![]() ![]() ![]() Īlthough subsequent battles have been fought on a far grander scale with far larger forces, Wolf 359 came at a time when the Federation had not fought a major fleet action for decades. In any case, the Borg cube ultimately proved simply too powerful for the forces arrayed against it. The Borg had succeeded in capturing and assimilating Captain Picard prior to the battle, and had thus gained knowledge of Starfleet's capabilities and combat tactics. Initially much blame for this defeat was placed on Admiral Hanson, but over time it has become clear that there was little he could have done. ![]() The result was a total catastrophy thirty nine of the forty ships where destroyed with the loss of some eleven thousand personnel and the Borg cube proceeded undamaged. The Federation responded by mobilising every Starship which could reach the battle zone in time, and a fleet of forty starships under Admiral Hanson met the Borg at the Wolf 359 system. A Borg ship arrived in 2366 and proceeded on course toward Earth. Although Q ultimately prevented the Borg from destroying the Enterprise, they apparently decided to attack the Federation after this encounter. Although at least one Borg vessel is known to have passed through Federation space in 2364 and destroyed a number of outposts, the first official contact with this species occurred in 2365 when the Enterprise-D was catapulted into the J-25 system by Q. ![]()
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