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Aboard ''La Sirena'', Dr. Jurati (MD) gives her post-mortem on Bruce Maddox, whose heart simply couldn't take the abuse and who passed of his injuries. They then discuss the Artifact, where Maddox confirmed Soji is. Elnor, whose Qowat Milat BrutalHonesty training apparently includes being very adept at reading other people's emotions, notes that Picard is not looking forward to visiting a Borg Cube, and Picard admits that his last visit to one was highly involuntary (see ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds The Best of Both Worlds]]"). Jurati points out that the Borg on the Cube have been cut off from the Collective, and may be different in nature, but Picard doubts it: "[The Borg] don't change. They metastasize."
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Aboard ''La Sirena'', Dr. Jurati (MD) gives her post-mortem on Bruce Maddox, whose heart simply couldn't take the abuse and who passed of his injuries. They then discuss the Artifact, where Maddox confirmed that Soji is. Elnor, whose Qowat Milat BrutalHonesty training apparently includes being very adept at reading other people's emotions, notes that Picard is not looking forward to visiting a Borg Cube, and Picard admits that his last visit to one was highly involuntary (see ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration TNG]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds The Best of Both Worlds]]"). Jurati points out that the Borg on the Cube have been cut off from the Collective, and may be different in nature, but Picard doubts it: "[The Borg] don't change. They metastasize."
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On the Artifact, Narek finds Narissa in his quarters. She's messing with his tan zhekran, the eponymous [[TitleDrop impossible box]] (a.k.a. a Romulan Rubik's Cube). She admits that her first impulse with these things is to smash it open to get to the prize, but Narek shows her that if she simply takes the time to understand the darn thing, it will yield its secrets up to her. He relates it to Soji: he believes her dreams are not some sort of random positronic firing-off, but rather her brain trying to reconcile what she was programmed to believe -- that she is a normal {{muggle}} human -- with reality -- that she is a {{gynoid}} implanted with FakeMemories. Narek believes that, caught somewhere in that maelstrom of forced ignorance is the location of the lab whence Soji, Dahj and the others (remember, the Zhat Vash are convinced there are more) came from. Narissa allows him to proceed.
''La Sirena'' is about to leave the Former Romulan Neutral Zone and enter Actual Romulan Space. This will be a treaty violation unless they have a valid reason to be there. After juggling some ideas, particularly Dr. Jurati's (perfectly legitimate) credentials as a cyberneticist, the crew settle on fishing Raffi, [[DrowningMySorrows drunk]], out of her room. Raffi calls an old friend, Emmy, who is still active in Starfleet, and explains the situation -- [[RefugeInAudacity exactly as it is]]. If Emmy can't get them diplomatic credentials to visit the Artifact in, oh, three hours -- yes, Picard did it all on his own, you know what that guy's like -- there's going to be an interstellar incident. Emmy, angry, agrees. The crew applauds Raffi as she [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame staggers back to her quarters]]. Later, Rios visits her to make sure she's okay, and she mentions that she has a son -- not to mention a Romulan daughter-in-law and a granddaughter on the way -- as a way to castigate herself about being too devoted to business.
Soji is, as Narek indicated, beginning to grow suspicious of her own nature. This increases when Narek mentions that every time she calls her mother, it lasts exactly 70 seconds. (He's not stalking her ''personally'' -- all transmissions into and out of a Romulan installation are monitored [[ProperlyParanoid by procedure]].) When she talks to her Mom that night, Mom mentions that she (Soji) must be tired and overworked, and Soji is almost overwhelmed by a need to sleep. When she manages to fight it by poking herself awake, "Mom" repeats the command and Soji passes out. When she wakes up, though, her memory remains. She grabs a scanner and goes through the objects in her room -- her childhood diaries, photos of herself and Dahj, the stuffed animal she was carrying in that opening flashback, the twin-rings necklace she wears. All of them register as being approximately 37 months old.
The diplomatic credentials Raffi's friend manage to wrangle up will only cover Picard, who is being sent as an envoy to the Borg Reclamation Project. Picard must go in alone, little though he cares to; he gives explicit orders to Elnor to stay behind. Once aboard the Artifact, {{flashback}}s to his time in the Collective assail him, and he's caught between rampaging Borg drones on one hand and [[NoOSHACompliance a bottomless drop]] on the other... until a voice rings out: "They don't want you to fall!" It's Director Hugh, and the Borg drones are actually xBs who just saved Picard from a very nasty fall. The two old friends embrace, and Hugh agrees to bring Picard to Soji.
''La Sirena'' is about to leave the Former Romulan Neutral Zone and enter Actual Romulan Space. This will be a treaty violation unless they have a valid reason to be there. After juggling some ideas, particularly Dr. Jurati's (perfectly legitimate) credentials as a cyberneticist, the crew settle on fishing Raffi, [[DrowningMySorrows drunk]], out of her room. Raffi calls an old friend, Emmy, who is still active in Starfleet, and explains the situation -- [[RefugeInAudacity exactly as it is]]. If Emmy can't get them diplomatic credentials to visit the Artifact in, oh, three hours -- yes, Picard did it all on his own, you know what that guy's like -- there's going to be an interstellar incident. Emmy, angry, agrees. The crew applauds Raffi as she [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame staggers back to her quarters]]. Later, Rios visits her to make sure she's okay, and she mentions that she has a son -- not to mention a Romulan daughter-in-law and a granddaughter on the way -- as a way to castigate herself about being too devoted to business.
