Star Trek: Borg
Star Trek: Borg is a 1996 interactive video Star Trek game which places the player in the role of a cadet who encounters Q, and is transported to the Battle of Wolf 359.

Summary
From the back cover
THE ULTIMATE INTERACTIVE MOVIE
You are Cadet Qaylan Furlong. Your father was killed by the Borg in the battle of Wolf 359. Now, ten years later, the Borg are attacking again, and Starfleet won't allow you to stay aboard the Starship USS Cheyenne to avenge your father's death.
But Q will.
He'll do better than that, in fact. He will take you back in time ten years and put you on the same ship as your father to give you a chance to save him... and the entire Federation. It's a mission of extreme danger, difficult choices and surprising results.
Starring Star Trek favorite, John de Lancie, reprising his role as 'Q'.
Brace yourself for 120 minutes of ORIGINAL STAR TREK footage, shot entirely on the sound stages at Paramount Studios.
This 3 CD-ROM set also includes The Picard Dossier, a comprehensive guide to the Borg.
Introduces the next generation of full-motion full-frame interactive video technology and represents the highest production quality of any digital video product available anywhere.
Directed by Jim Conway, directory of numbers STAR TREK episodes, including the favorite STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE™ episode .
Written by Hilary Bader, a writer for many loved STAR TREK episodes.
Music composed by Dennis McCarthy, composer of the STAR TREK: VOYAGER™ theme.

The Picard Dossier is a condensed version of the Star Trek Omnipedia only containing the subset of information relevant to the game.

The player takes on the role of Cadet Qaylan Furlong whose father, Lt. Ralph Furlong, was killed during the Battle of Wolf 359. With the help of Q, the player goes back in time to his father's ship, the  USS Righteous, to prevent his death and the destruction of the ship.

Gameplay

Gameplay is a unique combination of a -style point-and-click adventure and a real-time free-flowing game. The game progresses like a movie, but at certain junctures, the player must make choices (done by clicking on objects or people) which affect the storyline. Additionally, failure to "make a choice" is interpreted as a choice of inaction, which affects the story accordingly.

At any time (when the player is not at a choice-making juncture), the game may be paused, allowing the player to examine his surroundings with a tricorder. Certain tasks require information that can only be gathered in this manner.

During some instances, it is possible to punch Q in the face, and at one point, kick him in the groin.

Memorable quotes
"Why? Because I can!"
 - Q

"Hello! There's a Borg on the bridge! He's not going to sit around and let you scan him (hits the character on head with a tricorder) while he's assimilating the ship!"
 - Q

"Excuse me, am I mistaken? But isn't there a Borg on the bridge trying to control the ship? What are you going to do? (hits player with tricorder) Scan it to death!?"
 - Q

"It's a Borg alright! Another Borg! A Borg is a Borg is a Borg! Seen one seen 'em all! GOT IT!?"
 - Q, after repeated scans of any of the non-Q Borg in the game

"Captain, we're hailing the Borg ship, shields are dropping. (to player) Uh-oh!"
"There's a tight beam transmission going to the Borg cube, computers uploading data about emergency transporters..."
"The Borg are firing, we're gonna die! (turns to player in a calm voice) And it's your fault!"
(Ship explodes)
 - Q and Biraka

"It's definitely tied into the security system. It's... analyzing code it seems to be through some sort of... encryption sequence like it's trying to rewrite... It's trying to decrypt the self-destruct key code!"
 - Ralf, realizing the Borg implant is decrypting the self-destruct code on the Righteous if the player tries to interface with the device

"Don't touch what you don't understand!"
 - Q

"Oh great! Now I'm dead! Not exactly what I wanted."
 - Q, after being injected by a Borg-influenced Targus

"Here, take this too."
"I don't think we'll need an emergency medkit. If things get that bad we're probably dead."
 - Q and Targus, as Q gives her a medkit

"Hmmm, this thing is amazing! Did you know it has information on places, systems even people! Look, look at that. Did you know Counselor Biraka was a champion horse jumper?"
 - Q, in a sarcastic voice describing the tricorder

"Do you hear that Sprint? You don't want to hear Furlong talking about his whiny brat now do you? (a targeting reticule appears on Q's head, crotch and torso) I don't know what you're staring at but I don't like it, Just be careful where you point!"
(Q starts to make gestures telling the player to click on Furlong)
 - Q

"Ow! Oh! What was that for!?"
"For working so hard to make people dislike you."
"And why would I do that?"
"Because you're trying to prove that they actually like you!"
"Oh, spare me Counselor, you don't have the tools to analyze me!"
 - Q and Biraka, after the player chooses to punch Q on the nose

"OHHHHHH!"
"Come on, Quint, you'll be OK. Just catch your breath. If you just didn't try so hard to make everyone dislike you."
"S-S-Spare me the psychology, counselor. You don't have the tools to analyze me!"
 - Q and Biraka, after the player chooses to knee Q in the groin

