Drone is an episode from the fifth season of Star Trek: Voyager. It aired on October 21, 1998. The starship Voyager (NCC-74656), an Intrepid-class starship. ...

During an attempt to beam back to the starship Voyager, a brief transporter malfunction occurs. All members of the away team successfully return to the ship, but the mobile emitter used by The Doctor is damaged, apparently affected by Seven of Nine's nanoprobes. The mobile emitter is secured in one of Voyager's science labs for further study...whereupon, Borg assimilation tubules erupt from the emitter and begin to assimilate the lab console. Image File history File links ST-VOY_Drone. ... Image File history File links ST-VOY_Drone. ... USS Voyager can refer to: The motorboat USS Voyager (SP-361) that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 and in the United States Coast Guard from 1919 to c. ... A piece of 29th century equipment that the doctor acquired by Henry Starling in episode Futures end. ... The Doctor is a character on the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. ... Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero-One, or more simply Seven of Nine, is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, played by Jeri Ryan in the television series Star Trek: Voyager. ... The Borg or Borg Collective are a group of cyborgs in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

The next morning, Ensign Mulcahey, a member of the crew, goes to the science lab to examine the emitter. When he enters the lab, he is attacked by more assimilation tubules. They do not assimilate him, but they do take a tissue sample from his body. The next morning, Voyager crewmembers discover the unconscious Mulcahey...and the lab console, which has transformed into a Borg maturation chamber with an infant Borg drone inside (grown from Mulcahey's DNA). Seven of Nine observes that Borg technology is made to adapt to any technology it encounters, and deduces that it is fulfilling its imperative to reproduce and assimilate — by creating a new drone. The Doctor is concerned about getting his mobile emitter back, and demands that engineer B'Elanna Torres get to work on it immediately, but there is little she can do at this stage because the emitter is thoroughly integrated into the drone — which continues to age at a rapid rate, soon reaching the equivalent age of six Earth years. Ensign of the Imperial Japanese Navy. ... BElanna Torres is a fictional character of the Star Trek universe played by Roxann Dawson. ...

Captain Janeway considers, and rejects, the idea of 'pulling the plug' and killing the newly emerging drone. She has considered the possible security risks to the ship, but believes that the possible scientific value to be gained from studying the drone is more important. In any case, Voyager force fields are able to dampen the Borg signals so the collective cannot locate the drone. Soon, the drone is an adult, and emerges from its maturation chamber. It quickly locates Seven of Nine and demands that she provide it with its instructions and identity — concepts which Seven is unable to provide it, as she does not know how to relate to the new drone. However, Janeway realizes that Seven is the closest thing to an expert on the Borg that they have, and orders her to educate the drone in the ways of humanity as Seven herself was once instructed. Seven reluctantly complies. Kathryn Janeway (Born: May 20, 2336 in Bloomington, Indiana), a fictional character of the Star Trek universe played by Kate Mulgrew, was the captain of the USS Voyager NCC-74656 (2371-2378) in the science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager. ...

The drone, which takes the name One, is provided with data nodes which feed massive amounts of information into it. One is fascinated with the endless onslaught of data, and demands more. While examining One, the crew discovers that — since One was created partly from the Doctor's mobile emitter, a piece of 29th century technology — One is essentially a 29th century drone, 500 years more advanced than any other drone in existence. One's increased strength, speed, weapons and defensive capabilities would make the Borg virtually unstoppable if they were to assimilate him. Janeway realizes that One will eventually seek out the collective, and that he has the right to know where he comes from.... The 29th century (Gregorian Calendar) comprises the years 2801-2900. ...

One, for his part, has quickly realized the true nature of the Borg: a deadly threat unlike any the Voyager crew have encountered. He grows closer to the crew and begins to sympathize with them. When One unwittingly sends a signal to the Borg (due to his adaptability — new circuit pathways spontaneously formed and sent their own signal without One's knowledge), the collective sends a ship to assimilate him. One attempts to enhance Voyager's shields and weapons so they can defend themselves, but he realizes he must transport to the Borg ship and destroy it from within — which he does, by steering the Borg vessel into a nebula where it is immediately destroyed.

One, however, survives, due to his shielding which protected him from the explosion. His biological components, however, are badly injured, requiring immediate surgery...which One refuses to allow. Since the Borg will never stop looking for him, he is a danger to the crew as long as he is alive. "I was a mistake...I was never meant to be." A visibly distressed Seven begs One to allow the Doctor to treat him, but One tells her that she will adapt to his absence. One dies on the operating table, leaving Seven greatly saddened by his passing.

Guest star

Longtime Star Trek actor J. Paul Boehmer starred in this episode as One, the 29th century drone.