Soji is, as Narek indicated, beginning to grow suspicious of her own nature. This increases when Narek mentions that every time she calls her mother, it lasts exactly 70 seconds. (He's not stalking her ''personally'' -- all transmissions into and out of a Romulan installation are monitored [[ProperlyParanoid by procedure]].) When she talks to her Mom that night, Mom mentions that she (Soji) must be tired and overworked, and Soji is almost overwhelmed by a need to sleep. When she manages to fight it by poking herself awake, "Mom" repeats the command and Soji passes out. When she wakes up, though, her memory remains. She grabs a scanner and goes through the objects in her room -- her childhood diaries, photos of herself and Dahj, the stuffed animal she was carrying in that opening flashback, the twin-rings necklace she wears. All of them register as being approximately 37 months old.
The diplomatic credentials Raffi's friend manage to wrangle up will only cover Picard, who is being sent as an envoy to the Borg Reclamation Project. Picard must go in alone, little though he cares to; he gives explicit orders to Elnor to stay behind. Once aboard the Artifact, {{flashback}}s to his time in the Collective assail him, and he's caught between rampaging Borg drones on one hand and [[NoOSHACompliance a bottomless drop]] on the other... until a voice rings out: "They don't want you to fall!" It's Director Hugh, and the Borg drones are actually xBs who just saved Picard from a very nasty fall. The two old friends embrace, and Hugh agrees to bring Picard to Soji.
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On the Artifact, Narek finds Narissa in his quarters. She's messing with his tan zhekran, the eponymous [[TitleDrop impossible box]] (a.k.a. a Romulan Rubik's Cube). She admits that her first impulse with these things is to smash it open to get to the prize, but Narek shows her that if she simply takes the time to understand the darn thing, it will yield its secrets up to her. He relates it to Soji: he believes that her dreams are not some sort of random positronic firing-off, but rather her brain trying to reconcile what she was programmed to believe -- that she is a normal {{muggle}} human -- with reality -- that she is a {{gynoid}} implanted with FakeMemories. Narek believes that, that caught somewhere in that maelstrom of forced ignorance is the location of the lab whence Soji, Dahj Dahj, and the others (remember, the Zhat Vash are convinced that there are more) came from. Narissa allows him to proceed.
''La Sirena'' is about to leave the Former Romulan Neutral Zone and enter Actual Romulan Space. This will be a treaty violation unless they have a valid reason to be there. After juggling some ideas, particularly Dr. Jurati's (perfectly legitimate) credentials as a cyberneticist, the crew settle on fishing Raffi, [[DrowningMySorrows drunk]], out of her room. Raffi calls an old friend, Emmy, who is still active in Starfleet, and explains thesituation -- situation-- [[RefugeInAudacity exactly as it is]]. If Emmy can't get them diplomatic credentials to visit the Artifact in, oh, three hours -- yes, Picard did it all on his own, you know what that guy's like -- there's going to be an interstellar incident. Emmy, angry, agrees. The crew applauds Raffi as she [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame staggers back to her quarters]]. Later, Rios visits her to make sure she's okay, and she mentions that she has a son -- not to mention a Romulan daughter-in-law and a granddaughter on the way -- as a way to castigate herself about being too devoted to business.
Soji is, as Narek indicated, beginning to grow suspicious of her own nature. This increases when Narek mentions that every time she calls her mother, it lasts exactly 70 seconds. (He's not stalking her ''personally''-- there-- all transmissions into and out of a Romulan installation are monitored [[ProperlyParanoid by procedure]].) When she talks to her Mom that night, Mom mentions that she (Soji) must be tired and overworked, and Soji is almost overwhelmed by a need to sleep. When she manages to fight it by poking herself awake, "Mom" repeats the command and Soji passes out. When she wakes up, though, her memory remains. She grabs a scanner and goes through the objects in her room -- room-- her childhood diaries, photos of herself and Dahj, the stuffed animal that she was carrying in that opening flashback, the twin-rings necklace that she wears. All of them register as being approximately 37 months old.
The diplomatic credentials that Raffi's friendmanage manages to wrangle up will only cover Picard, who is being sent as an envoy to the Borg Reclamation Project. Picard must go in alone, little though he cares to; he gives explicit orders to Elnor to stay behind. Once aboard the Artifact, {{flashback}}s to his time in the Collective assail him, and he's caught between rampaging Borg drones on one hand and [[NoOSHACompliance a bottomless drop]] on the other... until a voice rings out: "They don't want you to fall!" It's Director Hugh, and the Borg drones are actually xBs who just saved Picard from a very nasty fall. The two old friends embrace, and Hugh agrees to bring Picard to Soji.
