Carl Bussema's Reviews > Resistance

Resistance is futile... unless you're Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise.

Part Best-of-Both-Worlds, Part First-Contact, this is an enjoyable tale of how the Enterprise comes to be made aware of the remaining Borg in the Alpha Quadrant (remember they were dealt some serious blows in First Contact and in Voyager's "Endgame") are attempting to rebuild their power base by growing a new queen.

Naturally there are no other ships around, but at least (unlike in First Contact) Starfleet is willing to let Picard go, so long as he's chaperoned by the Borg expert, Seven of Nine. Unfortunately, deux ex plot clock occurs and she won't arrive until it's Too Late (TM), so off we go in violation of direct orders.

Once you get past that and accept that we are going to be once again, enterprise vs. single Borg ship, it's a pretty decent story. There's some new wrinkles to the Borg, and Picard makes some... interesting... choices. We also get some decent background on the ship's new Vulcan counselor (she doesn't say "fascinating" nearly enough though) and a permanent first officer appointed.

Recommended-for: Borg drones (this is what happens when you mess with Picard), Picard fans, Worf fans.