Star Trek: Borg is an interactive movie PC game and audiobook set in the Star Trek universe. It was written by Hilary Bader, directed by James L. Conway, and featured an original score by Dennis McCarthy. It was released in 1996 by Simon & Schuster for PC and Macintosh. Plot and gameplay In the midst of a Borg invasion ten years after the Battle of Wolf 359, Starfleet Cadet Qaylan Furlong is given an opportunity by Q (John de Lancie) to go back in time and prevent his father's death in the historic battle. Q sends Qaylan to the USS Righteous, an Excelsior-class ship on which his father is serving, just before the Battle of Wolf 359. Originally, the ship's security officer Coris Sprint was killed by a Borg intruder over four hours before the battle. Q gives Qaylan control of Sprint's body at this point, allowing him to change history. Since Sprint is Bijani (a heretofore unseen alien race) he has the ability to go into a "Bijani Pain Trance" which allows him to complete jobs even when feeling immense pain. This plot device later becomes an important part of the story. Meanwhile, Q takes over the role of Dr. Thaddeus Quint, whose personality is similar to Q's. At several points throughout the game, the player (Qaylan) is given multiple choices about what actions should be taken in various situations. Each action has a correct choice and several wrong choices. If the wrong choice is made the game either ends (e.g., ship destruction), or is re-routed back to the choice point (e.g., told to try again). In cases where the game ends, Q will reset time and allow the player to try again. It is often necessary to fail (and die) in order to gain information and then utilize Q's power to "reset" time to put that information to use. If the player makes too many mistakes, however, Q becomes bored and the game ends. Production The script for the game was written by Hilary J. Bader; Bader began as Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) season 3 writing intern, and also wrote the TNG episodes "The Loss", "Hero Worship", and "Dark Page" (3 total for TNG). Bader went on to write for many children's cartoon shows and comic books, and also wrote for the computer game Star Trek: Klingon. The live action segments of Star Trek: Borg were