Seven Words in TNG

would obscure their departure. But the cloud

 

was not dense enough for transphasic torpedoes,

 

which ripped through the Borg like hot

 

knives in butter. The few that escaped

 

jumped to transwarp through conduits that opened

 

to Alpha Centauri, where they would retire.

 

Their retirement would take place near Zefram

 

Nebula, so named because he

 

---that is, Zefram Cochrane---had named it

 

because it looked like his childhood's duck,

 

a toy he loved so much that

 

he said "Zefram" as he died, and

 

had the Companion bury it with him.

 

Picard, annoyed that his youthful crew always

 

seemed to beat him at basketball games,

 

made himself a team with Hirogen ringers.

 

Hirogen had great throwing arms and very

 

tall bodies, plus they were relentless. Picard

 

could use a hundred of them, but

 

they considered the opponents as preys and