A New Collective

Posted on Tue Sep 7th, 2021 @ 12:32pm by Colonel Sehan t'Varis & Five of Eight

604 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Chapter V: The Calm Before The Storm
Location: Brig, Ourainavassa
Timeline: 238702.24

Raven glanced at her PADD again as she headed to the brig. So far, the information provided by the ex-Borg drone now simply known as "Five" to the crew had checked out. The Terrans had followed up on clues that the abducted refugees were held in a facility in an asteroid belt not far from the Hobus system, and had located a heavily guarded facility in the area, protected by ships that matched the intel on Vulture's fleet. Due to the large enemy presence, they had not dared to investigate more closely, instead jumping out as soon as their long-range scans were completed in order to avoid detection. However, just before they had activated their spore drive, they had detected a cargo vessel coming out of warp that matched the description of one of the ships that had attacked a refugee convoy a few days earlier.

Entering the brig, the colonel disabled the force field around the Borg's cell and approached its alcove. "Five of Eight," she said, looking at the motionless former drone. "Can you hear me?"

Five of Eight opened its organic eye and stared at the Colonel stood before it "We can hear you, we detected your arrival," it replied it didn't exit its alcove.

"Good," Raven replied with a nod. "We have received a report from our allies, who were investigating some of the intelligence you delivered to us. You'll be happy to hear that they confirmed your information. I have also spoken to our medical team, who will be meeting with you shortly to discuss the removal of your Borg components. Once that is done, we will release you from the brig. Keeping you here is simply a precaution, you must understand."

"We understand, it is more our protection than your own," Five told the Colonel.

"It is for mutual protection. Although the crew knows you are here, having a borg drone walking around the ship could cause a panic. And, of course, we cannot fully neglect the possibility of your link to the Collective reasserting itself." The Colonel gave Five a smile. "Once Doctor Gable has completed the extraction of as much Borg technology as possible, however, I am sure you would be a valuable asset to the crew. You are a maintenance drone, am I correct? What kind of duties did you perform?"

"We are a maintenance drone, our duties were to perform repairs and maintenance on Borg structures or recently assimilated vessels," Five informed Raven.

"Very good. I will speak to our engineering department about you joining them, in that case. We can always use a skilled technician. Unless there are other tasks that you would prefer?"

"We will find engineering satisfactory," Five informed Raven as it was what it had been programmed to perform.

"Excellent," Raven replied. "We are also looking into giving you more appropriate quarters. Of course, it may well be that you will need to periodically return to the alcove, depending on how much of the Borg tech can be removed. But I am sure we will be able to relocate it from the brig."

"All Borg whether full drones or former drones require at least four hours regeneration time to function properly, so an alcove will be necessary," Five informed Raven "Wherever you set one up will be sufficient," it added.

"Very well, then," Raven replied with a nod. "Please make sure to inform us of any other requirements that you may have."

"We will comply," Five informed Raven.

"Excellent. I will leave you to your regeneration." Raven nodded, and turned to leave the cell, closing the force field behind her.

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