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  • Scene from Star Trek voyager episode "Scorpion". Voyager has discovered a way to defeat Species 8472, captain Janeway attempts to form an alliance with The Borg.
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  • @cs512tr
    @cs512tr 4 роки тому +813

    "state your proposal"
    when you know you've achieved a milestone of the century

    • @jerodast
      @jerodast 3 роки тому +40

      "So proposals AREN'T irrelevant!"

    • @DocMicrowave
      @DocMicrowave Рік тому +5

      @@jerodast I didn't think "proposal" was a word in their vocabulary.

  • @Spacegoat92
    @Spacegoat92 4 роки тому +588

    Janeway: This is a sample of the technology we possess
    Borg: We've seen your video, it's pretty self explanatory, It just looks like a modified nanoprobe attacking 8472's cells, we can work out the rest from here. Prepare for assimilation.
    Janeway: Crap

    • @joimumu
      @joimumu 4 роки тому +8

      Spacegoat92 lol :)

    • @Soulsphere001
      @Soulsphere001 4 роки тому +43

      Fortunately the borg can't create their own technology.

    • @krzosu
      @krzosu 4 роки тому +60

      While the vid showed the probes attacking the cell - it didint specify how it was achieved or in what manner the probes were modified.- Standard borg probes were unable to attack succesfully the 8472 cells - so the mere knowledge that it was done by the probes wasnt enough.
      It's like you would show someone a nuclear bomb exploding - while cool it doesnt tell anything how the bomb actually works - the basic principle here is the same. All the vid showed was a promise of a viable way to attack the cells - nothing more of actuall value was present at the time.
      Borg Knew that - Janeway knew that - That was the only reason why they snatched her - They realised the potential value of what was offered. The Janeway gambit was fairly Solid - Basically we will give you a weapon to fight your enemy - and our price is You just to ... ignore us during our passage - which is basically nothing.

    • @kingprone7846
      @kingprone7846 4 роки тому +10

      afaik (i dont know why im watching this i havnt seen star trek in like 10 years lol) the Borg cannot create any technology and are lousy/nonexistant scientists as they supress creativity. They can only assimilate new knowledge, not create it. Well they probably can, but are very slow/inefficient at doing so.

    • @KGillis
      @KGillis 4 роки тому +7

      Or they could just assimilate someone on the crew who understands how it works.

  • @victorconway444
    @victorconway444 2 роки тому +379

    I do love how the Borg were so desperate for the technology that they not only bargain with Janeway, they go out of their way to protect her and save the Voyager from "Species 8472's" assault while sacrificing a few of their own cubes to do it. It's a display of vulnerability we had never seen before from Star Trek's scariest antagonist.

    • @kdemetter
      @kdemetter 2 роки тому +43

      The Borg are not individuals. Every drone, every ship is expendable compared to the survival of the collective. And in this case, that requires Voyager to survive as it contains the data they need to ensure that survival

    • @derekstaroba
      @derekstaroba Рік тому +5

      @@kdemetter who you tryna kid you know darn well the borg have a soft spot for janeway. Just look at her

    • @Taphfy
      @Taphfy Рік тому +2

      She was once assimilated.
      F-22 Balloon pop

    • @DocMicrowave
      @DocMicrowave Рік тому +8

      Indeed. And it was very cool to see the Borg forced to ........ Negotiate. I didn't think that term was in their vocabulary.
      I guess being able to 'adapt' really is one of their most powerful abilities.

    • @DocMicrowave
      @DocMicrowave Рік тому

      @@kdemetter Logical. Flawlessly logical.

  • @bluehealer81
    @bluehealer81 5 років тому +1090

    "Shields up."
    Borg: "Awwww, they put their shields up. They're adorable!"

    • @andrewwblanchard6037
      @andrewwblanchard6037 5 років тому +20

      😂

    • @IR240474
      @IR240474 5 років тому +9

      loool

    • @TheBulitt
      @TheBulitt 5 років тому +32

      @JazzClass Symphonic Music The Borg's transporter technology is based on an entirely different technology than the standard "particle beam" federation style. My assumption it is more interdimensional.

    • @username4441
      @username4441 5 років тому +23

      @@TheBulitt good, cause the particle beam style is a death machine.

    • @mathewhale3581
      @mathewhale3581 5 років тому +11

      Resistance is cute I’ll say

  • @hueblu
    @hueblu 3 роки тому +402

    The largest flaw in Voyager is that it was unwilling to pursue an extended, sequential storyline even for strings of episodes. I mean, come on. An entire Borg war with S8472 in like two episodes?

    • @ronaldcustard4636
      @ronaldcustard4636 2 роки тому +61

      It would be now if it was made today with a transgender captain and a gay crew member

    • @hueblu
      @hueblu 2 роки тому +37

      @@ronaldcustard4636 ?

    • @TheIrishRushin
      @TheIrishRushin 2 роки тому +30

      @@hueblu It would be 2 seasons of trans-gay-bi child relationship building with 1 episode of story building.

    • @phigeta
      @phigeta 2 роки тому +15

      You're entirely right. It could have lasted half a season. The format of Star Trek episodes and seasons were on the other hand more episodical during the 90's. Even with DS9, though that series is the closest to what you're intending.

    • @numnut154
      @numnut154 2 роки тому +11

      @@ronaldcustard4636 lmao which new Trek series has a transgender Captain?

  • @KingreX32
    @KingreX32 8 років тому +185

    I still cant get over how badly 8472 fucked up the Borg. Wolf 359, The Battle of Secor 001 were narrow victories for Starfleet. But 8472 ran over the borg like a hot knife through butter. Damn.

    • @mustang6172
      @mustang6172 8 років тому +12

      How was Wolf 359 a victory for Star Fleet?