''La Sirena'' is about to leave the Former Romulan Neutral Zone and enter Actual Romulan Space. This will be a treaty violation unless they have a valid reason to be there. After juggling some ideas, particularly Dr. Jurati's (perfectly legitimate) credentials as a cyberneticist, the crew settle on fishing Raffi, [[DrowningMySorrows drunk]], out of her room. Raffi calls an old friend, Emmy, who is still active in Starfleet, and explains the
Soji is, as Narek indicated, beginning to grow suspicious of her own nature. This increases when Narek mentions that every time she calls her mother, it lasts exactly 70 seconds. (He's not stalking her ''personally''
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Picard, led by Hugh, apprehends her as she drops through the floor on another level. Basically, the only reason why she even considers following him is because he holds out Dahj's necklace, the twin-ring thing that is only 37 months old. Hugh leads them to the queencell (neither Picard nor Hugh has ever been there before, but the memories are there nonetheless), in which is secured a piece of technology called the Sikarian spatial trajector (see ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E9PrimeFactors Prime Factors]]"), which can send humanoid-sized objects up to 40,000 LY. Picard orders ''La Sirena'' to break orbit and meet them at Nepenthe (wherever ''that'' is), and Rios agrees, only to look around and realize: "Where's the kid?"
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Picard, led by Hugh, apprehends her as she drops through the floor on another level. Basically, the only reason why she even considers following him is because that he holds out Dahj's necklace, the twin-ring thing that is only 37 months old. Hugh leads them to the queencell (neither Picard nor Hugh has ever been there before, but the memories are there nonetheless), in which is secured a piece of technology called the Sikarian spatial trajector (see ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager VOY]]'': "[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS1E9PrimeFactors Prime Factors]]"), which can send humanoid-sized objects up to 40,000 LY. Picard orders ''La Sirena'' to break orbit and meet them at Nepenthe (wherever ''that'' is), and Rios agrees, only to look around and realize: "Where's the kid?"
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* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Hugh informs Picard that any Borg who is liberated at the Romulan Reclamation Site are prisoners of the Romulan Free State. Although neither of them are happy that the former drones have essentially traded one villainous overseer for another, both Hugh and Picard consider assimilation to be a FateWorseThanDeath, so letting the xBs regain their individuality, even if it means they have little to no personal freedom under the new Romulan government, is still better than the alternative. Between the Borg and the Romulans, the latter are the LesserOfTwoEvils -- at least it's possible to negotiate with the Romulans, especially now that they no longer have a homeworld. Hugh even puts aside his terror of being on a Borg Cube to be the Executive Director of the Borg Reclamation Project so that he can offer support to the patients during their recovery. (It helps that Hugh is a Federation citizen, so he can leave if he wants; he simply chooses to stay so he can help his de-assimilated brethren, and his protection under the treaty gives him the clout to do so.)
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* BetterTheDevilYouKnow: Hugh informs Picard that any Borg who is liberated at the Romulan Reclamation Site are prisoners of the Romulan Free State. Although neither of them are happy that the former drones have essentially traded one villainous overseer for another, both Hugh and Picard consider assimilation to be a FateWorseThanDeath, so letting the xBs regain their individuality, even if it means that they have little to no personal freedom under the new Romulan government, is still better than the alternative. Between the Borg and the Romulans, the latter are the LesserOfTwoEvils -- LesserOfTwoEvils-- at least it's possible to negotiate with the Romulans, especially now that they no longer have a homeworld. Hugh even puts aside his terror of being on a Borg Cube to be the Executive Director of the Borg Reclamation Project so that he can offer support to the patients during their recovery. (It helps that Hugh is a Federation citizen, so he can leave if he wants; he simply chooses to stay so he can help his de-assimilated brethren, and his protection under the treaty gives him the clout to do so.)
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* BigBrotherIsWatching: As Narek explains to Soji, the [[SecretPolice Tal Shiar]] routinely monitors all incoming and outgoing transmissions on any Romulan facility, including the Romulan Reclamation Site. The system automatically flags any anomalies, which is why he knows that Soji's nightly calls to her mother lasts exactly 70 seconds ''every single time''. The Zhal Makh meditation chamber is under surveillance.
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* BigBrotherIsWatching: As Narek explains to Soji, the [[SecretPolice Tal Shiar]] routinely monitors all incoming and outgoing transmissions on any Romulan facility, including the Romulan Reclamation Site. The system automatically flags any anomalies, which is why he knows that Soji's nightly calls to her mother lasts last exactly 70 seconds ''every single time''. The Zhal Makh meditation chamber is also under surveillance.
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** Jurati covers up Maddox's murder by claiming his death was due to the injuries he had sustained on Freecloud.
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** Jurati covers up Maddox's murder by claiming that his death was due to the injuries that he had sustained on Freecloud.
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** Narek's puzzle box reveals a poison gas generator, similar to the thalaron radiation generator [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Shinzon used to assassinate the Romulan Senate]]. Narek even says the gas is radioactive.
