A Gathering Darkness

"A Gathering Darkness" is a mission in the Star Trek Online video game. It is the fourth mission of the "Borg Advance" episode.

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Mission text (Federation): <rank>, what do you know about the Borg nanovirus?; The Borg aren't just assimilating individuals anymore. They've found a way to assimilate entire areas. They infect the technology, the water, the flora ... even the air. After that, it's only a matter of time until the entire planet is Borg.; If this process is allowed to continue unchecked, they'll assimilate the entire sector. And from there? They could assimilate the entire Federation.; Starfleet has a team working on a counteragent on Omicron Kappa II. We lost contact with them, and with the entire planet. We fear that the nanovirus escaped confinement and infected the planet.; We need that team and the data they have collected. Our defense plans are useless without them.; I need the <ship name> to the Omicron Kappa system. Find the researchers and bring them back.; I don't need to tell you how dangerous this is, <rank>. Watch your back ... and good luck.

Mission text (Klingon): <rank>, what do you know about the Borg nanovirus?; The Borg aren't just assimilating individuals anymore. They've found a way to assimilate entire areas. They infect the technology, the water, the flora ... even the air. After that, it's only a matter of time until the entire planet is Borg.; If this process is allowed to continue unchecked, they'll assimilate the entire sector. And from there? They could assimilate the entire Federation. And then nothing would stand between the Borg and the Klingon Empire.; Starfleet has a team working on a counteragent on Omicron Kappa II. However, Starfleet has lost contact with the colony there. They fear the nanovirus has escaped and the colony has been assimilated.; We need that team and the data they have collected. Our defense plans are useless without them.; I need the <ship name> to the Omicron Kappa system. Find the researchers and bring them back.; I don't need to tell you how dangerous this is, <rank>. Watch your back ... and Qapla'!