"How is he, doc?"
"I'm sorry... he's just too stupid to live."
 - Targus and Q, after the player electrocutes himself

"We few, we happy few, we band of Borg."
 - Q

"Well, it's about time. Where have you been? How do you expect to save the universe when you keep dashing off for a sandwich or something? Please, try to be more attentive, for me?"
 - Q to player, after repeated failures to choose an option and then finally choosing the right one

"Priority Message, USS Canale to USS Cheyenne, we are under attack by Borg Forces, repeat, Borg Forces!   We intercepted two Borg vessels heading in a direct course for SECTOR ZERO-ZERO-ONE; Subspace signal is too weak, we need you to warn Starfleet Command. If you can read us do not, repeat, do not send help. We are lost. Warn Starfleet! The Borg have returned, repeat, THE BORG HAVE RETURNED!"
 - Distress call from USS Canale to USS Cheyenne

Background information
 This game was filmed on the Star Trek sets using actual props, scenery and costumes from the big-screen versions. For example, the USS Righteous sets were redressed sets for , while the bridge was a redressed version of the  bridge from .
 Much of the battle footage was previously seen in .
 The tricorder prop that Q gives to the player can be seen in use in  by Hannah Bates when she creates false biosphere breach readings.
 The installer is written from an "in-universe" perspective with the text:
 "WELCOME HUMAN TO THE STAR TREK BORG INSTALLATION PROGRAM. CHOOSE 1 TO ASSIMILATE BORG INTO YOUR HARD DRIVE. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. CHOOSING 0 IS FUTILE."
 An audio book was also released, titled Star Trek: Borg - Experience the Collective.
 On the back cover, Dennis McCarthy is mistakenly credited for the theme to Star Trek: Voyager, when, in fact, Jerry Goldsmith wrote the theme.
 Dennis McCarthy's score, which was "realized" by his collaborator Kevin Kiner, was released as part of the Star Trek: 50th Anniversary Collection.
 John de Lancie's costume as a Borg was sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay and was previously worn by Michael Reilly Burke, Gary Hunter, and Tom Morga. 
 The game marks the only occasion that Q wears a blue science-division Starfleet uniform.
 The game marks the only occasion that Q appears as a Borg. 
 The game's prologue is set ten years after the Battle of Wolf 359, which would make the year 2376.
 Anachronistically, the characters wear TNG-era uniforms during the prologue, even though these scenes take place during the fifth season of . During this period, Starfleet officers are shown to wear the uniforms established in the  pilot on all vessels and installations. Likewise, the characters wear DS9/VOY-era uniforms during the scenes taking place at Wolf 359, when they should be wearing the uniforms seen in the third and fourth seasons of TNG. This costuming error is possibly due to a shortage of TNG-era uniforms, as they were no longer regularly needed for production of the television series. Although the uniforms' eras are reversed, the characters do appear to use the correct combadges for each era.

Credits

Cast
 John de Lancie as Q ("Dr. Quint", "First of Four")
 Barry Lynch as Captain Nikolai Andropov (as "Andropov")
 John Cothran, Jr. as Counselor Lieutenant Commander Bennington Biraka (as "Biraka")
 Marnie McPhail as Ensign Anastasia Targus (as "Targus")
 Jeff Allin as Lieutenant Ralph Furlong (as "Furlong")
 Murray Rubinstein as Doctor Lieutenant Commander Thaddeus Quint (as "Quint")
 Juli Donald as Lieutenant Shoreham
 Majel Barrett as Ship Computer

Uncredited cast 
 Tracee Lee Cocco as USS Cheyenne science officer
 Christy Cotton as stunt Borg
 Tarik Ergin as Coris Sprint
 Ousaun Elam as Second of Four
 Paul Lane – Stunt actor

Leading crew
 Associate Producer: Terri Potts
 Music by: Dennis McCarthy
 Software Developed by: Touchscreen Media Group, Inc.
 Truemotion® Video Technology by: The Duck Corporation
 Creative Consultant: Ronald D. Moore
 Produced by: Dan Dugan
 Executive Producer: Keith Halper
 Written by: Hilary Bader
 Directed by: James L. Conway