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** Narek's puzzle box reveals a poison gas generator, similar to the thalaron radiation generator [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Shinzon used to assassinate the Romulan Senate]]. Narek even says that the gas is radioactive.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Elnor and Hugh preparing to take on a contingent of Romulan guards while the door to the queencell closes behind them. When the scene cuts to black, Elnor says, ''"Please my friends, choose to live."''
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Elnor and Hugh preparing to take on a contingent of Romulan guards while the door to the queencell closes behind them. When the scene cuts to black, Elnor says, ''"Please ''"Please, my friends, choose to live."''
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* DeadlyGas: Narek modifies his tan zhekran so that it releases a red, poisonous gas that will kill Soji.
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* DeadlyGas: Narek modifies his tan zhekran so that it releases a red, red poisonous gas that will kill Soji.
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** Picard referring to the former Borg drones as victims and not monsters may as well have been referring to rape survivors, refugees or former child soldiers.
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** Picard referring to the former Borg drones as victims and not monsters may as well have been referring to rape survivors, refugees refugees, or former child soldiers.
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* FakeMemories: Soji realizes something is off with her memories after discovering that all her belongings and photographs are 37 months old.
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* FakeMemories: Soji realizes that something is off with her memories after discovering that all her belongings and photographs are 37 months old.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: {{Defied}}; Narek falls for Soji and tells her his real name (which a Romulan would only disclose to someone they're in in love with), but duty always comes first for a Romulan (especially for a spy), so he still carries out his orders to murder her, and he cries as she pleads for her life.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: {{Defied}}; Narek falls for Soji and tells her his real name (which a Romulan would only disclose to someone that they're in in love with), but duty always comes first for a Romulan (especially for a spy), so he still carries out his orders to murder her, and he cries as she pleads for her life.
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* {{Irony}}: The plot in "Prime Factors" centred around the Sikarians refusing to let the crew of ''Voyager'' use their spatial trajector technology. Turns out the Borg [[AppealToForce just went ahead and took it]].
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* {{Irony}}: The plot in "Prime Factors" centred around the Sikarians refusing to let the crew of ''Voyager'' use their spatial trajector technology. Turns out that the Borg [[AppealToForce just went ahead and took it]].
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* LastKiss: Narek knows that the kiss he gives to Soji in the Zhal Makh meditation chamber will be the final one they share because he's determined to follow his orders to execute her despite his romantic feelings.
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* LastKiss: Narek knows that the kiss he gives to Soji in the Zhal Makh meditation chamber will be the final one that they share share, because he's determined to follow his orders to execute her despite his romantic feelings.
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** Soji still has the cuddle toy she had as a child (although that's fake as well).
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** Soji still has the cuddle toy that she had as a child (although that's fake as well).
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* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: Contrary to the claim of a Romulan thug in "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", Elnor proves that a tan qalanq is indeed a match for an energy weapon in the hands of a MasterSwordsman because he slays three Romulan soldiers armed with disruptors in a few seconds with only his sword. He moves and reacts more swiftly than his foes, so they're dead before they can fire a single shot.
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* NeverBringAGunToAKnifeFight: Contrary to the claim of a Romulan thug in "[[Recap/StarTrekPicardS1E04AbsoluteCandor Absolute Candor]]", Elnor proves that a tan qalanq is indeed a match for an energy weapon in the hands of a MasterSwordsman MasterSwordsman, because he slays three Romulan soldiers armed with disruptors in a few seconds with only his sword. He moves and reacts more swiftly than his foes, so they're dead before they can fire a single shot.
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* RansackedRoom: Picard and Hugh find Soji's room like this; it's a variation where the person who owns the room is doing the ransacking, as she keeps scanning all her personal items and discovers they're all the same age.
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* RansackedRoom: Picard and Hugh find Soji's room like this; it's a variation where the person who owns the room is doing the ransacking, as she keeps scanning all her personal items and discovers that they're all the same age.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Raffi secures diplomatic credentials for Picard to visit the Romulan Reclamation Site by contacting a Starfleet captain and flat out telling her that Picard will arrive at the Artifact in three hours no matter what, meaning that if she doesn't fork up the credentials, the incident might start a war between the Romulan Free State and the Federation.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Raffi secures diplomatic credentials for Picard to visit the Romulan Reclamation Site by contacting a Starfleet captain and flat out flat-out telling her that Picard will arrive at the Artifact in three hours no matter what, meaning that if she doesn't fork up the credentials, the incident might start a war between the Romulan Free State and the Federation.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: While talking to her friend Emmy, Raffi drops some casual insults regarding Picard who's sitting just off to the side out of viewscreen range.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: While talking to her friend Emmy, Raffi drops some casual insults regarding Picard Picard, who's sitting just off to the side out of viewscreen range.
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* RoboCam: [[https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1234274723241943042 There is a shot of Hugh's point of view,]] and the Borg technology that is still embedded within him can analyze life forms, objects and the surrounding environment more accurately than human or Romulan eyes can. For instance, he can see Borg {{Holographic Terminal}}s on the Artifact that are invisible to everyone else who doesn't have a Borg ocular implant.