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Cross-faction episodes in Star Trek Online
Spectres	Spectres • Skirmish • Spin the Wheel • What Lies Beneath • Everything Old is New • Night of the Comet
Wasteland	Secrets of Nimbus • The Lost City of Paradise • Blind Men Tell All Tales • The Undying • A Fistful of Gorn • Installation 18
Lost Dominion	Lost Dominion • Second Wave • Of Bajor • Operation Gamma • Facility 4028 • Boldly They Rode
Cold War	Cold War • Cold Call • Out in the Cold • Cold Comfort • Cold Case • Cold Storage
Romulan Mystery	The Vault • Mine Enemy • Frozen • Coliseum • Cutting the Cord • Darkness Before the Dawn
Cardassian Struggle	Lost and Found • Spoils of War • Jabberwocky • The Factory • The New Link • (Venture into Deep Space) • (Badlands) • (Suspect) • (War Games) • (Shutdown) • (Rapier) • (Forging Bonds) • (The Long Night) • (The Tribble with Klingons) • (Tear of the Prophets) • (Crack in the Mirror) • (Seeds of Dissent) • (The Other Side) • (Cage of Fire)
Borg Advance	Task Force Operations • Report on Borg Activities • Where Angels Fear to Tread • A Gathering Darkness • Assimilation • Fluid Dynamics • (Collateral Damage) • (Asset Recovery) • (State of Q) • (The Return) • (A Light in the Dark)
New Romulus	New Romulus Aid • Staging Area • Hidden Camera • Warehouse • Mountain Base • Secret Shuttle Codes • Overgrown Caves • Web Access • Latest Findings • The Power Source • Secrets of the Ancients
Solanae Dyson Sphere	Sphere of Influence • Circles within Circles • Supply Woes • The Contested Zone • The Omega Standoff • Tower Control • A Step Between Stars • Fluidic Destruction • Surface Tension
Delta Quadrant	Escalation • Mindscape • Reunion • Friends in Unlikely Places • Revelations • Enemies in All the Usual Places • All That Glitters • Know Your Enemies • The Kobali Front • Capture the Flag • The Dragon's Deceit • Alliances • Better with Friends • Revolution • Taking Care of Enemies • Takedown • What's Left Behind • Dust to Dust • (With Friends Like These...)
Kobali Crisis Act I	The Cavalry • The Son • The Temple of My People • Data Recovery
Kobali Crisis Act II	Looming Shadows • Hidden Assault • A New Warfare
Kobali Crisis Act III	Breaking the Wall • With Our Last Breath • Our Chance for Peace
Iconian War	Uneasy Allies • Blood of Ancients • Delta Flight • House Pegh • Time in a Bottle • Broken Circle • Butterfly • Midnight
Yesterday's War	Temporal Ambassador • The Once and Future Agent • The Core of the Matter • Vorgon Conclusions • Terminal Expanse • Survivor
Future Proof	Sunrise • Stormbound • Time and Tide • The Temporal Front • Temporal Reckoning • Ragnarok
New Frontiers	Echoes of Light • Of Signs and Portents • Mirrors and Smoke • Brushfire • Beyond the Nexus • Melting Pot • Scylla and Charybdis • The Renegade's Regret
Gamma Quadrant	Storm Clouds Gather • Armistice • The Search • Doomed to Repeat • Quark's Lucky Seven • Tenebris Torquent • Home
Age of Discovery	The Plausibility of the Possible • Impossibility of Reason • Secrets • Downfall
J'Ula's Discovery	Para Pacem • Illusion of Communication • Beneath the Skin • Sentinels • Rescue and Search • Within The Briars • The Ninth Rule • Ruins of Doom • The Measure of Morality (Part 1) • The Measure of Morality (Part 2)
Klingon Civil War	The Centre Cannot Hold • The Khitomer Discord • Partisans • Knowledge is Power • Leap of Faith • Warriors of the Empire • A Day Long Remembered
Terran Gambit	Firewall • Red Shift • Blue Shift • The Calling • Eye of the Storm • The Fujiwhara Effect
Kings & Queens	Wish Upon A Star • Taken By Surprise • Scorpion's Abyss • Situation Under Control
Task Force Operations	Starbase Fleet Defense • Fleet Alert • Fleet Transport Defense • Starbase Incursion • Romulan Imperial Minefield • Crystalline Catastrophe • Colony Invasion • Arena of Sompek • Kobayashi Maru • Infected: The Conduit • Infected: Manus • Cure Applied • Cure Found • Khitomer Vortex • Khitomer in Stasis • Into the Hive • Hive Onslaught • Transdimensional Tactics • Self Destructive Tendencies • Azure Nebula Rescue • Vault: Ensnared • Vault Shuttle Event • Atmosphere Assault • Defend Rh'Ihho Station • Storming the Spire • Breach • Undine Assault • Undine Infiltration • Viscous Cycle • Borg Disconnected • Bug Hunt • Battle of Korfez • Brotherhood of the Sword • Gateway to Gre'thor • Herald Sphere • Forged in Fire • Counterpoint • Days of Doom • Battle of Procyon V • Miner Instabilities • Gravity Kills • Tzenkethi Front • Dranuur Beach Assault • Dranuur Gauntlet • Binary Circuit • Core Assault • Twin Tribulations • Swarm • Battle at the Binary Stars • Best Served Cold • Defense of Starbase One • Mycelial Realm • Operation Riposte • Pahvo Dissension • Peril Over Pahvo • Remain Klingon • To Hell with Honor
Patrols	Blockade Runner • Wanted • Tempting Targets • Aftermath • Unity • Gone Dark • Preying Upon the Weak • Satellite Defense • Showdown • Rescue and Search • Ruins of Doom • Sentinels • The Ninth Rule • Within The Briars • To Die with Honor • Clash Above Ceron • Strike at Seedea • Trouble Over Terrh • Redemption Over Qu'Vat • Jailbreak at Rura Penthe • Jupiter Station Showdown • Khonshu Khaibit • One Night in Bozeman • Skeleton Crew • Witches Brew • (Borg Battlefield Patrol) • (Ocampan Freighter Patrol) • (Sakari System Patrol) • (Trakia System Patrol) • (Shivolia System Patrol) • (Orendal System Patrol) • (Parein System Patrol) • (Nanipia System Patrol) • (Kendren System Patrol) • (Legira System Patrol) • (Rivos System Patrol) • (Hodos System Patrol) • (Ram Izad System Patrol) • (Xiokel System Patrol) • (Wyanti System Patrol) • (Pansarka System Patrol) • (Tekara System Patrol) • (Gerren System Patrol)
Missions in parentheses are no longer available as of the current version of Star Trek Online.