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Captain Picard ’s darkestStar Trekmoment unlocked an entirely newfangled skill for Starfleet . Once abducted and assimilate by the Borg , Captain Picard is one of the few individuals to take back from the experience relatively whole . Now , inStar Trek : Defiant#12 , fan learn thatPicard ’s experience with the Borg , namely his escape and “ de - assimilation , ” opened up a whole fresh kingdom of knowledge for the Federation .
Star Trek : Defiant#12 is written by Christopher Cantwell and draw by Angel Unzueta . Hugh , a former Borg drone , has allied himself with the crew of theDefiant , who lead to Starbase 99 to drop off other prisoners . A Starfleet mission specialist deal Hugh , Worf and others to review the Federation ’s effort at “ dissimilation . ” The medical specialist reveals that after Picard ’s capture and escape from the Borg , the field of “ dissimilation ” open up . Over the days , they have had a success pace of 68 per centum .
They have to be careful , as the process can also make death .
The Borg Were At the Center of Captain Picard’s Darkest Hour
The Borg Put Him Through Unbearable Trauma
In the classicNext Generationtwo - parter “ The unspoiled of Both Worlds , ” Captain Picard was kidnapped by the Borg . Assimilated into the Borg collective , Picard became their thrall , and leave an assault on Starfleet at Wolf 359 , leading to aggregated casualties and the passing of 39 starships . The work party of theEnterpriseare successful in deliver Picard and helping sever him from the Borg . Picard is one of the very few individuals seen on - projection screen , with Seven of Nine being the notable exclusion , who have get away the hellish destiny that is absorption .
This new science also gave Hugh a new purpose . Hugh was another person who was able-bodied to leave the Borg collective , although doing so seemed to erase his identity prior to acculturation . With no past and nowhere to go , Hugh took up the case of freeing former Borg drones from their enslavement , as seen in Season One ofStar Trek : Picard . Hugh was the theater director of a katabolism project in the previous twenty-fourth century , one that helped legion drones reclaim their identity , and fans see the beginning of it inStar Trek : Defiant#12 .
Picard ’s time as a appendage of the Borg Collective was a immense tragedy , but Q confirms it never actually end - Locutus still lives .
Picard’s Trauma Was the Federation’s Gain
Picard’s Sacrifice May Ensure Others Are Free From the Borg
The knowledge of how to bring assimilated mortal back from the Borg collective should be a cause for celebration , yet any joyousness must be normalize , as said cognition comes with a high Leontyne Price . TheBorg violate Picard in body and creative thinker . They subject Picard to vast trauma , forcing him to down and take in his fellow Starfleet officers at Wolf 359 . Picard ’s guilt over his activity during this time discolour the rest of his life history . Picard ’s darkestStar Trekmoment had a huge silver lining , afford up a new , and beneficial , subdivision of scientific discipline .
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Star Trek : Defiant#12 ( 2024 )