End crew
 Producer: 
 Additional Writing by: Keith Blanchard
 Editor: Jim McQueen
 Director of Photography: Marvin V. Rush (ASC)
 Art Director: Michael Mayer
 Casting: Ron Surma
 First Assistant Director: Adele Simmons
 Second Assistant Director: Dinah LeHoven
 2nd Second Assistant Director: Laura Sylvestor
 Visual Effects Supervisors:
 Ronald B. Moore
 Eddie Williams
 Visual Effects Coordinator: Cheryl Gluckstern
 Graphic Consultant: Michael Okuda
 Graphic Artist: Geoff Mandel
 Scenic Artist: Wendy Drapanas
 Make‑Up Consultant: Michael Westmore
 Key Make Up Artist: Dave Quaschnick
 Make Up Artists:
 Barry Kopper
 Sharon Helgstad
 Hair Stylists:
 Michael Moore
 Norma Lee
 Camera Operator: Doug Knapp
 1st Assistant Camera: Chris Ishii
 Video Engineer: Guy Jones
 Still Photographer: Jim Sheldon
 Property Master: John Nesterowicz
 Assistant Property Master: Charlie Russo
 Costume Supervisor: Kim Shull
 Key Customers:
 Ken Levitt (as "Len Levitt")
 Stephanie Lipsky
 Set Costumer: Pamela Berggren
 Pattern Maker: Vickie Dennison
 Table Person: Marilyn Basaker
 Production Coordinator: Keira Morrisette
 Production Assistants:
 Michael Spierer
 Shannon Yunich
 Accountant: Stella Rubin
 Craft Service: Jennifer Newell
 Script Supervisor: Cosmo Genovese
 Set Decorator: Laura Richarz
 Leadman: Dennis Vannatta
 Swing: Greg Renta
 Sound Mixer: Greg Agalsoff
 Boom Operator: Paul Miller
 Utility: Ron Cooper
 Special Effects Foreman: Mark Stimson
 Special Effects Coordinator: Dick Brownfield
 Special Effects: Amanda Karnes
 Special Effects Labor: Rick Hester
 Stunt Coordinator/ 2nd Unit Director: Joe Stone
 Transportation Captain: Myron Shepherd
 Construction Coordinator: Al Smutko
 Construction Foreperson: Ken White
 Labor Foreman: Ron Voss
 Prop Foreman: Raymond Rarick
 Propmakers:
 Eric Lampuu
 Zolton Olgyay
 Ed Williams
 Craig Handberg
 Head Painter: William Hutchinson
 Painter: Martin Charnuck
 Standby Painter: Ruth Pulido
 Draper: Lucia Faretta
 Key Grip: Randy Burgess
 Best Boy Grip: Tom Bookout
 Grips:
 Pat Vitolla
 Jay Devlin
 Bill Blackman
 Sound Supervisor: Bill Wistrom
 Dialogue Editors:
 Ashley T. Harvey
 Jivan Tahmizian
 Ruth Adelman
 Wilson Dyer
 Effects Editors:
 Guy Tsujimoto
 Masanobu "Tomi" Tomita
 Jeff Gersh
 Eric Williams
 Re-Recording Artists:
 Chris Haire (CAS)
 Richard L. Morrison (CAS)
 Doug Davey (CAS)
 Recordist: Chris Elam
 ADR Mixer: Marty Church
 ADR Recordist: Daryl Lathrop
 Foley Mixer: Christopher Trent
 Foley Artists:
 Jerry Trent
 Audrey Trent
 Engineering: Jeff Malham
 Music Editors:
 Carolyn J. Bahr
 Allan K. Rosen
 Teleprompter: Lynn Greenberg
 Digital Optical Effects:
 Digital Magic
 Editel
 Editing Facility: Unitel Video
 Post Production Sound: Modern Sound
 The team at Simon & Schuster Interactive
 Peter Yunich, President
 Touchscreen Media Group
 Producer: Cheryl Moellenbeck
 Business Affairs: Dennis McCole
 Producer: Mary Anne Long
 Creative Director: Peter Fink
 Compressionists:
 Saul Rubin
 Mario Geddes
 Writer: Skip Winitsky
 Programmers:
 Susan Lambe
 Francine Perlman
 Kev Ashley
 Special Thanks to:
 Viacom Consumer Products
 Suzie Domnick
 Randi Casey

References

Bijani
The Bijani were a race of nomadic stellar wanderers. They looked a lot like the Kobliad, with a bigger head and larger "beak". When in great pain, their adrenaline had an unusual effect on their neuropsychology, entering them into a "pain trance" which allowed the Bijani to work in very harsh conditions and push their bodies to their physical limits, to the point where it could protect their minds and emotions from Borg assimilation.

USS Cheyenne  
The USS Cheyenne (NCC-75435) was a  starship that was in operation in 2377. 
The Cheyenne utilized footage of the Enterprise-D from The Next Generation.

USS Righteous

The USS Righteous (NCC-42451) was an  that was in service during the mid-2360s.

The Righteous was known to be the last of the Excelsior-class, launched right before the battle of Wolf 359.

In the original timeline  The USS Righteous was among the first vessels to be destroyed at Wolf 359. The Borg cube killed the Bijani tactical officer and his replacement's inexperience caused everyone aboard to die at the hands of an unknown Borg energy weapon.

In the current timeline  The USS Righteous survived the Battle of Wolf 359. Q's intervention allowed a Starfleet cadet to assume the identity of the Bijani tactical officer, and the cadet's skill allowed the Righteous to limp away from the battle zone. Q, in an effort to cause minimal damage to the timeline, threw the ship forward in time to a second battle against the Borg occurring in 2377.

Footage of the Righteous was recycled from . Its destruction is recycled footage from the Excelsior-class Melbourne in . Interior shots were a combination of Voyager and Excelsior rooms and corridors.

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