Regeneration (Enterprise)
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{{Infobox Star Trek episode |
name =Regeneration|
image =[[Image:Regeneration (ENT episode).jpg|250px]]<BR />Mysterious cybernetic beings|
series =Enterprise|
ep_num =49|
prod_num =223|
date =[[May 7]], [[2003]]|
writer =[[Mike Sussman]]<BR/>[[Phyllis Strong]]|
director =[[David Livingston]]|
guest =[[Vaughn Armstrong]]<BR/>[[Jim Fitzpatrick]]<BR/>[[Chris Wynne]]<BR/>[[Bonita Friedericy]]<BR/>[[John Short]]<BR/>[[Paul Scott]]|
stardate =Unknown|
year =[[March 1]], 2153|
prev =[[Cogenitor (Enterprise episode)|Cogenitor]]|
next =[[First Flight (Enterprise episode)|First Flight]]
}}
'''"Regeneration"''' is the 48<sup>th</sup> episode of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]''. First broadcast during the show's second season in 2003 it was, in part, a follow-up to the feature film ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]''.
==Plot summary==
In a desolate [[Arctic]] environment, a team of scientists discover remains of what appears to be a crashed spaceship, with several humanoid bodies frozen in the wreckage. The bodies are brought back to the scientists' compound, and are thawed out. The scientists do not know who or what these strange beings are. (They are "survivors" of the [[Borg (Star Trek)|Borg]] sphere shot down in ''[[Star Trek: First Contact]]'', but never identify themselves as such throughout this episode).{{Fact|date=June 2008}} The scientists are astonished at the level of technical sophistication present inside the bodies of each creature. However, mostly unbeknownst to the science team, the Borg drones' [[Nanorobotics|nanoprobes]] set to work quietly and efficiently repairing the damage to each drone's biological and artificial systems. Suddenly, much to the researchers shock and horror, their [[Information theoretic death|seemingly dead]] subjects reanimate and viciously attack them without provocation, [[Assimilation (Star Trek)|assimilating]] them and their transport craft. Using the scavenged wreckage of the destroyed sphere to enhance the transport, they escape into space.
The newly assimilated transport craft, which the Borg continue to upgrade with faster [[warp drive]] engines and weaponry, attacks and assimilates several other spacecraft along the way. Borg drones find their way aboard ''Enterprise'' and attempt to assimilate Doctor [[Phlox (Star Trek)|Phlox]], who uses "omicron radiation" to destroy the nanites and stop the assimilation process. The Borg vessel is finally destroyed by the ''Enterprise'', but not before the Borg send out a distress signal which ''Enterprise'' crewmembers estimate will take roughly 200 years to reach its destination—presumably the homeworld of these strange aliens.
==Relative cameo==
{{Trivia|date=July 2007}}
* One of the scientists in this episode was played by [[Bonita Friedericy]], wife of series star [[John Billingsley]] ([[Phlox (Star Trek)|Dr. Phlox]]).
==References==
* [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/series/ENT/episode/128643.html StarTrek.com Episode Information]
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