* SarcasmMode: Rios doesn't have much faith in Picard's ability slip past the ''massive'' security at the Romulan Reclamation Site and not get killed in the process.
* SarcasmMode: Rios doesn't have much faith in Picard's ability slip past the ''massive'' security at the Romulan Reclamation Site and not get killed in the process.
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* RoboCam: [[https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1234274723241943042 There is a shot of Hugh's point of view,]] and the Borg technology that is still embedded within him can analyze life forms, objects objects, and the surrounding environment more accurately than human or Romulan eyes can. For instance, he can see Borg {{Holographic Terminal}}s on the Artifact that are invisible to everyone else who doesn't have a Borg ocular implant.
* SarcasmMode: Rios doesn't have much faith in Picard's ability to slip past the ''massive'' security at the Romulan Reclamation Site and not get killed in the process.
* SarcasmMode: Rios doesn't have much faith in Picard's ability to slip past the ''massive'' security at the Romulan Reclamation Site and not get killed in the process.
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* SexForSolace: After murdering Maddox, Jurati sleeps with Rios, although he naturally thinks it's because she's upset about his death.
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* SexForSolace: After murdering Maddox, Jurati sleeps with Rios, although he naturally thinks that it's just because she's upset about his death.
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* StealthExpert: The Romulan guards don't notice at all that Elnor is on the ceiling above them until he leaps down and lands just behind them, taking them by surprise. He carves up all three of them with his tan qalanq before they can fire single shot from their disruptors.
* StunnedSilence: Picard, Soji and Hugh are dead quiet for a few moments after Elnor saves them from three Romulan soldiers, whom he butchers with his sword, which causes his victims to unleash a fair amount of arterial spray.
* StunnedSilence: Picard, Soji and Hugh are dead quiet for a few moments after Elnor saves them from three Romulan soldiers, whom he butchers with his sword, which causes his victims to unleash a fair amount of arterial spray.
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* StealthExpert: The Romulan guards don't notice at all that Elnor is on the ceiling above them until he leaps down and lands just behind them, taking them by surprise. He carves up all three of them with his tan qalanq before they can fire a single shot from their disruptors.
* StunnedSilence: Picard,Soji Soji, and Hugh are dead quiet for a few moments after Elnor saves them from three Romulan soldiers, whom he butchers with his sword, which causes his victims to unleash a fair amount of arterial spray.
* StunnedSilence: Picard,
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* TechnicolorToxin: The DeadlyGas Narek has chosen to kill Soji with is red.
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* TechnicolorToxin: The DeadlyGas that Narek has chosen to kill Soji with is red.
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* TraumaButton: For Picard, the bad memories start coming back ''en route'' to the Artifact, making him increasingly agitated and snappish. Then he sees a picture of himself as Locutus, leaving him [[StunnedSilence stunned speechless]] and instinctively touching his face where there used to be lots of Borg components. Things go way downhill for him after he beams onto the Artifact, and his mind is assaulted with flashbacks of his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* TraumaButton: For Picard, the bad memories start coming back ''en route'' to the Artifact, making him increasingly agitated and snappish. Then he sees a picture of himself as Locutus, leaving him [[StunnedSilence stunned speechless]] and instinctively touching his face where there used to be lots of Borg components. Things go way downhill for him after he beams onto the Artifact, Artifact and his mind is assaulted with flashbacks of his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: A Romulan subcommander tries to stop Narek from taking Soji into the meditation chamber for xenophobic reasons, and Narek threatens to arrange for his demotion if he doesn't stand aside. Turns out the subcommander is a Tal Shiar operative and this exchange was arranged so that Soji won't realize she's being LuredIntoATrap.
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* WeDoNotKnowEachOther: A Romulan subcommander tries to stop Narek from taking Soji into the meditation chamber for xenophobic reasons, and Narek threatens to arrange for his demotion if he doesn't stand aside. Turns out that the subcommander is a Tal Shiar operative operative, and this the exchange was arranged so that Soji won't realize that she's being LuredIntoATrap.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Narek gains information from Soji about her homeworld, he locks her inside a room and tries to kill her with his puzzle box, in which he had placed a tiny canister that emits a poisonous, radioactive gas. Fortunately for Soji, her android strength activates and she escapes by punching her way through the floor.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Narek gains information from Soji about her homeworld, he locks her inside a room and tries to kill her with his puzzle box, in which he had placed a tiny canister that emits a poisonous, poisonous radioactive gas. Fortunately for Soji, her android strength activates and she escapes by punching her way through the floor.
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* NotSoDifferent: Hugh doesn't see much of a distinction between the Borg Queen and the Romulans in terms of how the (ex-)drones are treated.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Hugh doesn't see much of a distinction between the Borg Queen and the Romulans in terms of how the (ex-)drones are treated.
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* RealityEnsues: Even after more than thirty years, Picard is still haunted by his assimilation, further driving home the rape metaphor.
