#was rewatching unimatrix zero

[jone-slugger]

The Borg Queen is so done with Janeway...

[isagrimorie]

So jumping around Voyager rewatch, back to Dark Frontier. I continue to be flabbergasted at the sheer hubris and gall of Seven's parents.

They've been trucking along a Borg cube for months down to infiltrating the cube and transporting a sleeping Drone to their ship where baby Annika/Seven is.

Baby!Annika is RIGHT THERE. Seven's parents don't even practice putting the Drone under a shield and keeping Annika away from the Drone.

I don't care if the Drone was sleeping, Baby!Annika should not be a foot away from a Drone!

Things get more chilling after that:

Baby!Annika is standing a few feet away from a Drone whose designation and role Seven of Nine will either one day replace or surpass.

Since this Borg Drone is from Unimatrix One and Seven is a Drone of Unimatrix Zero One. This means Seven's regular function is to be in the Unicomplex right next to the Queen and maybe even working closely in the Queen Cell.

"Let's tag him."

As if the Drone was an animal in the wild to be observed instead of a captured individual.

"Is he special?"

Asked Baby!Annika who will one day be Seven Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One asked about the Drone designated Three of Five, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix One.

The Hansens unmitigated gall and hubris are characteristic of the general mindset of Federation citizens at that time. As Federation citizens they have never wanted, nor feared, they lived in the Golden Age. And even as they Roamed around a very dangerous territory of space, among even more dangerous people, far from the Federation they act with a certainty of a people so used to being safe.

Because they were citizens of the Federation.

Another cute but very disturbing moment. Baby!Annika was friendly to the unconscious Drone and even said, "Bye".

At this point, the clock has started counting down to the day the Borg turns their eye on the little space vessel flying next to them.

Seven's parents were the smartest dumbest people around with a poor concept of Security.

/Edited April 8, 2024

[revolutionsoftheheart]

random question voyager fandom: does chakotay ever sit in the captain's chair?

i've reached unimatrix zero in my rewatch and he's been left in command, and it just hit me that he's still sitting in his own chair. and it's not the first time he does that. i definitely remember other instances in past seasons when he's done the exact same thing.

tuvok, harry, b'elanna... they all sit in the captain's chair when they're in command, as one should. but i can't recall a single episode where chakotay does. am i remembering wrong?

[lonely-night]

rewatching dark frontier again

the way the borg queen mimics what janeway said to seven I think it's deliberate since she assimilates seven's memory when she was regenerating

still can't figure out why the borg queen in episode unimatrix zero wasn't this obsessive with seven like she did in dark frontier

I mean she went so far get to get seven, how she insisted seven is unique and they wanted an individual not a drone? but in unimatrix zero she just sort of ignored seven????

and why seven? she could pick any drone as the next borg queen, any drone can make that nanoprobe virus she wanted, it didn't have to be seven. or... OR the borg quee had developed personal feelings towards seven? 👀 that's not very borg like behaviour tho is it 👀

and she said they placed seven on voyager rather than voyager liberated seven from the collective. but BUT the borg queen could be lying 👀

[quasi-normalcy]

Has there ever been a bland male love interest on Star Trek blander than Axum from "Unimatrix Zero"?

[cristobalrios]

PicardPositivity Day 13: Seven of Nine Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One The Ex-Borg Fenris Ranger from the Delta Quadrant

I have definitely talked about our Chaos Trio before, but on this our Seven's day, I really have to talk about how much I adore Seven.

She has been my favorite character from my favorite Star Trek for years, and I literally squealed when she was revealed to be in Picard, and I never do that. I get excited, but never involuntarily scream. I remember the first time I saw that trailer with her in it. I was not expecting it at all, and I was watching the preview before showing it to my family. I was planning on mentioning it to them later that a new trailer came out, but that "later" turned into "immediately" after I saw Seven and literally squeaked trying not to actually scream, because they didn't know the new trailer existed, they were in the same room, and I didn't want them to know I had watched the trailer without them. That "immediately" was so immediate, though, that I didn't actually finish watching that trailer and totally missed that very last clip with Data at the end (the first clip we'd seen of Data, too, if I remember correctly, although we already knew Brent Spiner was in it but we didn't know about Jeri Ryan), and only saw that part when I rewatched it with my family a minute later. I did tell them I had watched it, though, it was literally just a momentary "oh I shouldn't make too big a reaction because they don't know what's happening and I don't want to explain it to them" reflex.

Anyway, this is the preview in question:

And I adore how our badass Ex-Borg Fenris Ranger from the Delta Quadrant turned out, although I hate that things have been so hard on her, and I am devastated about Icheb. Raffi/Seven at the end there was a surprise and a great one, and I adore every interaction she has with Rios. I need Rios giving her the "you hurt Raffi I hurt you" protective sibling speech. I need Chaos Trio bonding. It looks like we'll get some more interaction in s2 and the hints are tantalizing. I can't wait to see where Raffi/Seven goes. I can't wait to see Rios and Seven's bond developing. I can't wait to see more of Raffi and Rios's friendship. I can't wait I can't wait I can't wait.