    • @cpegg5840
      @cpegg5840 8 років тому +26

      Wolf 359 was a total victory for the Borg cube. 39 Starfleet vessels were either irreparably damaged or outright destroyed, with nearly 11,000 casualties, including Sisko's first wife and Picard's friend Admiral Hanson. A number of Federation citizens and Starfleet officers in escape pods as well as on a civilian transport present were assimilated. The only victory arising from that was the cube's destruction later on by the Enterprise-E...in orbit of Earth. How was Wolf 359 a Starfleet victory?

    • @weak1ings
      @weak1ings 8 років тому +2

      It was a minor victory, but the Federation still walked away alive, unlike the Borg.

    • @eraldorh
      @eraldorh 7 років тому +4

      I think he meant the eventual destruction of the borg cube and thus the narrow defeat of the borg.

    • @pferreira1983
      @pferreira1983 4 роки тому +1

      All it took for Species 8472 to rethink invasion plans was for the death of Billy from Gremlins...

  • @Wayoutthere
    @Wayoutthere 10 років тому +1096

    "Our space is vast" Darn that's chilling..

    • @Guidogregotti
      @Guidogregotti 9 років тому +36

      ***** A little curiosity: the Borg have transwarp technology, cannot they use to bring themselves and Voyager outside Borg space?
      (Even if it will be Kes who will do such a thing, and she is not a Borg).
      Guido.

    • @anonyman45
      @anonyman45 9 років тому +64

      Guidogregotti I imagine the borg are just savvy enough to realize that Janeway might try to use their transwarp taxi service and then race off without giving them the nano-probe technology. Offering help like that solves her problem, but doesn't do them any good, so there is no reason to volunteer that suggestion to her.

    • @DorianMichaelsIII
      @DorianMichaelsIII 9 років тому +22

      ***** Estimates place the Borg as controlling almost fully *half* of the *entire* Milky Way.

    • @dirdib69
      @dirdib69 5 років тому +19

      @@Guidogregotti Yup, that's the obvious hole in the plot. The Borg know exactly where the Federation is, and could use their transwarp network to get Voyager home in a matter of hours.

    • @Clenched.Cheeks
      @Clenched.Cheeks 5 років тому +6

      @@dirdib69 I think the canon answer is that there are multiple forms of Transwarp technology and they all allow for different velocities. I've kinda looked into it alot lol.

  • @SteveSabbai
    @SteveSabbai 9 років тому +1371

    The Borg are one of my favorite characters in Sci-Fi but it was cool to see them get their asses kicked by Species 8472. "There's always a bigger fish." -Qui-Gon Jinn

    • @mrmrsgamer6938
      @mrmrsgamer6938 5 років тому +24

      this reminds me of kim saying "...15... borg vessels"

    • @Spazticspaz
      @Spazticspaz 5 років тому +56

      Star wars reference on a Star Trek video.... BLASPHEMY!

    • @montylc2001
      @montylc2001 5 років тому +9

      Actually in movie history that quote is contributed from Merlin in "Excalibur".

    • @EnigmaMan88
      @EnigmaMan88 5 років тому +7

      I defiantly agree. But I'm afraid to ask, who is "bigger" the Species 8472?

    • @axelfoley1406
      @axelfoley1406 5 років тому +2

      I don't think Darth Maul like that quote much...

  • @elyreelay774
    @elyreelay774 5 років тому +780

    One of the biggest lines in trek history; “State your demands. “

    • @mikeupton4534
      @mikeupton4534 5 років тому +62

      "We know your in danger of being defeated" i think thats a bigger line.. the thought of the borg losing so decisively

    • @80sOutrunFan
      @80sOutrunFan 5 років тому +1

      For sure.

    • @Holdington
      @Holdington 5 років тому +8

      Actually, the biggest line in Trek history is: "Beam me up Scotty".

    • @Requinix17
      @Requinix17 4 роки тому +13

      @@Holdington Actually, the phrase "Beam me up Scotty" was never said in star trek TOS (look it up) :)

    • @Holdington
      @Holdington 4 роки тому +1

      @@Requinix17 No I'm pretty sure it's said at least a few times each season.

  • @CoolsBreeze
    @CoolsBreeze 5 років тому +220

    This was one of the arcs that deserved more episodes. And it was a complete turnaround from the bad Kazon storylines.

    • @IrishCarney
      @IrishCarney 4 роки тому +11

      At least the Kazon were something new. When that didn't deliver the ratings the writers fell back to fan service, spoon feeding the viewers the comfortingly familiar

    • @windrunner9158
      @windrunner9158 4 роки тому +41

      @@IrishCarney The Kazon felt like a primitive kilngon society.

    • @jimbeam4736
      @jimbeam4736 3 роки тому +7

      @@windrunner9158 They even looked like it too.

    • @mitchellgiles6869
      @mitchellgiles6869 2 роки тому +6

      I absolutely hated the Kazon episodes, every damn time

    • @scottyunitedboy2925
      @scottyunitedboy2925 2 роки тому +6

      @@IrishCarney I don't think the Kazon were really that new- they seemed a bit like cut-price Klingons to me with only their desperate nature making them appear difference. For me, the new reoccuring races that were most successful in Voyager were the Hirogen which combined a good Predator-esque hunting element with some fantastic makeup and good actors portraying them (Tony Todd, Tiny Ron etc.).

  • @justin2308
    @justin2308 4 роки тому +280

    “Negotiation is irrelevant. You will be assimilated.”
    “Okay, then we’ll make an alliance with them inste-“
    “Negotiation IS relevant.”

    • @jaredharris1970
      @jaredharris1970 3 роки тому +2

      When your trying to get time off of work that’s exactly how boss responds lol

  • @Fosten12
    @Fosten12 4 роки тому +134

    the borg ship protecting the voyager was one of the best moments that episode

    • @Tigerman1138
      @Tigerman1138 3 роки тому +17

      They weren’t defending Voyager, they couldn’t allow their demise.
      I don’t want you to win, I want them to lose.

  • @phrophetsamgames
    @phrophetsamgames 5 років тому +97

    I always found myself imagining Federation ships in the Alpha and Beta quadrants suddenly finding Borg ships not fighting them and telling them about an alliance made by Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Starship Voyager.

