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title = "Star Trek: Voyager 06x02 Survival Instinct"
author = ["Michał Sapka"]
date = 2024-10-05T09:27:00+02:00
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Voyager docks at Markonian Outpost Space Station, a place welcoming everyone and every idea.
Seven finds, among those people, three of her old acquaintances.
## Impressions {#impressions}
At first, I was expecting _Star Trek_ to continue ripping of _Babylon 5_, since they haven't finished the job with _DS9_.
Luckily, the episode quickly went its own way.
Seven's relation to Borg is one of the main returning plots, but very rarely we hear about the experiences of other ex-drones.
It's even rarer to see it done well.
_TNG_ tried it with Third of Nine, but let's face it - authors were still learning how to handle such subjects.
Their skills had yet to reach the level of their ambition.
We meet three other ex-drones from Seven's Unimatrix.
Their disconnect from the Collective was done much less effectively than what the Doctor has done to Seven.
They were disconnected from other drones, but not from themselves.
It's an interesting idea.
We've got three individuals who are forced to live like Drones, since all their thoughts are transmitted between them.
What I didn't like was the other aspect of their story.
We are learning about a mission of this Unimatrix, where most of the drones started developing individuality.
There is a mystery, as all they remember is waking on the Borg Ship after being _individuals_ for a brief moment, but no one knows why.
Finally, we learn it was Seven acting in the best interest of the Collective.
She acted against their Unimatrix, but this is not developed enough.
We learn it, everyone is angry at her, but that's all.
What **is** interesting is the stark contrast with last episode: she forgives Doctor for torturing her, they never forgive her.
They are far more developed as individual persons (despite the link), and this is what allowed them to feel hate.
All in all, another good episode but it lacks something _extra_, to make it great.
And Naomi is always welcome!
> Survival is insufficient
>
> --- Seven of Nine
## Doctor Factor {#doctor-factor}
Unsatisfactory.
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