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The diplomatic credentials Raffi's friend manage to wrangle up will only cover Picard, who is being sent as an envoy to the Borg Reclamation Project. Picard must go in alone, little though he cares to; he gives explicit orders to Elnor to stay behind. Once aboard the Artifact, {{flashback}}s to his time in the Collective assail him, and he's caught between rampaging Borg drones on one hand and [[NoOSHACompliance a bottomless drop]] on the other... until a voice rings out: "They don't want you to fall!" It's Director Hugh. The two old friends embrace, and Hugh agrees to bring Picard to Soji.
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The diplomatic credentials Raffi's friend manage to wrangle up will only cover Picard, who is being sent as an envoy to the Borg Reclamation Project. Picard must go in alone, little though he cares to; he gives explicit orders to Elnor to stay behind. Once aboard the Artifact, {{flashback}}s to his time in the Collective assail him, and he's caught between rampaging Borg drones on one hand and [[NoOSHACompliance a bottomless drop]] on the other... until a voice rings out: "They don't want you to fall!" It's Director Hugh.Hugh, and the Borg drones are actually xBs who just saved Picard from a very nasty fall. The two old friends embrace, and Hugh agrees to bring Picard to Soji.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: {{Defied}}; Narek falls for Soji and tells her his real name (which a Romulan would only disclose to someone they're in in love with), but duty always comes first for a Romulan (especially for a spy), so he still carries out his orders to murder her, and he cries as she pleads for her life.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: {{Defied}}; Narek falls for Soji and tells her his real name (which a Romulan would only disclose to someone they're in in love with), but duty always comes first for a Romulan (especially for a spy), so he still carries out his orders to murder her, and he cries as she pleads for her life.
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* InternalReveal: Raffi tells Rios about her son and his family.
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* KissOfDeath: Narek imparts the symbolic variation to Soji when he kisses her because his plan is to murder her soon after.
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** Soji keeps her photos in an ''[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E5OnceUponATime Adventures of Flotter]]'' lunch box, a children's holo-program that Naomi Wildman liked.
** Narek's puzzle box reveals a poison gas generator, similar to the thalaron radiation generator [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Shinzon used to assassinate the Romulan Senate]]. Narek even says the gas is radioactive.
** Picard sees the queencell, a chamber from which the Borg Queen controls a Borg vessel.
** Narek's puzzle box reveals a poison gas generator, similar to the thalaron radiation generator [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Shinzon used to assassinate the Romulan Senate]]. Narek even says the gas is radioactive.
** Picard sees the queencell, a chamber from which the Borg Queen controls a Borg vessel.
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** Also from ''Voyager'', Soji keeps her photos in an ''[[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS5E5OnceUponATime Adventures of Flotter]]'' lunch box.
** Narek's puzzle box reveals a poison gas generator, similar to the thalaron radiation generator [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Shinzon used to assassinate the Romulan Senate]]. Narek even says the gas is radioactive.
** Picard sees the queencell, a chamber from which the Borg Queen controls a Borg vessel.
** Narek's puzzle box reveals a poison gas generator, similar to the thalaron radiation generator [[Film/StarTrekNemesis Shinzon used to assassinate the Romulan Senate]]. Narek even says the gas is radioactive.
** Picard sees the queencell, a chamber from which the Borg Queen controls a Borg vessel.
* LensFlare: When Rios and Jurati talk because they can't sleep, the glow of the ship's engines behind them sometimes creates flares on the lens depending on the camera angle.
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* NoTimeToExplain: When Hugh asks Picard to elaborate on what Soji really is, the latter insists that there's no time.
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* NoTimeToExplain: When Hugh asks Picard to elaborate on what Soji really is, the latter insists that there's no time.time because it's urgent that they locate her first.
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* TechnicolorToxin: The DeadlyGas Narek has chosen to kill Soji with is red.
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* LastKiss: Narek knows that the kiss he gives to Soji in the Zhal Makh meditation chamber will be the final one they share because he's determined to follow his orders to execute her despite his romantic feelings.
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* FakeMemories: Soji realizes something is off with her memories after finding all her belongings and pictures are 37 months old.
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* FakeMemories: Soji realizes something is off with her memories after finding discovering that all her belongings and pictures photographs are 37 months old.
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* JustAMachine: Narissa contemptuously refers to Soji as merely being this, when chiding him over his affections for her. This is presumably the general Zhat Vash opinion on synthetics.
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* JustAMachine: Narissa contemptuously refers to Soji as merely being this, this when chiding him Narek over his affections for her. This is presumably the general Zhat Vash opinion on synthetics.
* RecurringDreams: After Soji abruptly wakes up and startles Narek in bed, she apologizes to him and explains that she had a weird dream, and that she keeps having it.
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-->'''Rios''': In a few hours, we'll be crossing out of the old neutral zone and into Romulan space... which puts us in breach of galactic treaty. But I'm fine with that because I know that you have a plan for how to access a restricted Romulan research facility on a Borg Cube crawling with Tal Shiar, without authorization. Also without dying.