    • @neddhu
      @neddhu 3 роки тому +4

      Muahaha nice.

    • @alphanerd7221
      @alphanerd7221 3 роки тому

      Federation doesn't enter the Beta quadrant.

    • @BeastBoom24
      @BeastBoom24 3 роки тому +4

      @@alphanerd7221 Wdym by that? Vulcan is in the Beta quadrant, as well as Earth, Qo’noS, and Romulus. And it’s been explored in TNG.

    • @davidh7088
      @davidh7088 3 роки тому

      That would have been great to see!

    • @alphanerd7221
      @alphanerd7221 3 роки тому +3

      @@BeastBoom24 No. That's the alpha quadrant, except for the Romulans, who extend into the beta quadrant, but the federation doesn't go there.

  • @oxmys
    @oxmys 8 років тому +326

    There's coffee in that Collective!

    • @angryspoidah9607
      @angryspoidah9607 5 років тому +15

      oxmys instead of a borg cube it's just a giant bunn coffee maker.

    • @Microphunktv-jb3kj
      @Microphunktv-jb3kj 5 років тому +1

      toasters :D

    • @Cr4z3d
      @Cr4z3d 4 роки тому +2

      @@angryspoidah9607 lmao

    • @AndrewChapman
      @AndrewChapman 4 роки тому +4

      And Janeway won't admit that's her true intention for going through Borg space.

  • @Redshirt434
    @Redshirt434 5 років тому +118

    Scorpion part 1 ending always used to give me chills. A Borg cu e running away from a planet blowing up, Voyager being yanked on a tractor beam like a dog on a leash...

    • @Edd25164605
      @Edd25164605 5 років тому +8

      And then the channel narrator says 'And Star trek voyager returns in the Autumn'.....we were like....NOOOOO !

    • @MrRba122
      @MrRba122 4 роки тому +1

      Good thing I started watching in season 6 lol

  • @TrveIrrlicht
    @TrveIrrlicht 8 років тому +136

    "They locked onto us with a tractor beam."
    NO SHIT TUVOK

    • @williamcase426
      @williamcase426 3 роки тому +1

      SHIT NO TUVOK

    • @jimbeam4736
      @jimbeam4736 3 роки тому +4

      @@williamcase426 TUVOK SHIT NO (pulls his pants up again)

    • @williamcase426
      @williamcase426 3 роки тому

      @@jimbeam4736 BAD TUVOK

    • @PR--un4ub
      @PR--un4ub 2 роки тому +3

      @@williamcase426 TUVE BADOK.

    • @PR--un4ub
      @PR--un4ub 2 роки тому +1

      @BottleOfWater SOMEAWE!

  • @ChronisOfTheTwilight
    @ChronisOfTheTwilight 3 роки тому +147

    This just shows that the borg CAN be reasoned with. Granted it's only when interests align, but thanks to Hugh, the borg changed forever.

    • @friedrichjunzt
      @friedrichjunzt 2 роки тому +7

      I want Stark Trek, but without space Jesus 😑

    • @marianpazdzioch6632
      @marianpazdzioch6632 Рік тому +7

      changed from existential threat to another sunday villain

    • @DocMicrowave
      @DocMicrowave Рік тому +1

      Did their interests really align?
      The only goal the Borg had was Their survival.

    • @williamcase426
      @williamcase426 Рік тому +1

      Good old Hugh

    • @123RADIOactive
      @123RADIOactive Місяць тому

      Problem is that if they just suddenly beaned her out of there, why didn’t they just beam everyone into the Borg ship and assimilate everyone while they transport a few drones onto voyager to take the information by force?
      Like is the info on a type of timer or is the shop on self destruct?

  • @GigaTrope
    @GigaTrope 4 роки тому +133

    The sight of the Borg cube pulling Voyager to safety is so surreal. Love this episode.

    • @hmrhuang
      @hmrhuang Рік тому +4

      One of the greatest cliff hangers in Star Trek history!

  • @Prander5x5
    @Prander5x5 5 років тому +167

    It looks like the Borg pissed off the Vorlons.

    • @Spectreofwar
      @Spectreofwar 5 років тому +16

      I was looking for this comment. Thanks for not disappointing!

    • @_capr_545
      @_capr_545 5 років тому +10

      Maybe the writers got their inspiration from Babylon 5.

    • @ServantOfOdin
      @ServantOfOdin 5 років тому +5

      @@_capr_545 This is not some deep space franchise! xD

    • @locutus442
      @locutus442 5 років тому +6

      @Prander5x5 More like the Thirdspace aliens.

    • @dokscy44
      @dokscy44 5 років тому +9

      It's easier to ask who the Borg didn't piss off.

  • @FallenEpic
    @FallenEpic 11 років тому +232

    The cube at the end was like "Nope, they just went Death Star on that planet, getting the hell out of here."

    • @dwightstewart7181
      @dwightstewart7181 4 роки тому +10

      No, the cube was just trying to get out of the way of the exploding planet. A few moments later, they sacrificed themselves to stop species 8472 in an effort to protect the Collective through Voyager's new weapon.

    • @valenrn8657
      @valenrn8657 4 роки тому +4

      @@dwightstewart7181 Seven of Nine usually wreaks her starship to save another. From Star Trek Picard, Seven has regained another a Borg Cube.

  • @yoloswaggins1579
    @yoloswaggins1579 4 роки тому +41

    3:18 Janeway with the oblivion Npc acting.

  • @Tigerman1138
    @Tigerman1138 10 років тому +460

    "They'll push you, they'll threaten you."
    I love how Janeway went right up the BORG, spoke to them offering an alliance, shared info to entice, attempted to negotiate, was pushed by them, threatened by them, and then STOOD UP higher to them and pushed back with the truth. No one pushes her!.

    • @targetseeker
      @targetseeker 10 років тому +5

      the fact that she needs only ten what ed -209s need 20 is even more awesome

    • @sirmount2636
      @sirmount2636 5 років тому +21

      “The borg have neither honor nor courage. That is their weakness.”

