"Regeneration" is the title of a Star Trek: Enterprise television episode from season two. The starship Enterprise (NX-01) Star Trek: Enterprise is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. ...

Plot summary

Mysterious cybernetic beings.

In a desolate Arctic environment, a team of scientists discover remains of what appears to be a crashed spaceship, with several humanoid bodies frozen in the wreckage. The bodies are brought back to the scientists' compound, and are thawed out. The scientists do not know who or what these strange beings are (they turn out to be Borg, but never identify themselves as such throughout this episode); however, the Borg quickly demonstrate their ruthlessness when they return to life and assimilate the scientists and their transport craft, which the Borg use to escape into space. Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links This work is copyrighted. ... The red line indicates the 10°C isotherm in July, commonly used to define the Arctic region border The Arctic is the area around the Earths North Pole. ... The Borg are a race of cyborgs in the Star Trek fictional universe. ...

The newly assimilated transport, which the Borg continue to upgrade with faster warp drive engines and even weaponry, attacks and assimilates several other spacecraft along the way. Borg drones find their way aboard Enterprise and attempt to assimilate Doctor Phlox, who proves to be immune to the assimilation process. The Borg vessel is finally destroyed by the Enterprise, but not before the Borg send out a distress signal which Enterprise crewmembers estimate will take roughly 200 years to reach its destination—presumably the homeworld of these strange aliens. The Enterprise-D goes into warp. ... Doctor Phlox is a fictional character in the television series Star Trek: Enterprise played by John Billingsley. ...

Discussion

It is plausible that the Borg could have reached the 22nd century after the time-traveling events of the film Star Trek: First Contact. Although the question "How could the Borg plausibly fit into Star Trek: Enterprise?" was fairly well answered, it remains to be seen how this will affect future continuity. Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ...

The episode essentially established a time-loop not unlike that in the film Terminator (1984): The Borg home region of space is in the Delta Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy, a 70 year travel from Earth in the Alpha Quadrant. It was never really explained why the Borg Cube was already heading for Earth's region of space in "Q Who?", a region very far from their own Collective. The word terminator is from Latin and means roughly the finisher. ... Q Who? is an episode from the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ...

This episode attempts to fit in the concept that Borg drones damaged during "First Contact" in 2063 were freed from an Arctic crash site in 2152, well before their first contact in TNG which occurred in 2363. They stole a transport and attempted to reach the Collective. Enterprise was able to destroy all of the Borg drones, but not before they sent a signal to the Borg Collective in the Delta Quadrant that relayed the position of Earth. However, because they were using primitive 22nd century communications, it was projected that it would take nearly 200 years for their transmission to reach the Borg Collective; in the 24th century. This would explain why the Cube was heading for Federation Space in "Q Who?", and would also explain why the Borg seen in that episode appear so different to Borg seen later on in the series - they would be an earlier incarnation of the Borg, that set out from Borg space possibly centuries before. The starship Enterprise (NX-01) The Enterprise (NX-01) is a starship in the Star Trek fictional universe commanded by Captain Jonathan Archer. ...

It is also speculated that Starfleet hushed up the incident, as this was the only way continuity (in the series) could be kept: although most of the Borg wreckage from First Contact was destroyed, photographs and scans of Borg drones and equipment were left in Starfleet hands and advanced Borg technology had been assimilated into a small part of the NX-01. This may involve the covert arm of Starfleet Intelligence seen on Deep Space Nine, Section 31. Star Trek: First Contact (Paramount Pictures, 1996; see also 1996 in film), is the eighth feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... Space station Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (ST:DS9 or STDS9 or DS9 for short) is a science fiction television series produced by Paramount and set in the Star Trek universe. ... Section 31 is the official designation of a covert secret police organization in the Star Trek fictional universe, within Starfleet Intelligence, which deals with threats to the security of Earth, and later the United Federation of Planets. ...

The episode "Regeneration" also provides some continuity to the Voyager episode "Dark Frontier" in which the crew of the USS Raven set out on a journey to find the Borg, and an earlier episode "The Raven" which detailed the circumstances surrounding Seven of Nine's assimilation aboard that vessel. These events take place at least 10-15 years before The Next Generation episode "Q Who?", due to the fact that Seven is depicted as a child at the time of her assimilation, yet is a woman in her late 20s/early 30s at the time of her liberation. In addition, Star Trek: Generations featured the Enterprise NCC-1701-B rescuing refugees of a race known as the El-Aurian, who TNG established were fleeing the Borg; in fact, the character of Guinan from TNG was well aware of the Borg before Picard and his crew encountered them. It could be argued that any of all of these events could have been "covered up" in some way, and a fourth season episode of Enterprise establishes that Section 31 existed during the timeframe of the prequel series. Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Raven and one has been named Raven III (with the Roman numeral as part of the name), for the raven. ... The Borg are a race of cyborgs in the Star Trek fictional universe. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Star Trek: Generations (Paramount Pictures, 1994, see also 1994 in film) is the seventh feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. ... El Aurians are a humanoid Race of from the science fiction television show Star Trek. ... Guinan is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe. ...

It has been suggested that Cogenitor be merged into this article or section. ... This list of Star Trek: Enterprise episodes is accompanied by each episodes original airdate on UPN in the United States, along with its Nielsen rating, and number of viewers. ... First Flight is the title of a Star Trek: Enterprise television episode from season two. ...

References

• StarTrek.com Episode Information

External links

• Regeneration article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki