Stardate 61284.3: On the holodeck, Gwyn reconstructs the moment her father told her that there is a weapon on the Protostar, designed to make Starfleet ships turn against each other. Underneath a modified floor panel on the bridge, the crew discovers the sub-deck with the forcefield-protected weapon. When they run into a disabled Borg cube, Janeway recommends to warp away immediately, but Gwyn thinks they could have a solution how to disable the weapon. So the crew sets out to find the vinculum on the Borg ship. But in order to access it, one of them has to connect to the Collective. Zero volunteers. He tries to convince the Borg that the weapon, which they call the "living construct", would endanger them as well, but the Borg just attempt to assimilate him. In the meantime, the drones are awake again and chase and capture the rest of the away team. Zero appears and wants to assimilate them, but Gwyn convinces the Medusan not to harm his actual collective. Zero disables the Borg and frees his crewmates. Unfortunately the Borg didn't know a way either to disable the weapon. So there is no other choice for the Protostar but to avoid any contact with the Federation. In the meantime, the Dauntless with Admiral Janeway arrives at CR-721. And the Diviner in sickbay regains his powers...

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