    • @casualgamer09-
      @casualgamer09- 4 роки тому +1

      Sir Mount true

    • @dudeonyoutube
      @dudeonyoutube 4 роки тому +5

      She's a tough old lesbian.

    • @alphanerd7221
      @alphanerd7221 3 роки тому +6

      @@dudeonyoutube What's up with the misogyny?

  • @EnforcerX71
    @EnforcerX71 5 років тому +44

    "Our space is vast, your passage would take too much time".
    Says the people with transwarp tech which could get them across it in about an hour.

    • @Nechrostriker4
      @Nechrostriker4 3 роки тому +5

      Could be an hour that makes all the difference :P

  • @ckanowitz
    @ckanowitz 3 роки тому +44

    This was my first Trek cliffhanger, when I was a kid...I remember thinking the summer would NEVER end!

    • @RyanSellman1
      @RyanSellman1 Рік тому +2

      The Best of Both Worlds was even more intense lol.

    • @scottgray6099
      @scottgray6099 3 місяці тому +1

      Fortunately (or unfortunately) the UK was one or two years behind your transmissions at the time, so we only had to wait a week to see the next one, but, we only got to see it years after you did :)

  • @shophet125
    @shophet125 11 років тому +27

    Just my opinion, but representing the Collective this way instead of one or two talking individuals is a lot more effective. It gives the viewer more of a sense of their vastness and inhuman perspective.

  • @Tigerman1138
    @Tigerman1138 10 років тому +154

    Species 8472 has a BADASS theme.

  • @kobra6660
    @kobra6660 4 роки тому +23

    Imagine being on a ship and the captain says let's go look for a borg vessel

  • @abloogywoogywoo
    @abloogywoogywoo 3 роки тому +64

    You've got to admire Janeway. It takes an Iron Lady of a starfleet captain to negotiate alone with a near-omnipresent threat that wants to assimilate her and her ace-up-her-sleeve.

    • @jozkomrkvicka7607
      @jozkomrkvicka7607 2 роки тому +4

      omg it is a movie

    • @victorconway444
      @victorconway444 2 роки тому +5

      ​@@jozkomrkvicka7607 Wow, I never knew it was fiction!

    • @МаксимЧистяков-и6м
      @МаксимЧистяков-и6м 2 роки тому +1

      Борг да у них не было выхода против 8472, хотя оно сами начали войну против 8472, хотели завоевать новые территории, но Расса 8472 оказала сопротивление.

    • @llwydanwyl
      @llwydanwyl 2 роки тому +1

      ther eis no such thing as near-omnipresent.. even if there was, the Borg aren’t that

    • @scareprankcreepypasta6716
      @scareprankcreepypasta6716 2 роки тому +1

      @@llwydanwyl Probably they can, first contact is the best proof for that, in that movie they ARE omnipresent, same goes for picard, the borg are prettymuch omnipresent.

  • @Xelpherpolis
    @Xelpherpolis 8 років тому +487

    Captain Janeway:
    ~Refuses to ally with the Kazan in season 2 out of principle
    ~Allies with the Borg in season 3

    • @Smeginator
      @Smeginator 8 років тому +148

      To be fair, the Kazon were a bunch of idiots anyway

    • @raf7550
      @raf7550 8 років тому +242

      To me, one of the funniest bits in all of Voyager is when Seven of Nine mentions that the Kazon were so unremarkable that the Borg refused to assimilate them. "They would detract from our perfection."

    • @jerodast
      @jerodast 5 років тому +33

      @@raf7550 "Voyager 2.0"'s way of saying "okay, okay, we KNOW. version 1 had some shitty-ass villains, we'll try to do better going forward" haha.

    • @TheNeXusCore9032
      @TheNeXusCore9032 5 років тому +28

      @@raf7550 That moment when the Kazon were the most disliked species in the Delta quadrant.

    • @VestedUTuber
      @VestedUTuber 5 років тому +60

      To be fair, the Borg/Voyager alliance was important for the survival of life in the entire galaxy AND to the survival of Voyager, while there was nothing to gain from an alliance with the Kazon.

  • @DadbrosGarage
    @DadbrosGarage 3 роки тому +3

    In the end the federation and species 8472 made peace with each other so this whole effort was in vain. Janeway should have let species 8472 destroy the borg

  • @Z2357111319
    @Z2357111319 4 роки тому +72

    I miss Star Trek....

  • @hamsterminator
    @hamsterminator 5 років тому +25

    When you're used to waiting full episodes for incremental plot developments in ST, to have a bunch of alien ships turn up and just blast a Borg world to pieces with literally Zero introduction was genuinely shocking.

    • @melodiefrances3898
      @melodiefrances3898 Рік тому +4

      The first time I saw this I was stunned. Something stronger than the Borg was truly frightening to contemplate.

  • @tertiary7
    @tertiary7 4 роки тому +47

    There's the easy way, and there's the Janeway.

  • @furonbrainiac6634
    @furonbrainiac6634 4 роки тому +6

    I can't stand Janeway's stupidity, which starts at beginning of season 4 and continues until the end of the series.
    She wasted a great opportunity to make an alliance with a powerful alien species which kicked the Borg's collective asses.
    She arrived to the conclusion the fluidic space alien had to be stopped just because one of them wounded Harry Kim, making her angry to the point she tells Chakotay that maybe the fluidic space aliens deserve to be anhialated, and because Kess has a brief contact with the aliens when she heres "the weak shall perish". All it took was these two things, both of them a misunderstanding which could have been resolved had Janeway tried to contact the aliens and hear their side of the story.
    But no she decides to pass judgement in an entire species based on vague information.
    And let's not forget that when she helped the borg she doomed several other worlds that would be assimilated in the years that followed.
    Bravo Janeway you protected the future of your crew by destroying the future of billions, perhaps even trillions of individuals.

    • @Leavemealone670
      @Leavemealone670 4 роки тому

      U literally debunked your own statement lol

    • @furonbrainiac6634
      @furonbrainiac6634 4 роки тому

      @@Leavemealone670 How so?

