Dark Frontier, Part I 

Members of the Voyager crew train on the holodeck for a raid on a Borg ship. Should they be successful, they will steal the Borg trans-warp coil in hopes of integrating the technology into ... See full summary »

Director:

Cliff Bole

Writers:

Gene Roddenberry (based upon "Star Trek" created by), Rick Berman (created by)

Stars:

Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Kate Mulgrew	...	Captain Kathryn Janeway
Robert Beltran	...	Chakotay
Roxann Dawson	...	B'Elanna Torres
Robert Duncan McNeill	...	Tom Paris
Ethan Phillips	...	Neelix
Robert Picardo	...	The Doctor
Tim Russ	...	Tuvok
Jeri Ryan	...	Seven of Nine
Garrett Wang	...	Harry Kim
Susanna Thompson	...	Borg Queen
Kirk Baily	...	Magnus Hansen
Laura Stepp	...	Erin Hansen
Scarlett Pomers	...	Naomi Wildman
Katelin Petersen	...	Annika
Eric Cadora	...	Alien

Storyline

Members of the Voyager crew train on the holodeck for a raid on a Borg ship. Should they be successful, they will steal the Borg trans-warp coil in hopes of integrating the technology into Voyager's systems. The Borg seem to be one step ahead when the Borg Queen communicates with Seven of Nine.

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Plot Keywords:

alien | seven of nine character | outer space | neelix character | male humanoid alien | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Seven is seen in her purple-tone jumpsuit for the first time here. This outfit was introduced because the previous blue one had been difficult to film against bluescreen backdrops.

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Goofs

When Captain Janeway plans to raid a damaged Borg sphere, she asks Seven of Nine to read through her parents' extensive logs and notes for the years that they studied a Borg cube, which they salvaged from the wreck of the USS Raven.

However, the only crew that visited the Raven were Seven and Tuvok. Though Tuvok did have a tricorder with him, he was more concerned with escaping the wreck since the Bomar were shooting at them. They eventually escaped, and Paris beamed them up to his shuttle. On Voyager, Janeway directed the ensign at conn to leave Bomar space at warp 8 as soon as Paris had docked his shuttle. There was no time for them to have downloaded the Raven's logs, which were voluminous as evidenced by the number of data nodes that Nelix needed to fill.

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Quotes

[first lines]
The Borg: A vessel has been detected - Unimatrix 424, Grid 116 - activate. Alter course to intercept.

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Connections

Featured in Star Trek: Voyager: The Voyager Conspiracy (1999)

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Soundtracks

Star Trek: Voyager - Main Title
Written by Jerry Goldsmith
Performed by Jay Chattaway

User Reviews

Good Except for Tiresome Flashbacks

The first half sets the scene for the final confrontation. Janeway decides to take advantage of a Borg mishap to steal a warp core from them. In order to do so, she needs to put everyone in danger. Seven begs to go with the away team. This leads to dire consequences and a return to her roots. She meets a Borg queen who knows her and claims to need her to bring about the destruction of earth.