Stardate: 43989.1 When Borg "footprints" are found on a alien planet, Starfleet sends Borg expert, Lt. Cmdr. Elizabeth Shelby, to assist them. However, upon contact, the Borg are able to kidnap Picard and assimilate him.

Hoffs, Hanson and Penhall find themselves at the mercy of a defiant gang when all of them become trapped inside a school with out power.