    • @Leavemealone670
      @Leavemealone670 4 роки тому

      Jean Jack Beaupainx u said they could of made an alliance with species whatever they are and kill bork who killed trillions when they destroyed the borg ya good so far but then u realize they say the weak shall perish and they want all life purged tell me would u want something even stronger than the borg to come in and threaten to purge your universe? LOL I wouldn’t also how does this decision make her stupid on her part it’s the best she could have made.

    • @furonbrainiac6634
      @furonbrainiac6634 4 роки тому +1

      ​@@Leavemealone670 You would be right if was that simple and we lived in a black and white world.
      Species 4872 was only attacking the borg because they assumed it wasn't just the borg who wanted to destroy them. They misinterpreted the borg's attack has an attack from the entire Milky Way Galaxy. From their point of view they were fighting for their survival.
      Has we see in the episode of Species 4872's training ground to infiltrate Starfleet, they were training for a reconnaissance mission to determine weter or not the Federation was a threat. And they showed interest in the different alien species culture and were even open to a truce once the Voyager crew clarified why they had sided with the Borg.
      All of this could have been done so a lot earlier and saved trillions of lives had Janeway attempted to a dialogue with Species 8472, rather than attack them based on extremely vague information. Which for someone who should be an expert at diplomacy shows extreme incompetence and negligence on her part.

    • @Leavemealone670
      @Leavemealone670 4 роки тому

      Jean Jack Beaupainx if that happened but janeyway didn’t convince them they’d automatically destroy earth.

  • @apollymikalosis
    @apollymikalosis Рік тому +8

    Considering how picky the Borg were about who was worth assimilating it’s kind of a compliment that the Queen herself was so interested in Picard and Janeway.

  • @gargoyles9999
    @gargoyles9999 11 років тому +244

    Ever wonder what Starfleet thought when they saw the Voyager logs?
    Admiral: hmmm it says here you gave the borg bio-weapons that melt people
    Janeway: Well that was to defeat one of their enemies and get across their space
    Admiral: And you executed one of your crew a Mr. Tuvix
    Janeway: Well i needed more crew members anyway
    Admiral: And there's all those incidents with the time line
    Janeway: That was sorted out by some future guy, i promise there'll be no more time travel *cough suckers*cough

    • @mickeye6428
      @mickeye6428 5 років тому +8

      You don't get this show. It's above you.

    • @swishfish8858
      @swishfish8858 4 роки тому +49

      "Then there's this Equinox incident, you tortured their crew?!?"
      "Ransem was getting away."
      "Uh... huh. And your EMH... I stress again, *emergency* medical program, ran continuously for long enough to become sapient? And you DIDN'T consider the ramifications of creating a new life form this way?"
      "My doctor was dead, the hell else was I to do? Hire an alien?"
      "You did that! TWICE! One of them was your cook! and... navigator?! YOU GAVE AN ALIEN MERCENARY ACCESS TO FEDERATION STAR CHARTS?!?"
      "Who? OH, right, that little loser we dumped in an asteroid a few weeks ago."
      "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that. And speaking of passengers, a Borg drone? Y-you know they're all connected in a hive mind and tried to take over the Federation twice now, right?"
      "The ratings were dropping, we needed a hot bod to rep the brand!"
      "Well, at least you didn't poison a Maquis planet. Welcome home, *Admiral* Janeway."

    • @ArnoldDarkshner99
      @ArnoldDarkshner99 4 роки тому +19

      @Jerry Mathurin Everything Sisko did was for the good of the Alpha Quadrant. Oceania has always been at war with East Asia. Epstein totally killed himself.

    • @kobra6660
      @kobra6660 4 роки тому

      I think after seeing all the violations giving her a desk job would be the best option

    • @Stanser_Lagrange
      @Stanser_Lagrange 4 роки тому +2

      btw they COULD both save Tuvix and restore Nilix and Tuvok. Their teleportation magic can do that kind of trick, they just didn't bother.

  • @Tigerman1138
    @Tigerman1138 4 роки тому +14

    What I really like about this scene:
    AFTER the Borg realized Janeway held possible tactical information they could not afford to lose they bring her on board and request her demands.
    They don’t like her demands and counter it with logic and tactical “reality” attempting to get technology and assimilate more.
    Janeway does NOT relent or backdown.
    Silence...
    The queen and her “staff” calculate possibilities, technical data, their weapons research, battle records, and decide to table assimilation...for now... and humor Janeway or actually listen to her for now.
    They relent and request her proposal.
    02:09

  • @roberttrepagnier9149
    @roberttrepagnier9149 5 років тому +28

    Species 8472 had an amazing attack pattern

  • @hiccuphufflepuff176
    @hiccuphufflepuff176 4 роки тому +17

    I wonder how the Borg would react to the Cybermen from Doctor Who and visa versa...
    One wants to become perfect by absorbing all cultures, knowledge, and people into themselves, the other thinks it already is perfect and wants to make everyone else perfect by removing what makes them different from them. Would they fight, team up, or try to convert/assimilate each other? Who would end up dominating?

    • @TheCurle
      @TheCurle 4 роки тому +8

      There was a Doctor Who comic that dealt with this exact question. It was called Assimilation^2, check it out.

    • @jonathonspears7736
      @jonathonspears7736 3 роки тому +3

      Late to this party. But the answer is, they both lose and they both win at the same time.
      I had a similar discussion about the Flood, Zerg, and Tyranids

  • @Lava91point0
    @Lava91point0 5 років тому +32

    Damn awesome how the last borg cube decided to haul ass dragging the ship along with

  • @SmokeyBCN
    @SmokeyBCN 3 роки тому +32

    I'll be honest, even though TNG post season 2 neglected to use the Borg beyond the stuff with Hugh and Lore, this moment kind of really damaged their reputation. I also think the decision to give them a queen was in direct opposition to the idea of them being a nameless faceless collective. But then again the concept of Locutus was similar.