You know what I need? Actual interaction with Seven and the Holo Squad. She had that bond with Doc. I just. Really want to see Emergency Holograms of all kinds just automatically gravitating towards Seven. I want to see Seven and Emmet snipe at each other. I want him to tell her to her face that her ship was hideous and her to snap back and for him to just be like "damn I guess she's alright. Still has terrible taste in ships though." I need her to see elements of Doc in each of the holos and I need it so much.

And I love her and Elnor. And I love that Elnor and Raffi bonded and Elnor and Seven bonded and, well, he's Their Kid now. He saw badass warrior women and went "alright new moms!" and they just went, "yeah, I guess you're right!"

Oh, and I only have one Seven meme that I've made, somehow, so I'm just adding it here:

PicardPositivity Prompts My PicardPositivity Tag The General PicardPositivity Tag

[the-plural-of-cris-is-crises]

A Very Trekful 10 Days

February 21st:

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E1 "Remembrance"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S1E1a&1b "Encounter at Farpoint Parts 1 & 2"

PicardPositivity Day 21 - Dahj & Holo Tech

February 22nd

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E2 "Maps and Legends"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S1E10 "Hide and Q"

Borg Queen Rewatch - Star Trek: First Contact

New Release - Star Trek: Picard "No Man's Land" Audio Story

PicardPositivity Day 22 - Laris & No Man's Land

February 23rd

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E3 "The End is the Beginning"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S2E16 "Q Who" / Star Trek: The Next Generation S3E13 "Deja Q"

PicardPositivity Day 23 - Sutra & Chateau Picard

February 24th

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E4 "Absolute Candor"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S4E20 "Qpid"

Borg Queen Rewatch - Star Trek: Voyager, S5E15&16 "Dark Frontier Parts 1 & 2"

New Episode - Star Trek: Discovery, S4E10

PicardPositivity Day 24 - Riker & Zhat Vash

February 25th

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E5 "Stardust City Rag"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E6 "True Q" / Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, S1E7 "Q-Less"

2024 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, S3E11&12 "Past Tense Parts 1 & 2"

PicardPositivity Day 25 - Enoch & Behind the Scenes

February 26th

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E6 "The Impossible Box"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E15 "Tapestry"

Borg Queen Rewatch - Star Trek: Voyager, S6E26 & S7E1 "Unimatrix Zero Parts 1 & 2"

PicardPositivity Day 26 - Agnes & Crew

February 27th

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E7 "Nepenthe"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S7E25&26 "All Good Things Parts 1 & 2" / Star Trek: Voyager, S2E18 "Death Wish"

PicardPositivity Day 27 - Bruce Maddox & The Artifact

February 28th

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E8 "Broken Pieces"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: Voyager, S3E11 "The Q and the Grey"

Borg Queen Rewatch - Star Trek: Voyager, S7E25&26 "Endgame Parts 1 & 2"

PicardPositivity Day 28 - Data & Starships

March 1st

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E9 "Et in Arcadia Ego Part 1"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: Voyager, S7E19 "Q2"

PicardPositivity Day 29 - Ian & Stardust City

March 2nd

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E10 "Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2"

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: Lower Decks, S1E8 "Veritas"

Borg Queen Rewatch - Star Trek: Lower Decks, S2E8 "I, Excretus"

PicardPositivity Day 30 - Picard & Season 2

March 3rd

New Episode - Star Trek: Discovery, S4E11

Premiere - Star Trek: Picard, S2E1

[flutenby]

Was Hugh's reassimilation possibly the thing that caused Unimatrix Zero? It's been a while since I watched Voyager but I just rewatched I Borg and that seems possible?

[annakie]

Voyager Post-Show Books Read Order + Rewatch List

I’m lending my Voyager + some TNG books to my mom to read, and I sent her an email with this list that I made.  I thought it might be helpful for other people, (and also it’d be easier for me to find next time) if I posted it online somewhere.

First, it’s also a read order for the major books covering Voyager happenings plus a few TNG books that I also own for the same era.  It’s got all the major Voyager happenings in it, and a few TNG books that are optional, though most play into what’s happening with Voyager.

In reading the books, I found it was helpful to go back and rewatch certain episodes to do things like remember who the minor / guest characters were and their plots when they showed back up, or review some character arcs for the main characters, or just the overarching plots of episodes which the books referenced.  

I also linked to their pages on Memory Alpha for easy referencing, but rewatching is better.  

Unless otherwise marked, suggested episodes below are Voyager episodes.

