drones are not allowed. (VOY: "Endgame"). In 2378 the Queen once again had a fateful encounter with Voyager when a future version of Kathryn Janeway came back in time from the year 2404 with technology that could help the lost starship resist the Borg while using a Transwarp Hub as a shortcut home. That Queen apparently died in 2378, when a neurolytic pathogen was introduced into the Hive and wreaked havoc on a massive scale. However, due to interdiction by the U.S.S. (Star Trek: First Contact; VOY: "Unity"), It was thought by Federation exobiologist Erin Hansen that the Borg Queen functioned like the queen of an insect hive, to coordinate the drones. The Queen also revealed that Seven of Nine was not really freed by Voyager from the Collective, but was allowed to leave by the Borg. The extent of the damage to the Borg as a whole, and its status as a continued threat to the galaxy, remains unknown at this time. Information on this being is still very limited. The Destiny trilogy also mentioned that multiple Queens have been known to exist simultaneously in the Collective, but they all possessed the same agenda. She commands trillions of drones at her will, and is linked to each and every one of the 29,000 or so Borg ships in the Galaxy. (PIC: "The Impossible Box"), The second encounter with a Borg Queen was in 2375 in the Delta Quadrant. Alice Krige (2367, 2373, 2378)Susanna Thompson (2375, 2377), The Borg Queen was the name given to the entity that existed within and served as a central nexus for the Borg Collective. When the admiral was captured by the Borg, near the Unicomplex, she was assimilated by the Borg Queen herself. The Borg Queen, along with other drones, traveled back to Earth's past to prevent First Contact, and by doing so, hoped to be able to assimilate Earth. This was the second attempt by the Borg, also known as the Battle of Sector 001. Before she became the Borg Queen, Lieutenant Evoras was the Chief Tactical Officer of the USS Ark Royal in January of 2381. She effectively brought "order to chaos" for all things. Best; Hot; New; You look after your collective. Star Trek: First Contact director Jonathan Frakes has confirmed that Data (Brent Spiner) and the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) definitely had sex in the 1996 movie. When necessary, she would employ psychological tactics, like extortion or plain intimidation to get what she wanted. Unable to determine who its creator could be, the probe declared all carbon-based life an infestation of the creator's universe, leading to assimilation. Alice Krige, Actress: Star Trek: First Contact. In addition to directing, Frakes also plays Commander Will Riker, First Officer on the Enterprise. If so, she was replaced by another virtually-identical successor, whom Voyager once again encountered, in 2377, at a time when the so-called "Unimatrix Zero" phenomenon threatened the integrity of the Collective. The enigmatic Borg Queen is the central locus of the Borg Collective. The extra section of the game Star Trek: Legacy contained the "Origin of the Borg", which told the story of V'ger being sucked into a black hole. I am the Borg." The Queen spends much of her time in her "lair" with her head and spinal column residing in a special alcove. The Borg Queen has long sought a counterpart with a mind of his or her own to help bridge the gulf between humanity and the Borg — someone to be more than just another drone. Picard killed that Borg Queen after she tried to persuade Lieutenant Commander Data to give her the encryption code by which he had locked the Enterprise's computer. In the Star Trek: Destiny trilogy, a newly installed Queen oversaw a massive Borg invasion of the Alpha Quadrant. Deceased (2378) Enter the email address associated with your account and we'll send you a link to reset your password. Seven of Nine was specifically mentioned in the Royal Protocol and was most likely to become the next Queen. One theory regarding the creation of a Queen is that "queens" are members of a specific race, one that was chosen because its females exhibited superior higher-order brain processing-speed, and were therefore assimilated and bred for that purpose. She was preparing for a career in psychology until she attended an acting class at Rhodes University. Created Feb 12, 2013. report. Again true to form, the Queen made her escape, but not before exclaiming, "Savor your victory! We will meet again!". Starring the crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation, First Contact is the second movie featuring the cast and the first Frakes would direct. Died: Subsequently, in the Pocket TNG novel Before Dishonor, Admiral Janeway was assimilated by the Borg and became a Queen who was eventually defeated by Seven of Nine. Raven. Happy mother's day. (Star Trek: First Contact), In 2399, Picard mentally recalled the image of the Borg Queen and Locutus while aboard the Artifact. The pathogen even made her lose