    • @stevencoardvenice
      @stevencoardvenice 2 роки тому +11

      I dont like the queen either. But janeways realpolitik negotiations with borg is good. If u bring something to the table, they will talk. Instead of being npc. I agree that the collective hive AI cube is precisely what makes them so disturbing. Hes just a scout. He might try to take control of your ship. IiiiiiiiiiiiiI wouldn't let him 😂
      Luccutis wasn't like the Queen. The borg deliberately assimilated captain picard precisely because of his intimate knowledge of federation federation tactics and strategies

    • @FrankJMarr
      @FrankJMarr 2 роки тому +1

      The Borg didn't start from nothing, right?

    • @leDespicable
      @leDespicable 2 роки тому +6

      Well, whether a queen was a good additon or not, the interactions between Janeway and the queen were legendary.

    • @robjackson5245
      @robjackson5245 Рік тому

      You mean post season 3. The Borg "BOBW" 2-parter was the season 3 ender and season 4 beginner.

    • @robjackson5245
      @robjackson5245 Рік тому +1

      Not really Locutus was a disposable drone. Plus given that the Borg witnessed the Federation flagship being swiped away it made the Federation a priority for the Borg. It was pretty clear Locutus was a disposable. But the subsequent episodes with Picard acting as Locutus did undermine the Borg to some decree

  • @aethertech
    @aethertech 3 роки тому +8

    And interesting bit, it looks as if the other borg cubes are moving into position to try and shield Voyager and the Cube tractoring it. At least partially, from the exploding planet.

    • @WatchThis-ek2og
      @WatchThis-ek2og 10 місяців тому +1

      Yes they did, why they didn't just tractor Voyager into the cube only the writers know.

  • @wj3186
    @wj3186 2 роки тому +9

    I love the fact that the Borg cube rotated onto the same plane as Voyager. That should be depicted more often in space fiction because...you know...there are (at least) 3 dimensions a vessel can move through.

  • @Clenched.Cheeks
    @Clenched.Cheeks 5 років тому +14

    I would have loved to see a season long arc of Voyager exploring Borg space finding crippled worlds, refugees, and sneaking their way around losing a fair portion of the crew and having the ship inflicted with compounding damage through the series.

    • @Rax_Arkain
      @Rax_Arkain 3 роки тому +1

      Like Year of Hell but a whole season... OMG sign me the F up LAST WEEK PLEASE!!!

    • @Mobius_118
      @Mobius_118 3 роки тому +2

      So, Battlestar Galactica?

    • @Clenched.Cheeks
      @Clenched.Cheeks 3 роки тому

      @@Mobius_118 havent seen it

    • @jonathonspears7736
      @jonathonspears7736 3 роки тому +2

      BSG in a nutshell. Every single missle hit, every live lost mattered. In every episode it had a # of survivors whiteboard. By the end of the show the old girl was on her last leg.

  • @BrightOranje
    @BrightOranje 5 років тому +11

    Picard and Sisko would have just let Species 8472 wreak havoc on the Borg. No more Borg, and no more preposterous and amateurish scripts involving them. And yet another reason why TNG and DS9 blow Voyager completely out of the water.

    • @hubachecka
      @hubachecka 4 роки тому +1

      Movie Picard maybe. TV Picard wouldn't even send Hugh back with the virus to destroy the borg because he recognized they are a species like any other.

  • @kenbaker3952
    @kenbaker3952 10 років тому +22

    Species 116 has a vested interest in this war between the Borg and Species 8472.
    Stand down Captain Janeway or Arturis will set a trap for you!
    - Hope and Fear -

  • @danielhausser8038
    @danielhausser8038 4 роки тому +3

    Our space is vast... (and the Equinox somehow got past us)

  • @iliagofman
    @iliagofman 4 роки тому +5

    Star Trek Voyager is my favorite Star Trek series. Love it :)

  • @dilatedbeholder3865
    @dilatedbeholder3865 5 років тому +15

    My favourite episode of Voyager. I was just so disappointed in Part 2 however, even if it did introduce Seven of Nine. I was expecting it to lead up to a climatic Borg/Species 8472/Voyager conflict, but instead we just got Chakotay giving Seven a headache...

  • @PuppetierMaster
    @PuppetierMaster 5 років тому +19

    *_"We are the USA Government, lower your defences and prepared to be assimilated. We will add your cultural and technological likeness to service ours - resistance is futile"_*

    • @tertiary7
      @tertiary7 4 роки тому

      "Why do you resist? We only wish to increase the quality of life." ./launch_freedom_bombs

    • @peterdurum434
      @peterdurum434 4 роки тому +1

      @@tertiary7 "we only wish your o... I mean to bring democracy in your country. 'Murica!"

  • @twopandamen72
    @twopandamen72 5 років тому +11

    I miss the eloquence of Trek. STD sounds like playtime make believe.

  • @damdarch
    @damdarch 9 років тому +46

    Why didn't the borg use transwarp conduits to get them out of their space quicker so they could get the research quicker?

    • @dwsimmy2599
      @dwsimmy2599 9 років тому +18

      +damdarch They may not have been near an opening to the conduits, the Borg may not have wanted Janeway (and eventually the rest of the Federation) to learn about the transwarp conduits, the transwarp conduits may not have been written into existence yet so how could the Borg utilize technology they didn´t have?

    • @sephservant
      @sephservant 5 років тому +16

      Transwarp conduits were introduced in TNG's "Descent, Part I," about four years prior to this episode, and the Borg assimilated Starfleet personnel in First Contact, which took place earlier the same year as this episode, so unless Starfleet classified information on the Borg's use of transwarp conduits, they should have known that Janeway and crew knew about them. The only logical explanation is that there was no nearby aperture to make use of.

    • @jimbosolo9667
      @jimbosolo9667 5 років тому

      @@sephservant transwarp was first introduced in star trek 3 😊. Kirks era

    • @ZantetsukenGilgamesh
      @ZantetsukenGilgamesh 4 роки тому +3

      Simple, Janeway wanted safe passageway through their space by her own means and The Borg would not want to reveal such a huge and somewhat fragile tactical advantage.

