"Descent" is a two-part TNG episode and novelization.
Description[]
The Borg are back -- and nastier than ever. No longer mindless, inhuman drones but cyborg soldiers on a mission to assimilate all intelligent life, their new goal is the complete destruction of the Federation. And in the midst of facing the Borg again, Captain Picard learns that he may be the cause of the change.
Commander Data is changing as well. For the first time in his life, Data feels a genuine emotion -- and that emotion is deadly, destructive rage. When it is revealed that the Borg are commanded by an old enemy out of Data's past, Data must choose between his allegiance tot he Federation and the one thing he wants above all else...
References[]
Characters[]
Part I characters[]
- Bosus • Corelki • Crosis • Beverly Crusher • Data • Albert Einstein (hologram) • Franklin • Garvey • Gates • Stephen Hawking (hologram) • Hugh • Jae • Kellogg • Geordi La Forge • Lore • Alynna Nechayev • Isaac Newton (hologram) • Jean-Luc Picard • William T. Riker • Dennis Russell • Tayar • Torsus • Towles • Deanna Troi • Darien Wallace • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Brooks • Locutus • Noonien Soong
Part II characters[]
- Armstrong • Albert Barnaby • Crosis • Beverly Crusher • Data • Gates • Goval • Hugh • Jae • Geordi La Forge • Lore • Morik • Jean-Luc Picard • Andrew Powell • William T. Riker • Dennis Russell • Salazar • Spot • Zandra Taitt • Deanna Troi • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Noonien Soong
Novelization characters[]
- Albert Barnaby • Corelki • Crosis • Beverly Crusher • Data • Albert Einstein (hologram) • Goval • Harlock • Stephen Hawking (hologram) • Hugh • Kalin • Geordi La Forge • Lore • Alynna Nechayev • Isaac Newton (hologram) • Jean-Luc Picard • Andrew Powell • Remmis • William T. Riker • Salazar • Solario • Spot • Zandra Taitt • Torsus • Towles • Deanna Troi • Trossin • Darien Wallace • Worf, son of Mogh
- Referenced only
- Brooks • Nicolaus Copernicus • Galileo Galilei • Adolf Hitler • Johannes Kepler • Locutus • Michelangelo • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • H. G. Wells
Starships and vehicles[]
- Soong (Borg Type 03) • USS Enterprise-D (Galaxy-class) • El-Baz (Type-15 shuttlepod) • USS Gorkon (Excelsior-class) • USS Saladin (Nebula-class)
- Referenced only
- USS Agamemnon • USS Crazy Horse
Locations[]
- Referenced only
- Devala Lake • Finala • Mercury • New Berlin colony • Starbase 295
Races and cultures[]
States and organizations[]
- Referenced only
- Borg Collective • Cambridge University • English Parliament
Other references[]
- acting captain • admiral • Amish • android • assimilation • atmosphere • brain • British • captain • carrier wave • cochrane • combadge • cyborg • EM field • emotion chip • ensign • ethical program • flux inhibitor • German • heart • holodeck • hologram • inertial damper • kedion • kilometer • log • metaphasic shielding • meter • Negro • neural net • phaser • phaser rifle • photon torpedo • poker • positronic matrix • robot • sailing • shield • sublight • swimming • star • tachyon • torpedo • transporter • transwarp • transwarp conduit • tricorder • ventricle • VISOR • warp nacelle
Appendices[]
Related media[]
- DS9 novel: Avatar, Book One - While experiencing flashbacks induced by the Orb of Memory Data recalls deactivating Lore, from this episode.
- The novel Greater Than the Sum and the Strange New Worlds II short story "Seventh Heaven" feature Hugh after the events of this episode.
Images[]
Novelization images[]
Cover image.
Cover art.
German language edition cover image.
German language re-issue edition cover image.
Data.
Hugh.
Episode images[]
Connections[]
Timeline[]
| published order | ||
|---|---|---|
| Previous episode: Timescape |
TNG episode produced | Next episode: Liaisons |
| Previous episode: Timescape |
TNG episode aired | Next episode: Liaisons |
| Previous novelization: Relics |
TNG novelizations | Next novelization: All Good Things... |
| chronological order | ||
| Previous Adventure: The Farewell Gift |
Next Adventure: In the Hands of the Prophets | |
| Previous Adventure: The Farewell Gift |
Voyages of the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) |
Next Adventure: Engines of Destiny |
Translations[]
- 1996
- German : Abstieg, translated by Andreas Brandhorst. (Heyne)
External links[]
- "Descent" article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Descent, Part II article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Descent novelization article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.