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Star Trek: Borg
Star Trek: Borg
Star Trek: Borg
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Developer: Simon and Schuster
Released: 1996
Stardate: Unknown (2377)
Reference #: ASIN B00001SVE2

Star Trek: Borg is an interactive video Star Trek game which places you in the role of a cadet who encounters Q, and is transported to the Battle of Wolf 359.

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[edit] Summary

From the back cover
THE ULTIMATE INTERACTIVE MOVIE
You are Cadet Qaylan Furlong. Your father was killed by the Borg in the battle of Wolf 359. Now, ten years later, the Borg are attacking again, and Starfleet won't allow you to stay aboard the Starship USS Cheyenne to avenge your father's death.
But Q will.
He'll do better than that, in fact. He will take you back in time ten years and put you on the same ship as your father to give you a chance to save him... and the entire Federation. It's a mission of extreme danger, difficult choices and surprising results.
  • Starring Star Trek favorite, John deLancie, reprising his role as 'Q'.
  • Brace yourself for 120 minutes of ORIGINAL STAR TREK footage, shot entirely on the sound stages at Paramount Studios.
  • This 3 CD-ROM set also includes The Picard Dossier, a comprehensive guide to the Borg.
  • Introduces the next generation of full-motion full-frame interactive video technology and represents the highest production quality of any digital video product available anywhere.
  • Directed by Jim Conway, directory of numbers STAR TREK epsodes, including the favorite STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE™ episode "Little Green Men".
  • Written by Hilary Bader, a writer for many loved STAR TREK episodes.
  • Music composed by Dennis McCarthy, composer of the STAR TREK: VOYAGER™ theme.

Excerpts of copyrighted sources are included for review purposes only, without any intention of infringement.

You take on the role of Cadet Qaylan Furlong whose father, Lt. Ralph Furlong, was killed during the Battle of Wolf 359. With the help of Q, you go back in time to your father's ship, the Excelsior-class USS Righteous, to prevent his death and the destruction of the ship.

[edit] Game play

Game play is a unique combination of a Myst-style point-and-click adventure and a real-time free-flowing game. The game progresses like a movie, but at certain junctures, the player must make choices (done by clicking on objects or people) which affect the storyline. Additionally, failure to "make a choice" is interpreted as a choice of inaction, which affects the story accordingly.

At any time (when the player is not at a choice-making juncture), the game may be paused, allowing the player to examine his surroundings with a tricorder. Certain tasks require information that can only be gathered in this manner.

[edit] Memorable Quotes

"Why do I do this? Because I can!"

- Q


"Hello! There's a Borg on the bridge! He's not going to sit around and let you scan him (hits the character on head with a tricorder) while he's assimilating the ship!"

- Q


"Here, take this too."
"I don't think we'll need an emergency medkit. If things get that bad we're probably dead."

- Q and Targus, as Q gives her a medkit


"How is he, doc?"
"I'm sorry... he's just too stupid to live."

- Targus and Q, after the player electrocutes himself

[edit] Background Information

  • This game was filmed on the Star Trek sets using actual props, scenery and costumes from the big-screen versions. For example, the USS Righteous sets were redressed sets for USS Voyager, while the bridge was a redressed version of the USS Excelsior bridge from "Flashback".
  • Much of the battle footage was previously seen in DS9: "Emissary".
  • The tricorder prop that Q gives to the player can be seen in use by Hannah Bates when she creates false biosphere breach readings. (TNG: "The Masterpiece Society")
  • The installer is written from an "in-universe" perspective with the text:
    • "WELCOME HUMAN TO THE STAR TREK BORG INSTALLATION PROGRAM. CHOOSE 1 TO ASSIMILATE BORG INTO YOUR HARD DRIVE. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. CHOOSING 0 IS FUTILE."
  • An audio book was also released, titled Star Trek: Borg - Experience the Collective.
  • On the back cover, Dennis McCarthy is mistakenly credited for the theme to Star Trek: Voyager, when in fact, Jerry Goldsmith wrote the theme.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Cast

[edit] Uncredited cast

[edit] Leading Crew Credits

[edit] End Crew Credits

[edit] References

[edit] USS Righteous

USS Righteous
USS Righteous

USS Righteous, NCC-42451, Excelsior-class

Known to be the last of the Excelsior-class, launched right before the battle of Wolf 359.
In the original timeline 
The USS Righteous was among the first vessels to be destroyed at Wolf 359. The Borg cube killed the Bijani tactical officer and his replacement's ineptitude caused everyone aboard to die at the hands of an unknown Borg energy weapon.
In the current timeline 
The USS Righteous survived the Battle of Wolf 359. Q's intervention allowed a Starfleet cadet to inhabit the Bijani tactical officer, and the cadet's skill allowed the Righteous to limp away from the battle zone. Q, in an effort to cause minimal damage to the timeline, threw the ship forward in time to a second Battle of Sector 001 in 2377, four years after the one seen in Star Trek: First Contact. To fit it into Star Trek canon, it might be argued, that the ten years were just an estimate. Because shortly after, in 2378 a Borg sphere returned to Sector 001 carrying the USS Voyager.

[edit] Bijani

The Bijani are a race of nomadic stellar wanderers. They look a lot like the Kobliad, with a bigger head and larger 'beak'. When in great pain, their adrenaline has an unusual effect on their neuropsychology, entering them into a "pain trance" which allows the Bijani to work in very harsh conditions and push their bodies to their physical limits.

[edit] Additional references

USS Cheyenne; USS Kyushu; USS Melbourne; USS Saratoga; USS Tolstoy;

[edit] External links

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