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ST O R Y B Y BRANNON BRAGA

S C R I P T B Y TERRY MATALAS & TRAVIS FICKETT

A RT B Y JOE CORRONEY • I N K AS S I ST B Y MATT FILLBACH AND SHAWN FILLBACH

C OL O R S B Y HI-FI • L ETTER I N G B Y SHAWN LEE • E D ITE D B Y SCOTT DUNBIER

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STO RY S O FAR :

The Borg Queen has led Starf leetinto an ambush, and she now hascontrol over Seven of Nine! In her

quest to re-assimi late Jean-Luc, shehas forced Picard and his crew intothe dangerous Typhon Expanse.

Meanwhi le , Locutus and Data havedestroyed the Borg Queen 500 yearsin the future. Whi le Locutus may have

made the ul t imate sacr i f ice inel iminat ing her, wi l l Data be able togo back and al ter Picard’s fate?

GRATE F U L AC K N O W L E D G E M E N T T O MARK RADEMAKER F O R MERIAN-CLASS STARSHIP D E S I G N .

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