Any episodes I put a * after I'd say is critical to understanding the book(s), otherwise it's just helpful.  I’m happy to add to this list if anyone has other suggestions.

Voyager - Homecoming - This book deals with the immediate aftermath of Voyager's Endgame (the series finale). This and the next book are a two-parter.  They're good but not great.  The Voyager books get much better starting with the fifth. Rewatch List - Non Sequitur (2x05) Hunters (4x15) Lineage (7x12)   Prophecy (7x14) * Author, Author (7x20) Endgame (the very last episode) *

Voyager - The Farther Shore - Part 2 of the above.

Voyager - Old Wounds - This and the next Voyager book are also a two-parter.  They are... okay.  The Voyager books get a new author after this and then they get really, really, really good. Rewatch List - Tattoo - (2x09) *  Nothing Human (5x08) TNG Journey's End (7x20) (Chakotay's people live on the planet Starfleet is trying to relocate in this TNG episode.)

Voyager - Enemy of My Enemy - Part 2 of the above.

TNG - Death in Winter -  Non-essential for Voyager.  This takes place shortly after the movie Nemesis and deals with Picard having to rebuild the crew.  This is maybe the worst of all the books I've read in this series, but one important thing does happen. Rewatch List - TNG Nemesis (the movie) * Eventually, you're going to want to rewatch the below episodes, I think it'd be useful to watch them before the following books.   TNG - The Best of Both Worlds 1 and 2 (3x26, 4x1) Voyager - The Q and The Grey (3x11) * Voyager - Scorpion Part 1  and 2 (3x26, 4x1)  

TNG - Resistance - Moderately important for future Voyager stuff, skip if you want.  Most rewatch episodes were covered above.

TNG - Q&A -  Honestly, a rewatch list for Q&A would be every single episode with Q in it that hasn’t been touched on.  This is maybe my favorite of the TNG-only books on this list, but it’s not very important for the Voyager list.

Voyager - Full Circle - FIRST HALF ONLY!!! - There's a break in the middle of this book, with a timeskip in between.  ONLY READ THE FIRST HALF at this point if you’re doing an in-order read with TNG books as well.  If you don’t care about anything but explicitly Voyager books, skip down to #12 as Beyer does a good job of explaining what happens in the subsequent books between the two parts of Full Circle. This is also the book where Voyager starts becoming amazing.  The only bad thing about Kirsten Beyer's books is you'll be sad all the rest of the Star Trek books aren't as good as hers.   No watchlist as mostly the first half of the book is wrapping up the storylines from Christine Golden's first four Voyager books. 

TNG - Before Dishonor - This is nearly as much a Voyager book as TNG.  This book is instrumental in understanding everything that happens afterwards.  I won’t get into my opinion about the book itself though because it’s not very flattering.  You probably want to read at least the first and last chapters, the rest is... skippable if you’re not enjoying it. If you haven't rewatched Voyager's The Q and the Grey and Endgame yet, you're really going to want to here.

TNG - Greater Than the Sum - Just started reading this one, I’ll update once I’m done. Yes, I’m reading some of these books very of out of order. :)  *edit* It was an improvement over Before Dishonor, I’d recommend reading as it does bridge into the next books.

TNG/VOY/DS9/More - Destiny Trilogy - (Gods of Night/Mere Mortals/Lost Souls - I bought them all as a collection)  This is a massive crossover event trilogy but next on my to-read list  I do know that characters from TNG, Voyager, DS9, Enterprise, plus Titan (Riker's ship) are all in it. I don't have a rewatch list but I'll make it as I get to reading it. *Edit* OK I’ve finished reading it. My opinion is that you should read this trilogy. Yes, it’s long, but also very worth it.  Probably my favorite non-Voyager books on this list.  There are only a couple of cameos of Voyager characters but they are meaningful, and Seven has a small storyline of her own, as does Tuvok (since he’s on the Titan serving under Riker.) The writing is very good, the story is great, and reading it massively increased my understanding of and investment in a major storyline throughout the rest of the Voyager books.  I also just really, really enjoyed it.  If you don’t want to read anything else not explicitly Voyager, I still rec you read this trilogy. Rewatch List Enterprise: Home (4x03)* Affliction (4x15) & Divergence (4x16)

Okay, now read the second half of Full Circle.  Cry a lot about it. Everything I talk about from here on out is just Voyager.

Unworthy -  The adventure finally re-begins! Rewatch List In The Flesh (5x04) Okay but maybe put off rewatching this episode after the climax of the books. Life Line (6x24) Homestead (7x23) TNG - Darmok (5x02)  (The new Voyager CMO is a Tamarian, though you can put off rewatching this until Acts of Contrition if you really want, the character doesn't get important til then.)

Children of the Storm - No rewatch list.

