Summary
Warning: contains spoilers for “Lady Luck,” appearing inStar Trek Celebrations: Pride!
Seven of Nine just delivered theStar Trekfranchise’s sickest burn. Across the latter half ofStar Trek: Voyager, Seven of Nine rediscovered her humanity after a lifetime of servitude to the Borg Collective. Seven was intelligent and resourceful, and inStar Trek Celebrations: Pride, from IDW,she demonstrates her caustic wit by shutting down the bigotry of her colleagues with a snappy comeback.
Seven of Nine, and her lover Raffi, take center stage in “Lady Luck,” by Vita Ayala and Ilana Kangas. The pair is attending Raffi’s Starfleet Academy class reunion, and it is not going well. Many of Raffi’s classmates are hostile to Seven, in part due to her time with the Fenris Rangers, but mostly because she is a former Borg. Seven uses her Borg technology to expose a corrupt officer among Raffi’s classmates.
As Seven explains what she did,she tells the officer not to worry about being assimilated, as they would add nothing to the collective.
Seven of Nine Was Unlike AnyStar TrekCharacter Before Her
Seven of Nine HelpedVoyagerSurvive Their Journey Home
Seven of Nine is one of the most compelling characters in theStar Trekfranchise. Introduced inStar Trek: Voyager’sfourth season,Seven of Nine was bornAnika Hansen, and was assimilated into the Borg at a young age. She joinsVoyager’screw as a liaison for the Borg during their war with Species 8472. Seven were severed from the Collective during the conflict. She would spend the remainder of the show learning what it was to be human again. AfterVoyager’sreturn, Seven joins the Fenris Rangers before eventually joining Starfleet.
Seven’s former masters in the Borg are perhaps the most feared alien race in the galaxy, and for good reason. A race of cyborgs, the Borg travel the universe, assimilating other species into their Collective.Star Trekhas shown that the assimilation process is not easily undone, but Seven of Nine bucked the odds. Seven proved to be one of the best things to happen toVoyager.She shaved seven years off their journey within weeks of joining the crew. Her inside knowledge of the Borg helped Janeway and company navigate a treacherous stretch of space.
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Seven of Nine Gets to Show Her Wit inStar Trek Celebrations: Pride
She Makes it Clear Bigots Cannot be Borg
Seven of Nine proved herself time and again as a formidable intellect, and now, when confronted with ignorance and corruption, she lets loose one ofStar Trek’ssickest burns.
Seven of Nine proved herself time and again as a formidable intellect, and now, when confronted with ignorance and corruption, she lets loose one ofStar Trek’ssickest burns. The Borg assimilate nearly every species they encounter. Suggesting that the Borg would pass someone over for assimilation is a 24th century way of insulting their intelligence. Seven of Nine’s insults work, as it gets under the corrupt officer’s skin, nearly starting a fight. TheBorg find something worth taking from every one they meet, but bigots clearly offer nothing.
