Before Dishonor


 * See also Death Before Dishonor, a comic, and later title of a comic collection containing that comic which was also written by Peter David.

Introduction (blurb)
An enemy so intractable that it cannot be reasoned with. The entire race thinks with one mind and strives toward one purpose: to add our biological distinctiveness to their own and wipe out individuality, to make every living thing Borg.

In over two centuries, the Federation has never encountered a greater threat. Twice Starfleet assembled and threw countless starships to stand against them. The Borg were stopped, the price paid in blood. Humanity breathed a sigh of relief, assuming it was safe. And with the destruction of the transwarp conduits, the Federation believed that the killing blow had finally been struck against the Borg.

Driven to the point of extinction, the Borg continue to fight for their very existence, for their culture. They will not be denied. They must not be stopped. The old rules and assumptions regarding how the Collective should act have been dismissed. Now the Borg kill first, assimilate later.

When the Enterprise manages to thwart them once again, the Borg turn inward. The dark places that even the drones never realized existed are turned outward against the enemy they have never been able to defeat. What is revealed is the thing that no one believed the Borg could do.

Regulars

 * Jean-Luc Picard
 * Worf
 * Beverly Crusher
 * Joanna Faur
 * Miranda Kadohata
 * Geordi La Forge
 * Zelik Leybenzon
 * T'Lana

Others

 * Reannon Bonaventure
 * Andy Brevoort
 * Mackenzie Calhoun
 * Delcara
 * Kathryn Janeway
 * Tom Schmidt
 * Seven of Nine
 * Mark Wacker
 * Perrin
 * Spock
 * Howard Rappaport
 * Lady Q
 * Baxter
 * Edward Jellico
 * Antin Vargo
 * Matsuda
 * Soco

Ships
Borg cube • Chawla • USS Einstein • USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) • USS Excalibur (NCC-26517-A)  • USS Freedom (prototype) • USS Nautilus (Akira class) • "Pride" • USS Thunderchild  • Spinrad • USS Titan (NCC-80102) • USS Voyager

Locations

 * Pluto
 * Q Continuum
 * Earth
 * San Francisco
 * Titan
 * Saturn
 * Sector 10
 * Vulcan

Species

 * Human
 * Borg
 * Vulcan
 * Romulan
 * Klingon

States and Organizations

 * United Federation of Planets
 * Starfleet
 * Borg Collective
 * Sarek School of Diplomacy and Ambassadorial Studies
 * Starfleet Academy

People Referenced

 * James T. Kirk
 * Q
 * q
 * God
 * Sarek
 * Deanna Troi
 * William Riker

Other

 * Bendii Syndrome
 * Cloaking device

Information

 * The working title for this novel was "Excessum Rector" which could be translated to "The Queen is Dead".
 * An excerpt from this novel was published in issue 134 of the Star Trek Magazine, and in the back of the novels Resistance and Q&A.