    • @Duomaxwell02M
      @Duomaxwell02M 4 роки тому +1

      Doesn't count, the Excelsior's transwarp drive was a failed experiment. Captain Sulu's ride had a normal warp drive installed later on

  • @koolkev2020able
    @koolkev2020able 5 років тому +18

    One of the best story lines in the history of Star Trek. 🙂

    • @DothFrmBBL
      @DothFrmBBL 23 дні тому

      Spihk Heartbust!? Can Spihk Heartbust get Bozeman Hotmail Recipient's Roommate's Ghnavel Feces to stop Bozeman Hotmail Recipient from being prescribed to respridone which is Connected to Bozeman Hotmail Recipient recording music at Mount Server Derek's Parents house!

  • @Joso997
    @Joso997 5 років тому +5

    This is like making a deal with China

  • @cecilj4129
    @cecilj4129 2 роки тому +4

    You can hear her voice almost crack at 'work together'. Great acting

  • @cmdrtianyilin8107
    @cmdrtianyilin8107 5 років тому +7

    You know you rock when you can make alliance with Borg.

  • @mrwri
    @mrwri 4 роки тому +5

    Captain "War Crimes" Janeway making yet another stellar decision.

  • @STEJTHEGREATEST
    @STEJTHEGREATEST 4 роки тому +2

    1:19 Once Janeway was on the borg ship, they could've assimilated her, and learned everything she knew about the species 8472 weakness from what she knew. That should've been the end of Voyager right there.

    • @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301
      @orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301 4 роки тому

      she had no knowledge of how to create/program the nanoprobes so assimilating her would have meant no deal

  • @rkmugen
    @rkmugen 5 років тому +31

    Janeway takes care of Borg cubes as if they were sugar cubes, going into her morning coffee.

  • @Redshirt434
    @Redshirt434 5 років тому +10

    I always thought it was very chilling to see Voyager being dragged in tractor beam like that was like a dog on a leash...

  • @rsbandbj1
    @rsbandbj1 8 років тому +6

    star trek vs star wars... death star, 28 hours to charge, size of a small moon, 1 big ass lazsor to destroy a planet.
    Starkiller base, has to take in power from the sun, takes what was it? an hour? 30 minutes?
    star trek, 9 8472, boom planet gone. repeat with 900 other ships.

  • @PizzaCake360
    @PizzaCake360 4 роки тому +11

    3:19 me at a rave and the molly kicking in

  • @danieln6356
    @danieln6356 4 роки тому +6

    Damn, I forgot how good this show was.

  • @christopherthrawn1333
    @christopherthrawn1333 5 років тому +2

    Thanks for this.
    I miss real stories.
    Not Political correctness crap now on TV

  • @EnterpriseXI
    @EnterpriseXI 2 роки тому +3

    It’s good to know the Borg can say other things other then “We Are The Borg. You Will Be Assimilated”

    • @WatchThis-ek2og
      @WatchThis-ek2og 10 місяців тому +1

      They can technically say anything in any alien language, they just don't usually choose to.

  • @juliusuzutunda
    @juliusuzutunda 4 роки тому +11

    Janeway: "Whats going on, uuugh!",
    Janeway: "whats going on uugh!"
    Now repeat!😁😁😁😁😁😁

  • @tertiary7
    @tertiary7 5 років тому +3

    Cliffhanger! I remember thinking about this all summer then we get Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix-01 on the Part 2 after. Yowza! I miss good Star Trek.

  • @nightbeast8959
    @nightbeast8959 Рік тому +6

    Still the most epic series finale ever.

    • @mmjahink
      @mmjahink Рік тому +1

      This is not the series finale, it's season 3's finale

  • @checkinjection621
    @checkinjection621 5 років тому +25

    If only Thresa May knew how to no deal like this

    • @ceejayc6502
      @ceejayc6502 5 років тому +3

      If only her own people didn't rob her of any possibility of success. They all fucked themselves.

    • @redking5788
      @redking5788 5 років тому

      but the federation of all nations!!

  • @bethanycousineau197
    @bethanycousineau197 4 роки тому +2

    You know, of all the alien races in Star Trek, I think the Borg are one of the freakiest.

  • @JeanLucCaptain
    @JeanLucCaptain 4 роки тому +4

    NO DEAL, INITIATE TRANSPORT.
    YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED, YOUR TACTICAL KNOWLEDGE WILL AID THE COLLECTIVE.

  • @AndrewChapman
    @AndrewChapman 3 роки тому +1

    0:59 "If you don't disengage your tractor beam immediately, I will have that data destroyed. You have 10 seconds to comply."
    And then the Borg abduct Janeway and still don't disengage their tractor beam. And the Voyager crew don't destroy the data on Species 8472 either.

  • @VCYT
    @VCYT 5 років тому +43

    Dear CBS, this is how you do star trek.

    • @Ghost-Mom
      @Ghost-Mom 4 роки тому +3

      Voyager is one of the worst examples of star trek, no so.

    • @mtr801
      @mtr801 4 роки тому +4

      Paige Pratt But you have to admit that it’s far better than everything Star Trek since 2009.
      Voyager is a great show, I just think they didn’t used the Borg very well...

    • @LnPPersonified
      @LnPPersonified 4 роки тому

      @@Ghost-Mom And yet it's far better than anything since.

    • @romangeneral23
      @romangeneral23 4 роки тому

      @@Ghost-Mom why?

    • @tertiary7
      @tertiary7 4 роки тому

      @@Ghost-Mom Incorrect

  • @Admiral8Q
    @Admiral8Q 10 років тому +14

    An alliance with Evil.

    • @VestedUTuber
      @VestedUTuber 5 років тому +4

      Better the devil you know.

    • @xephy89
      @xephy89 5 років тому +4

      Hey, the borg had no choice but to ally with evil.

