Star Trek: Voyager (TV Series)

Collective (2000)

Jeri Ryan: Seven of Nine

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• [the Borg children have regained their individuality] 

  Icheb : [reading his assimilation profile]  Icheb. My name was Icheb.

  Seven of Nine : Your name *is* Icheb.

• Mezoti : My designation is... Mezoti. I-it's a pretty name.

  Seven of Nine : Yes, it is... and it's all yours.

• Seven of Nine : When I was first captured by the Borg, I was young and frightened. I watched my parents assimilated. Then I was placed in a maturation chamber, and the hive mind began to restructure my synaptic pathways, purge my individuality. When I emerged five years later, the turmoil of my forced assimilation had been replaced with order. You may not be aware of this, Captain, but that order continues to be a source of strength for me. I could not have regained my humanity without it.

• First : We're Borg. You've forgotten what that means.

  Seven of Nine : The unity of the Collective. Common goals. The quest for perfection. I have not forgotten, but you don't need to remain drones to experience those things.

• [the First has been fatally injured] 

  Mezoti : [trying to reassure him]  We'll find a new home. You'll see.

  First : W-we are Borg.

  Seven of Nine : Yes... we are Borg.

  [the First shuts down] 

• [Voyager encounters a Borg cube] 

  Seven of Nine : There should be thousands of drones manning the vessel, but I'm picking up only five signatures.

  The Borg : We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.

  B'Elanna Torres : It doesn't sound like they've lost their confidence.

• Seven of Nine : These drones have not fully matured. Where are the others?

  The Borg : There are no others. The drones aboard this vessel were...

  First : ...deactivated. We are the Borg.

• Mezoti : We're a collective.

  Seven of Nine : A collective of five on a vessel normally run by 5,000.

• Seven of Nine : Not all drones can be saved, Captain.

• Seven of Nine : You are neonatal drones. You should still be in maturation chambers.

  First : We've matured long enough.

  Seven of Nine : Doubtful. Your thoracic nodes haven't formed yet.

  [Icheb looks down and touches a bare spot on his chest]