control over her own synthetic parts, as her body literally fell apart. The Queen had her own chambers within the Borg Unicomplex from which she could oversee and control the Borg via the command interface. (Star Trek: Elite Force II; Star Trek: Legacy). Despite typically traveling in a Diamond class vessel she has also travelled on a variety of other ship classes such as: … Soon after, the Queen began to lose control over her drones. We are the Borg. Sometime in the 2380s, she was resurrected by a temporal anomaly, and she immediately began attacking the Federation. Voyager, in order for her to gain experience as an individual. It was not until 2373, that the Federation became aware of her when the Federation starship USS Enterprise-E prevented the assimilation of Earth. Borg Queen: [Data fires quantum torpedoes at Cochrane's ship and inexplicably misses his target, outraging the Borg Queen] DATA!. After being transported to a unimatrix, the Queen is captured by a team consisting of Captain Picard, Spock, Odo and Seven of Nine. The movie for the attraction was mostly produced by the veteran Star Trek production team on the studio's own premises. Born: She was assimilated in that battle, and was later randomly picked by the Royal Protocol, becoming the new platform for the Borg Queen. (Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Voyager) In 2373, the Borg Queen, trying to assimilate the IKS Hou-Ling, was met with the changeling Shane, who offered half his protoplasm to her in exchange for not assimilating the crew. The storyline, set after the events depicted in "Endgame" entailed yet another incursion into Federation space by a Borg cube, attacking Copernicus Station and capturing a shuttle with its occupants (the attraction visitors), who were trying to escape from the overrun space station. Yes, Data and the Borg Queen Borg-Boned One of the highlights of First Contact is the dynamic between Brent Spiner's beloved android Data and Alice Krige's sexy/creepy Borg Queen. Borg Queen. This world was discovered by Seven of Nine and posed a threat to the Borg. i can respect that. This explanation, however, was not canon. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. When Data asked her about this in, This was further complicated by the re-appearance of a Queen during the run of, Alice Krige purposely limited the ways in which she prepared for "Endgame", reviewing neither her own work on, In 2002, the Borg Queen was placed second in, When asked whether the Queen was a "virtual entity; the. At this time, it is not known if the Queen was subsequently replicated, or even if the Borg Collective survived the pathogenic attack. Got the role of the "Borg Queen" on Star Trek: Voyager (1995) only because Alice Krige (who played the role in the movie Star Trek: First Contact (1996)) refused to reprise her role. These temptations ultimately failed, and Seven was rescued by Captain Janeway and the U.S.S. (Star Trek: First Contact) In accordance with the Borg pursuit of … The Borg sphere that was sent after them by the Queen was destroyed by Voyager's transphasic torpedoes, which were given to them by Admiral Janeway from the future. (VOY: "Dark Frontier"), There were multiple, but identical, Borg Queens. Picard then broke her cybernetic spinal cord, which ensured that she could no longer function. Status: According to the Pocket VOY novel, The Farther Shore published after the television series concluded, a Borg Queen could be replaced in mere seconds by using the Royal Protocol. The Borg Queen grabbed Janeway and held a hand up to her neck. Borg Collective According to "Shinsei Shinsei", the Borg Queen's name was Danzek. Whether she had her own ship or not is unknown, but she used different Borg vessels to travel, such as a Borg cube, sphere, or octahedron. Ranking #20,637. Seven years later, during the Borg's temporal incursion to Earth in the year 2063, the Queen tried to similarly seduce the android Data, by giving him organic components and by appealing to his emotions, but again, resistance proved to be not futile. The last encounter between a Federation starship and a Borg Queen was in 2378, and again Voyager played a part in it. Enterprise-D in 2365, in spite of that species' below-average cranial capacity and other physiological limitations. The email will only be created once you click on the "Send Email" button. Apparently the Borg Queen has been destroyed on a number of occasions, but another queen always seems to take her place. This Queen was soon replaced by another, almost identical one — a drone assimilated from Species 125 — who encountered the U.S.S. An email will not be created automatically. The Borg Queen attempts to bring Seven of Nine back into the collective to acquire all of the knowledge she has gained as a member of Voyager's crew. If she desired to do so, both could be brought together, and in doing so, created a humanoid form for herself. Species: The Queen