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-->'''Rios''': In a few hours, we'll be crossing out of the old neutral zone and into Romulan space... which puts us in breach of galactic treaty. But I'm fine with that because I know that you have a plan for how to access a restricted Romulan research facility on a Borg Cube crawling with Tal Shiar, without authorization. Also Also, without dying.
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* MeaningfulLook: Rios and Jurati glance at each other because they had slept together the night before, but they're not subtle about it because Elnor immediately notices their shared gaze and remarks, "The obvious tension between you makes me uneasy."
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* WalkAndTalk:
** Narek and Soji discuss her nightly calls to her mother as they're walking in a large hallway on the Artifact.
** While having a conversation about how unpleasant it is to be on a Borg Cube again, Hugh guides Picard through the maze-like corridors that are part of the Borg Reclamation Project.
** Narek and Soji discuss her nightly calls to her mother as they're walking in a large hallway on the Artifact.
** While having a conversation about how unpleasant it is to be on a Borg Cube again, Hugh guides Picard through the maze-like corridors that are part of the Borg Reclamation Project.
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* SarcasmMode: Rios doesn't have much faith in Picard's ability slip past the ''massive'' security at the Romulan Reclamation Site and not get killed in the process.
-->'''Rios''': In a few hours, we'll be crossing out of the old neutral zone and into Romulan space... which puts us in breach of galactic treaty. But I'm fine with that because I know that you have a plan for how to access a restricted Romulan research facility on a Borg Cube crawling with Tal Shiar, without authorization. Also without dying.
-->'''Rios''': In a few hours, we'll be crossing out of the old neutral zone and into Romulan space... which puts us in breach of galactic treaty. But I'm fine with that because I know that you have a plan for how to access a restricted Romulan research facility on a Borg Cube crawling with Tal Shiar, without authorization. Also without dying.
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* ReleasingFromThePromise: Subverted; Picard wants Elnor to accompany him and escape the Artifact by stepping through the Sikarian spatial projector, so the former releases the latter from his qalankhkai pledge to [[TheChampion protect Picard with his life]]. However, Elnor declines to be released and resolves to stay behind so that the Romulans cannot trace where Picard and Soji have gone.
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* BlatantLies: Jurati covers up Maddox's murder by claiming his death was due to his injuries.
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** Jurati covers up Maddox's murder by claiming his death was due to the injuries he had sustained on Freecloud.
** After Narek sighs in frustration during their WalkAndTalk, Soji asks him, "What's wrong?", and hisinjuries.false reply is, "Nothing." She doesn't buy it and follows up with, "Narek, what is it?"
** Jurati covers up Maddox's murder by claiming his death was due to the injuries he had sustained on Freecloud.
** After Narek sighs in frustration during their WalkAndTalk, Soji asks him, "What's wrong?", and his
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** Soji can dream [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E15Birthright just like Data]]. As with Data the dreams are not a glitch but serve an important purpose.
** Picard's past as Locutus is brought up. Understandably, he suffers flashbacks after entering the Artifact. Picard is seen reviewing images from "Best of Both Worlds", and one of Hugh when he was still a drone from "I, Borg".
** Picard's past as Locutus is brought up. Understandably, he suffers flashbacks after entering the Artifact. Picard is seen reviewing images from "Best of Both Worlds", and one of Hugh when he was still a drone from "I, Borg".
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** Soji can dream [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E15Birthright just like Data]]. As with Data Data, the dreams are not a glitch glitch, but serve an important purpose.
** Picard's past as Locutus is brought up. Understandably, he suffers flashbacks after entering the Artifact. Picard is seen reviewing images from"Best "The Best of Both Worlds", and one of another picture features Hugh when he was still a drone from in "I, Borg".
** Picard's past as Locutus is brought up. Understandably, he suffers flashbacks after entering the Artifact. Picard is seen reviewing images from
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** Picard sees the queen's chamber, where the Borg Queen once resided
* CharacterDevelopment: The interaction between Captain Picard and Hugh wasn't particularly friendly in the past (Hugh had befriended Geordi [=LaForge=] instead), but in this episode, they are shown to be genuine friends.
* CharacterDevelopment: The interaction between Captain Picard and Hugh wasn't particularly friendly in the past (Hugh had befriended Geordi [=LaForge=] instead), but in this episode, they are shown to be genuine friends.
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* CharacterDevelopment: The interaction between Captain Picard and Hugh wasn't particularly friendly in the past (Hugh had befriended Geordi[=LaForge=] La Forge instead), but in this episode, they are shown to be genuine friends.
* CharacterDevelopment: The interaction between Captain Picard and Hugh wasn't particularly friendly in the past (Hugh had befriended Geordi
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* RefugeInAudacity: Raffi secures diplomatic credentials for Picard to visit the Artifact by contacting a Starfleet captain and flat out telling her that Picard will arrive at the Artifact in three hours no matter what, meaning that if she doesn't fork up the credentials, the incident might start a war between the Romulan Free State and the Federation.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Raffi secures diplomatic credentials for Picard to visit the Artifact Romulan Reclamation Site by contacting a Starfleet captain and flat out telling her that Picard will arrive at the Artifact in three hours no matter what, meaning that if she doesn't fork up the credentials, the incident might start a war between the Romulan Free State and the Federation.
