Braga and Moore intended the film to be easily accessible to any moviegoer and work as a stand-alone story, yet still satisfy the devoted Star Trek fans. Since much of Picard's role made a direct reference to his time as a Borg in The Next Generation episodes "The Best of Both Worlds", the opening dream sequence was added to explain what happened to him in the show. The pair discarded an opening which would have established what the main characters had been doing since the last film in favor of quickly setting the story. While the writers tried to preserve the idea of the Borg as a mindless collective in the original draft, Paramount head Jonathan Dolgen felt that the script was not dramatic enough. He suggested adding an individual Borg villain with whom the characters could interact, which led to the creation of the Borg Queen.
braga and moore intended the film to be easily accessible to any moviegoer and work as a stand-alone story yet still satisfy the devoted star trek fans since much of picard's role made a direct reference to his time as a borg in the next generation episodes "the best of both worlds" the opening dream sequence was added to explain what happened to him in the show the pair discarded an opening which would have established what the main characters had been doing since the last film in favor of quickly setting the story while the writers tried to preserve the idea of the borg as a mindless collective in the original draft paramount head jonathan dolgen felt that the script was not dramatic enough he suggested adding an individual borg villain with whom the characters could interact which led to the creation of the borg queen