The Eternal Tide -  My FAVORITE of all the books. Rewatch List- Q2 (7x19) * The Gift (4x02) TNG True Q (6x06)

Protectors -  This and the next two books are their own trilogy, so the below episodes are for all three. Rewatch List - Twisted (2x06) Unity (3x17)   Counterpoint (5x10) Dragon's Teeth (6x07) Unimatrix Zero (6x24) and Part II (7x01) (If you haven't rewatched TNG - Darmok 5x02 yet, do that now)

Acts of Contrition 

Atonement

A Pocket Full of Lies - Watch List - Year of Hell Parts 1 and 2 (4x08 and 09) * Shattered (7x11) *

Architects of Infinity - It’s been a couple of months since my first reads of these two books but I don’t recall any particular episodes jumping out as needed rewatches as I did.  Let me know if you think I’m wrong and I’ll update the list.

To Lose The Earth 

[isagrimorie]

I finally rewatched Unimatrix Zero. I think this is one of the episodes that didn’t stick in my head the first time I saw it.

I’m curious what Unimatrix Zero implies for Seven’s personhood— because in Unimatrix Zero, Seven had a full Human life as Annika Hansen.

Annika/Seven lived two different lives.

In a strange way this reminds me of Dollhouse, where Echo was the blank slate sprung from Caroline’s erased memories.

Seven of Nine sprang from the collective, a blank slate but with Annika’s base personality.

Annika Hansen effectively died the day the Voyager crew severed the connection from the Collective because there is no way to retrieve the memories of Annika.

(I ascribe the severance from the Collective as an action of the whole crew because it was a team effort. The decision to keep Seven of Nine, however, was solely Janeway’s decision.)

Seven of Nine sprang from the blank slate of a Borg personality.

Seven and Annika have the same base personality but Seven, is Not Annika.

After Unimatrix Zero, I realize, Seven has been chasing after the ghost of who she used to be.

It’s why Seven, canonically, set-up her holographic double life. It’s why the whole relationship with Chakotay sprang up because Chakotay had a similar personality and look to Axum. Axum, whom Annika Hansen loved for 6 years.

I feel when Seven first stepped into the Alpha Quadrant she kept up wanting to explore her Humanity, being Annika. Especially with all the backlash of being Borg.

It’s why I think she used “Annika” with Bjayzl, she trusted Bjayzl with it.

But I think between the time Icheb died and when we see Seven, she’s realized that she can never get back the Annika who lived and loved in Unimatrix Zero.

She is her own person. Apart from Annika.

Seven is Annika but Annika is not Seven.

Also at this point, Seven of Nine has lived a longer life than Annika has.

It would be interesting if Annika personality emerged or if Annika met Seven of Nine. I want to know how that would go.

[lonely-night]

it's been 2 weeks I still couldn't rewatch season 6 finale Unimatrix Zero

[the-plural-of-cris-is-crises]

A Very Trekful 10 Days: Day 6

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Countdown - 5 days!

Picard S1 Rewatch - Star Trek: Picard, S1E6 "The Impossible Box"

Main takeaways from my The Impossible Box rewatch: It's a good episode to watch on Agnes day. Also, her line "it's dark and cold and wants to kill you" is a bit heartbreaking because we know she's feeling that way about everything right now.

Q Rewatch - Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E6 "True Q"

Main takeaways from my True Q rewatch: Baby partial Q. Adorable. Q and his comments on children and knowing he has a son later is amusing. It's interesting that Qs can make someone do something and think they want to but usually don't. Like, Q doesn't really do that to people. He offers things to them and they can choose to play along or not, sort of. They can choose whether they want to play along or not, at least.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, S1E7 “Q-Less"

Main takeaways from my Q-Less rewatch: This is one of my favorite Q episodes, and I love watching Vash episodes with Rogue Elements in mind now. Also, what did Vash do on Betazed?

Star Trek: The Next Generation S6E15 “Tapestry”

Main takeaways from my Tapestry rewatch: This is also a great Q episode. Very Christmas Carol-y It's a Wonderful Life-y minus the Christmas parts. Also, Marta Batanides! Another great watch after Picard (this time actually canon instead of beta canon). And information about the Stargazer. Now that we know what we know about S2 I am Researching the Stargazer.

Borg Queen Rewatch - Star Trek: Voyager, S6E26 & S7E1 "Unimatrix Zero Parts 1 & 2"

Main takeaways from my Unimatrix Zero rewatch: I was just thinking about Seven mentioning Unimatrix Zero to Raffi in No Man's Land. Also, I was so tired during this I was mostly asleep but I've seen these episodes so many times before, it's totally fine. Honestly, I've always loved the Unimatrix Zero episodes, and I've wondered what kind of effect it had on the Collective.

2024 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, S3E11&12 "Past Tense Parts 1 & 2"

PicardPositivity Day 26 - Agnes & Crew