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The Borg, whi le experiment ingwith inter-dimensional t ravel to assimi late other galaxies,

mistakenly unleash theVoldranai i . Now an imminentthreat to both the Borg and

the Federat ion, the Voldranai iseek to destroy al l other

species in order to preventfuture invasions of their own

world . The Borg turn to Jean-Luc Picard, their mostformidable opponent , to helpthem f ight the Voldranai i .

But wi l l Locutus, Jean-Luc's re-assimi lated future sel f ,

stop this cooperat ive effort?

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