Hugh (Star Trek) 4476029 188461842 2008-02-01T21:22:49Z 68.98.207.31 {{Mergeto|List of Star Trek characters: G-M|date=December 2007}} <!-- Commented out because image was deleted: [[Image:3rdof5Hugh.jpg|right|thumb|Jonathan del Arco as Hugh, the Borg drone]] --> In the fictional [[Star Trek]] universe, '''Hugh''', otherwise known as '''Third of Five''', is a [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] that appeared in [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]] episodes ''[[I, Borg]]'' and ''[[Descent (TNG episode)|Descent]]''. He was portrayed by [[Jonathan del Arco]]. Third of Five was a young Borg that was sent on a mission in the [[Argolis Cluster]]. His ship crash landed in 2368, leaving him the sole, wounded survivor of the five-borg crew. The ''USS Enterprise-D'' arrived soon after and hesitantly brought him aboard for medical treatment. He was put into the [[brig]] and remained there, save for occasional interrogation and examination sessions. ''Enterprise'' crewmembers considered the idea of sending Hugh back to the collective with a virus that would destroy it (the virus was actually an [[impossible object]] that would, upon Hugh's reassimilation, spread throughout the collective and cause massive system failure), but ultimately abandoned the plan, not willing to use him as a living weapon of mass destruction. Interactions with [[Guinan]] and [[Geordi La Forge]] brought him to the realization that resistance is ''not'' futile and that individuality is to be appreciated. Hugh was offered the choice of staying on the Enterprise or being returned to the collective but, in the interests of his new friends' safety, he asked to be reintegrated with the Borg at the site of his vessel's crash. He was reassimilated into the collective, but apparently retained enough individuality to fleetingly acknowledge La Forge before departure. Several years later, Hugh reemerged as a member of a band of renegade Borg, one of the first indications within Star Trek of fractures within the Borg [[collective]]. He and his band were in opposition to the band led by [[Lore (Star Trek)|Lore]], and he was instrumental in Lore's removal from power and eventual deactivation. ==Appearances== *[[I, Borg]] *[[Descent (TNG episode)|Descent]] ==External links== {{memoryalpha|Hugh}} {{StarTrek-char-stub}} [[Category:Fictional cyborgs]] [[Category:Star Trek: The Next Generation characters]] [[ja:ブルー (スタートレック)]]