was actually approached by Admiral Janeway with an "offer" — to help the Queen prevent Voyager from destroying the Transwarp Hub in exchange for the ship's safe passage to the Alpha Quadrant. Perhaps the closest appearance of the Borg Queen to being handled appropriately, as an avatar of the collective to deal with outsiders on a personal level. However, Seven rejected the Queen and fled with a rescue mission sent by Voyager in the Delta Flyer. The Borg Queen is the iconic central hub of the entire Borg Collective. One of her earliest roles was a 1980 made-for-TV version of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, which starred Star Trek: Deep Space Nine guest actor Chris Sarandon. It is for this reason that it was recycled after destruction. Thanks to intervention by Voyager, the Queen actually got her wish, but not quite how she wanted: Unimatrix Zero was shut down, but the drones who occupied it regained their individuality in the physical world and began a resistance movement to undermine the Collective. On a personal level, she considered Seven of Nine her favorite drone, because the Queen considered her to be unique. This time the Queen wanted to destroy Unimatrix Zero, a virtual world that was populated by regenerating Borg with a genetic mutation. I feel like the queen took away quite a bit from what they were for whatever reason and the examples that you've given certainly didn't help. Her face and upper torso were organic while the rest of her body, including her skull and spinal cord, were synthetic. Although this suggested she was an individual within the Collective, while addressing Borg drones as "my drones", she was not an individual. [Smashes the warp coolant, flooding Engineering and destroying the Borg] -- Borg Queen For the film portion of the ride, some of the original, former Voyager cast reprised their respective roles, including Alice Krige as the Queen. While the "Hive Mind" of the Borg Collective went around the universe assimilating thousands of species into a Collective Hive Mind the Borg Queen was a focal Queen Bee of the Borg Transwarp Collective, which enabled the Borg to travel anywhere in space. The assimilation of the human race has been an elusive goal of the Borg since its first encounter with the U.S.S. The Queen plays a slow game of seduction with Data, who is her prisoner in the Borgified engine room of the Enterprise. i can respect that. That pathogen brought chaos to the Collective, leading to the decapacitation of the Queen and the destruction of Unimatrix One. When her physical presence was not necessary her organic part resided above this chamber while her synthetic parts were stored below it, under the floor. She began appearing on British television in 1979. During Voyager's efforts to rescue this virtual world, the Borg Queen demonstrated her powers by destroying a Borg sphere because she could no longer "hear" only one drone. The Borg Queen comes closest, but merely acts as a leader, rather than a progenitor. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The USS Ark Royal was one of the ships that were destroyed in the Azure Nebula, when half of Task Force Archeron encountered the Borg. During this encounter, the Borg Queen hoped to assimilate Seven of Nine again, who experienced life as an individual for two years, and by doing so, add to her own perfection. No single individual truly existed within the Borg Collective (with the exception of the Borg Queen), as all Borg were linked into a hive mind. 0 ERMAGERD, WER ER THER BERG. The Borg Queen is the main antagonist of the film Star Trek: First Contact, and a recurring antagonist in Voyager. In the miniseries The Q Conflict, as part of a contest between various omnipotent beings organised by Q, Trelane challenges the four competing crews to capture a Borg Queen for his menagerie. The Borg Queen was created out of the necessity for a single unifying voice. Alice Maud Krige (/ ˈ k r iː ɡ ə /; born 28 June 1954) is a South African actress and … When a nanovirus was released to prevent the detection of Unimatrix Zero, the Queen destroyed several Borg vessels, and killed 75,000 Borg Drones in the process, in the hope of persuading the captured Captain Janeway to give her the antidote. Her forces were eventually stopped by the crew of the USS Enterprise-E. Many of the Borg featured in the film (as opposed to the attraction live crew performing as such), were played by performers who had already done so for First Contact (or for the respective Voyager television episodes); "It was a most joyful reunion," Krige declared tongue-in-cheek. Where drones showed no emotions, the Queen herself did. In her own words, she is the "one who is many.". In 2366, a Queen, along with Locutus of Borg, an assimilated Jean-Luc Picard - led a Cube on a mission to assimilate Earth and the Federation. Lieutenant Commander Data: Resistance is futile! 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