  • @tjames9698
    @tjames9698 10 років тому +35

    Species 8472 only retaliated the battle the Borg started.

  • @ChitChattingWithCharlie
    @ChitChattingWithCharlie 4 роки тому +27

    The way Janeway delivers the line, "You have 10 seconds to comply." Always gives me chills.

  • @benjamin5028
    @benjamin5028 4 роки тому +6

    That 1st time that someone has given the Borg a moment of pause.

  • @MrJust2times
    @MrJust2times 5 років тому +1

    Alli with the Borg..... Another good Reason why this Show was more bad than Good ^^

  • @specialandroid1603
    @specialandroid1603 11 років тому +5

    Janeway on her own inside a Borg cube discussing a possible alliance gives me the creeps - she is one and they are many - that's why i am not a start ship captain

  • @jonathancollins1075
    @jonathancollins1075 10 років тому +17

    the borg would of been dead if janeway didn't save them and give them the weapons to beat specials 8472 and janeway saved the universe so she had to help the borg

  • @borgduck
    @borgduck 9 років тому +6

    For we (Voyager) have entered Hell, & are it's chief, damned soul.

  • @capello5688
    @capello5688 5 років тому +7

    Alliance?
    *laughs in hive mind*

  • @2007suprasport
    @2007suprasport 5 років тому +4

    Wow! Borg got Moped ...clean-up on isle 9.😹

  • @Teekoness
    @Teekoness 3 роки тому +1

    I'll be quite hones. If I had been a Voyager crew member and found out my captain had helped the Borg, I'd start looking for places to jump ship. I wish there'd been more protest from the rest of the crew after everything was over.

  • @LeonCoretz
    @LeonCoretz 5 років тому +3

    My only problem is that Red Alert by default has shields up, so there was no need for her to issue the command.

  • @DanteCorwyn
    @DanteCorwyn 4 роки тому +1

    Wait, I thought they couldn't beam through shields. So they raise shields, and the Borg take Janeway aboard anyway?

  • @barrettincognito
    @barrettincognito 4 роки тому +12

    “Federation” and “starship” seem to be used interchangeably here

  • @Vaishino
    @Vaishino 3 роки тому +2

    Janeway famously picking and choosing when to follow that pesky prime directive and when to help the Borg commit genocide

  • @Alex_1729
    @Alex_1729 4 роки тому +6

    Oh god, how I wish this gets remastered some day

  • @danielwilliamson6180
    @danielwilliamson6180 4 роки тому +1

    Forming an alliance with The Borg is a dangerous risk.

  • @45commando14
    @45commando14 4 роки тому +3

    This really is Oscar quality stuff. The graphics are stunning and the writing is, well, let's just say it is only eclipsed by the acting.

  • @ccghidorah1
    @ccghidorah1 10 років тому +6

    Couldn't the Voyager crew be charged with treason by aiding a hostile force when they returned home? It makes no sense to augment the one force in universe that still poses a dire threat to their civilization.They just made the Borg able to assimilate dozens of species they couldn't have earlier. The Romulans and Dominion can at least negotiate favorable terms and don't violate individuals with assimilation.

    • @vonarroberts
      @vonarroberts 10 років тому +8

      The enemy of my enemy is my friend

    • @comunistubula4424
      @comunistubula4424 8 років тому

      +ccghidorah1 The Borg were a lesser threat than the Undines.Or at least that was their reasoning.

    • @Hiperforteca
      @Hiperforteca 8 років тому

      "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is a foolish way of thinking. This "friend" can still stab you in the back.

    • @Hiperforteca
      @Hiperforteca 8 років тому

      equenoxe86 Haven't you seen the comment of Vonar Roberts?

    • @Hiperforteca
      @Hiperforteca 8 років тому

      equenoxe86 Don't complain about the words. You know perfectly that the friends in the saying don't mean actual friends.

  • @BryanHobbsMcCalister
    @BryanHobbsMcCalister 3 роки тому +3

    The soundtrack to the episode is amazing.

  • @andy.hello.6602
    @andy.hello.6602 4 роки тому +1

    The borg is what we become if we dont wake up.

  • @ZEPR0FESS0RR
    @ZEPR0FESS0RR 4 роки тому +3

    That’s ...odd, the borg could have killed them all and gathered the information during assimilation

    • @XuliusCaesar
      @XuliusCaesar 4 роки тому +1

      EXACTLY what I thought when this first aired. I don't understand why the the Borg even bother with their introductions. Just beam over without saying a word and start assimilating....as you said, they would have discovered the information regarding Species 8472 during the process.

    • @tertiary7
      @tertiary7 4 роки тому +1

      B'Elanna is quick with shift-delete

  • @Ethan-0000
    @Ethan-0000 Рік тому +2

    Having established the Borg as an uncompromising hungering force, to then scared and desperate, really was interesting and top tier Star Trek writing.

  • @BryanHobbsMcCalister
    @BryanHobbsMcCalister 5 років тому +4

    I have always loved the soundtrack to this episode; especially that last three minutes of it.

  • @spikeep6141
    @spikeep6141 4 роки тому +1

    GUINAN : Now, perhaps when you're ready, it might be possible to establish a relationship with them.
    But for now, for *right* now, you're just raw material to them. Since, they are aware of your existence -
    PICARD: They Will Be Coming.
    GUINAN: You can bet on it.

    • @matthewbaumann630
      @matthewbaumann630 4 роки тому

      That's an interesting idea. TNG and Voyager will always be my favourites.

  • @rolandet
    @rolandet 4 роки тому +1

    so convenient that the other two cubes were destroyed, but not the one where Janeway was on.

  • @dvarblo
    @dvarblo 11 років тому +4

    I love how the borg just beamed Janeway out of there while shes trying to convince them to negotiate...They arrived at their conclusion way before she finished her sentence. Just goes to show how quickly the Borg can reason.

    • @brido88
      @brido88 4 роки тому +1

      Patrick Bateman I was thinking similar. To them the idea of “working together” would be like asking Picasso to paint alongside a 5 year old.