History Awesome / StarTrekFirstContact

** Another for Picard and his effect on Worf -- there are precisely three men in the universe that Worf would let insult him like that without violent retribution. One is his son Alexander. Another is Picard. (The other is Sisko, but sadly, who cares about Deep Space Nine?)

* The Borg Queen's [[FoeYay temptation of Data]] is [[EvilIsSexy evil, kinky win]]. [blows on Data's new skin] "Was it good for you?" [[FetishFuel Yes. Yes it was.]]

* Heck, the entire [[BigBadassBattlesequence Battle of Sector 001]] is one long CrowningMomentofAwesome beautifully married to VisualEffectsOfAwesome. And it all culminates when Picard orders every ship left to concentrate on the Borg's hidden weakspot, raining absolute ''barrages'' of phaser fire and photon torpedoes, capped off with the ''Enterprise-E's'' newest quantum versions delivering the finishing blow.

* Data: "[[IronicEcho Resistance...]] [[PreMortemOneLiner is futile.]]" [[ItMakesSenseInContext For full impact]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnN-SR_2ovA you need to watch the whole scene]].

* Heck, the entire [[BigBadassBattlesequence Battle of Sector 001]] is one long CrowningMomentofAwesome beautifully married to VisualEffectsOfAwesome. And it all culminates when Picard every ship left to concentrate on the Borg's hidden weakspot, raining absolute ''barrages'' of phaser fire and photon torpedoes, capped off with the ''Enterprise-E's'' newest quantum versions delivering the finishing blow.

* Heck, the entire [[BigBadassBattlesequence Battle of Sector 001]] is one long CrowningMomentofAwesome beautifully married to VisualEffectsofAwesome

* The Borg Cube's first scene. A giant 3x3x3 kilometer cube of twisted mechanical monstrosity looming over the POV, accentuated by a ''very'' loud four-note bass brass instrument chord, signifying newcomers and reminding longtime fans that the Borg are ''terrifying''. Followed by Starfleet's incoming fire slamming into it. The Borg are a [[ImplaccableMan nigh-unstoppable force]], but Starfleet is ''not'' [[{{Determinator}} going to go quietly.]]

* The Borg Cube's first scene. A giant 3x3x3 kilometer cube of twisted mechanical monstrosity looming over the POV, accentuated by a ''very'' loud four-note bass brass instrument chord, signifying newcomers and reminding longtime fans that the Borg are ''terrifying''.

* Data: "[[IronicEcho Resistance...]] [[PreMortemOneLiner is futile.]]" [[ItMakesSenseInContext For full impact]], [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv4TZcR8tsg&feature=related You Need To Watch The Whole Scene]].

* Another Worf line, just two words: "[[VerbThis Assimilate THIS!]]"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4QyCdRvXr4 See here]]

** Another for Picard and his effect on Worf -- there are precisely three men in the universe that Worf would let insult him like that without violent retribution. One is his son Alexander. Another is Picard. (The other is Sisko, but sadly, who cares about DS9?)

** Another for Picard and his effect on Worf -- there are precisely two men in the universe that Worf would let insult him like that without violent retribution. One is his son Alexander. The other is Picard.

* While this troper feels the entire film is one long crowning moment of awesome, special notice given to the period from when the the ''Phoenix'' launches (complete with its own CrowningMusicOfAwesome) and flies away from the Earth with the ''Enterprise'' in pursuit, while at the same time Picard looks utterly screwed ... until suddenly Data reveals his hand and breaches the coolant tank.
** The ''Phoenix'' has another [=CMoA=] as it reaches orbit. At first it just looks like this rickety, cobbled-together ''thing'' that's barely a step up from a 60's space capsule... Then the side panels come off, and slowly a pair of ''Franchise/StarTrek''-style ''[[CoolStarship warp nacelles unfold and lock into position]].'' And that is when the discerning Trekkie ''knows'' epic-ness is about to ensue.

* Despite not being an Admiral, Piccard is able to take control of the fleet ''and every other ship follows his lead''.

** Actually as established in StarTrekVoyager, when a fleet has no clear command structure, the captain of the most powerful ship gets to be in charge. And the Enterprise-E clearly is the [[AssKickingEqualsAuthority singlest biggest Starfleet ship present.]]

** Actually as established in StarTrekVoyager, in a situation with no clear command structure, the captain of the most powerful ship gets to be in charge. And the Enterprise-E clearly is the singlest biggest.

* Another Worf line, just two words: "[[VerbThis Assimilate THIS!]]"

* Heck, the entire [[BigBadassBattlesequence Battle of Sector 001]] is CrowningMomentofAwesome beautifully married to VisualEffectsofAwesome

* Heck, the entire [[BigBadassBattlesequence Battle of Sector 001]] is CrowningMomentofAwesome beautifully married to VisulaEffectsofAwesome

** The Defiant is awesome; The Borg cube [[OneHitKill oneshot]] most ships with its attacks, two for the tougher ones. The Defiant takes one hit, returns fire, taken another which disables its weapons and shields, [[BeyondTheImpossible and then one more before the Enterprise saves it. It's still going when others of its kind are scrap.]] Then it was caught in the explosion of the Borg Cube which took out several ships and still remained salvagable. Sisko had built a ''tough little ship'' indeed.

* Another Worf line, just [[TwoWords two words]]: "[[VerbThis Assimilate THIS!]]"

*** Hell, just the fact that the Klingons managed to create a melee weapon that can harm the Borg.

** During the battle at the deflector dish the Borg again adapt to the phasers. This time, Worf slashes it apart with a sword. When it manages to cut a hole in his suit, he patches it ''with the Borg's cables''. Complete with trailing ''arm''!

* Data: "[[IronicEcho Resistance. Is. Futile.]]" [[ItMakesSenseInContext For full impact]], [[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv4TZcR8tsg&feature=related You Need To Watch The Whole Scene]].

* A subtle one for Starfleet comes up just after the Enterprise rescues the Defiant survivors -- it might not have been enough, but even before Picard and the Enterprise's intervention, Starfleet was doing ''much'' better than they did at Wolf 359 six years earlier (compare 'light damage' to 'heavy damage to outer hull, fluctuations in cube power grid detectable to Starfleet sensors'). The Borg aren't the only ones capable of adapting...

* Another Worf line, just two words: "[[VerbThis Assimilate THIS!]]"