History Recap / StarTrekPicardS2E09HideAndSeek

Aboard ''La Sirena'', Rios tries to regain control of the transporter, while Picard, Raffi, Annika and Tallinn beam in using her Supervisor transporter. It's no use: Queen Jurati lands a large number of assimilated soldiers. The Starfleet contingent regroup outside the chateau and decide what to do.

Annika and Raffi split off to try and reach ''La Sirena''. Annika immediately takes charge, and Raffi notes she's a natural fit for the role of TheCaptain. Annika admits that she applied to Starfleet right after ''Voyager'' got home, but not even the patronage of Adm. Janeway could get through their skepticism over admitting an [=ex-B=], leading her to give up on a losing fight and join the Fenris Rangers.

Raffi and Annika make it to the ship, where they find themselves with a couple of unexpected allies. One is Agnes Jurati, fighting from the inside, taking advantage of the same neurotransmitter surges to fight the Queen for control of her body. Another is Elnor: Agnes not only re-incorporated him as an Emergency Combat Hologram, but has given him control of the ship's systems. This isn't enough to stop the Queen and her CombatTentacles; the Elnor hologram is defeated, and Annika ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice. But it is enough to force a stalemate, and she and Jurati have a discussion. Jurati points out that the Queen is, like Jurati herself, an IneffectualLoner and that her approach of assimilation will always inevitably lead to the Borg's destruction. Jurati proposes that they (take ''La Sirena'' and) start a new Collective that ''invites'' those who are lost and need a second chance to join, creating an appealing emotional reality that would combine the strengths of the Borg's collective with other species' individuality. The Queen, intrigued by her proposal, agrees. Queen Jurati, united now in reality as well as name, heals Annika ... though at the cost of restoring her Borg implants.

Queen Jurati takes control of ''La Sirena'' and leaves Earth to form a new, better and kinder Borg Collective. Before she does, she has Annika relay a message to Picard: "For the mission to succeed, there must be two Renee Picards -- one that lives, and one that dies." Picard, regrouping his team on the ground below, has no idea what this means, but resolves to get to work regardless in preparation for the final showdown between them and Soong.

* EmergencyTransformation: Jurati and the Queen save Annika after stabbing her, but at the cost of having to partially assimilate her, restoring her implants to the state they were in before the timeline change.

* GoryDiscretionShot: Raffi and Annika stab a Borgified {{Mook}} through [[EyeScream the eye]], obscured by some foreground scenery.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: The Queen shoots a spiked tentacle through Annika's stomach, leaving her to slowly bleed out before Jurati talks her into providing medical aid.

** Annika tried to join Starfleet, but was rejected based on her Borg past. She joined the Rangers rather than fight what she viewed as a losing battle, especially since even Janeway threatening to resign failed to move them.

* TeleFrag: Annika beams the Queen's mooks into the walls of the chateau.
* TeleportInterdiction: Annika tries to beam away the Queen, but her implants generate a transport inhibitor to block the attempt.

* CanonImmigrant: Amongst the toys on the table that Young Picard plays with is an NX-01 Refit, an evolution of Archer's ''Enterprise'' with an added engineering hull that has featured in several secondary works (such as the post-[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise ENT]] novels and VideoGame/StarTrekOnline).