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* TraumaButton: For Picard, the bad memories start coming back ''en route'' to the Artifact, making him increasingly agitated and snappish. Then he sees a picture of himself as Locutus, leaving him [[StunnedSilence stunned speechless]] and instinctively touching his face where there used to be lots of Borg stuff. Things go way downhill for him when he then beams onto the Artifact, and his mind is assaulted with flashbacks to his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* TraumaButton: For Picard, the bad memories start coming back ''en route'' to the Artifact, making him increasingly agitated and snappish. Then he sees a picture of himself as Locutus, leaving him [[StunnedSilence stunned speechless]] and instinctively touching his face where there used to be lots of Borg stuff. components. Things go way downhill for him when after he then beams onto the Artifact, and his mind is assaulted with flashbacks to of his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* SinisterSurveillance: Narissa can see and hear everything that goes on in the Zhal Makh meditation chamber while Narek guides Soji during a session.
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* SinisterSurveillance: While standing in a different room with a HolographicTerminal, Narissa can see and hear everything that goes on in the Zhal Makh meditation chamber while Narek guides Soji during a session.
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* SinisterSurveillance: Narissa can see and hear everything that goes on in the Zhal Makh meditation chamber while Narek guides Soji during a session.
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* InformedAttractiveness: Hugh describes Narek as a "dashing young Romulan spy."
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[MemeticMutation Rehughnion.]]]]
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* InstantDeathStab: The lives of three Romulan guards come to an abrupt end the moment they meet Elnor's blade, which includes at least two slit throats and flying arterial spray.
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* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Narek taps his earpiece twice as he warns the Romulan Reclamation Site's head of security that [[YouAreNumberSix Employee badge 74983 stroke 2]] is extremely dangerous after Soji escapes from the Zhal Makh meditation chamber.
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* YouAreNumberSix: Soji's numerical designation at the Romulan Reclamation Site is Employee badge 74983 stroke 2, and Narek identifies her as such when he notifies the security chief that she's hostile.
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* FellAsleepCrying: Raffi has a tear streaming from the side of her right eye when Rios tucks her into bed, and she dozes off soon afterwards.
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* PoisonIsEvil: Narek subjects Soji to a slow and painful death by exposing her to a toxic gas. What makes his action even more disturbing and reprehensible is that he's InLoveWithTheMark, yet he would still kill his beloved in this manner.
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* PoisonIsEvil: Narek subjects Soji to a slow and painful death by exposing her to a toxic gas. What makes his action even more disturbing and reprehensible is that he's InLoveWithTheMark, yet he would still kill his beloved in this manner.fashion.
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* RoboCam: [[https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1234274723241943042 There is a shot of Hugh's point of view,]] and the Borg technology that is still embedded within him can analyze life forms, objects and the surrounding environment more accurately than human or Romulan eyes can. For instance, he can see Borg {{Holographic Terminal}}s on the Artifact that are invisible to everyone else who doesn't have a Borg ocular implant.
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* TraumaButton: For Picard, the bad memories start coming back ''en route'' to the Artifact, making him increasingly agitated and snappish. Then he sees a picture of himself as Locutus, leaving him StunnedSpeechless and instinctively touching his face where there used to be lots of Borg stuff. Things go way downhill for him when he then beams onto the Artifact, and his mind is assaulted with flashbacks to his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* TraumaButton: For Picard, the bad memories start coming back ''en route'' to the Artifact, making him increasingly agitated and snappish. Then he sees a picture of himself as Locutus, leaving him StunnedSpeechless [[StunnedSilence stunned speechless]] and instinctively touching his face where there used to be lots of Borg stuff. Things go way downhill for him when he then beams onto the Artifact, and his mind is assaulted with flashbacks to his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* TraumaButton: As soon as Picard beams onto the Artifact, his mind is assaulted with flashbacks to his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* TraumaButton: As soon For Picard, the bad memories start coming back ''en route'' to the Artifact, making him increasingly agitated and snappish. Then he sees a picture of himself as Picard Locutus, leaving him StunnedSpeechless and instinctively touching his face where there used to be lots of Borg stuff. Things go way downhill for him when he then beams onto the Artifact, and his mind is assaulted with flashbacks to his time as Locutus. At one point, he can barely stand and would've fallen into a chasm if he wasn't grabbed by two xBs.
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* CivilizationDestroyer: Picard invokes this when he furiously disputes Jurati's suggestion that the Romulan-controlled Borg on the Artifact may be different.
-->'''Picard''': ''(outraged)'' Change? The Borg? They coolly assimilate entire civilizations, entire ''systems''! In a matter of hours! They don't change! They metastasize.
-->'''Picard''': ''(outraged)'' Change? The Borg? They coolly assimilate entire civilizations, entire ''systems''! In a matter of hours! They don't change! They metastasize.
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