The cube maintained its course, with the Enterprise in hot pursuit. Picard ordered the ship out of hiding, and in the ensuing attack, Picard was captured by the Borg, who then left at high warp, en route to Sector 001 and the core of the Federation. Attempting to force the starship out, the Borg launched magnetometric-guided charges into the nebula, causing minor damage to the Enterprise. Hiding in the dust cloud, the Enterprise and her crew prepared for the inevitable conflict. After a brief exchange of fire, the Enterprise retreated into the Paulson Nebula, with the Borg vessel close behind. The Borg demanded that the Enterprise captain, Jean-Luc Picard, beam himself aboard their vessel for an unspecified purpose. News was relayed to Admiral Hanson, who had begun to assemble a fleet to combat the invasion. En route to the coordinates, contact was made with the unknown vessel: a Borg cube. With Starfleet reinforcements at least six days away, the Enterprise was on her own. Upon receiving this information from Admiral Hanson, the USS Enterprise set a course for the Lalo's last known location. The signal was cut off mid-transmission, and no response was received to further hails. At 2212 hours, Starbase 157 received a signal from the Lalo reporting contact with a cubical object. That evening at 1900 hours, the USS Lalo departed Zeta Alpha II on a freight run to Sentinel Minor IV. Starfleet imposed a fleet-wide standing yellow alert, and warned all Federation and allied outposts. (TNG: "Q Who") Starfleet immediately began preparations for a possible Borg invasion.Īdmiral Hanson returned to Starbase 324 to discuss strategy with Starfleet Command. An away team determined that the colony was wiped away by weapons similar to those found on the Borg Cube encountered by the Enterprise in System J-25. Hanson and Lieutenant Commander Shelby of Starfleet Tactical arrived to investigate the disappearance. The colony was found to have been completely destroyed, literally scooped from the planet's surface.Īdmiral J.P. In 2366, on stardate 43989.1, the USS Enterprise-D arrived at Jouret IV after contact with the New Providence colony was lost twelve hours earlier.
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