{4.5\/5} “Instead of taking things at face value, you should be looking below the surface. You should see what could be, instead of what is. Anyone can fight a battle that’s easy to win. It’s fighting the battles that are impossible to win that causes humanity to take those great leaps forward.”<\/p>\n
Star Trek: The Next Generation — Vendetta<\/strong> by Peter David, published in 1991<\/p>\n The great computers of the Penzatti had achieved sentience and welcomed the Borg as their liberators. But when the Borg had retrieved the computers and broken up 95% of the planet, someone came along and blow up the cube. Captain Picard and the Enterprise are called to investigate. Picard will meet someone he met once before as a cadet — someone with a vendetta.<\/p>\n There are a bunch of Borg stories, on screen and off — but this is a good one.<\/p>\n In addition to the regular crew, Dr. Pulaski and Dr. Selar have nice moments. We also meet Delcara, who was like a sister to Guinan.<\/p>\n It’s about obsession and revenge. It’s also about helping someone who needs help.<\/p>\n We get an explanation of the doomsday machine — one that makes perfect sense. It was introduced in the Original Series<\/strong> episode “The Doomsday Machine.”<\/p>\n This is the 2nd time I\u2019ve read it.<\/p>\n