Stardate 46982.1/47025.2: The Borg have attacked a Federation outpost, but these Borg are different: They are violent, they seek vengeance and they have individual names. Data is obviously different too when he kills a Borg in rage. Admiral Nechayev blames Picard for the new threat because he released the Borg named Hugh. She orders him to take any chance to destroy the Borg next time. When Data leaves the ship together with a captured Borg some time later, their trace leads to a planet whose shielding doesn't allow to scan for lifeforms. While most of the crew take part in a large-scale ground search, Beverly remains in command of the ship. Picard's team is captured by the Borg, and he is shocked to see Data side by side with his evil twin Lore as the new leaders of the Borg. The new individuality brought to the Collective by Hugh has left a vacuum Lore was able and willing to fill. Lore takes Geordi to perform experiments on him. In the meantime the Enterprise is attacked by a Borg ship in orbit. After beaming back most of the crew Beverly manages to lure the Borg into the sun's corona where they destroy it while the Enterprise is protected by the metaphasic shield. On the planet, Lore orders Data to kill Picard, but Picard has managed to reboot Data's ethical subroutines, so Data is now able to defy his being emotionally controlled by Lore. Hugh helps Riker and Worf to overwhelm the Borg that are loyal to Lore. Data deactivates Lore and removes his brother's emotion chip but decides to give it to Geordi, rather than use it.

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