
I want some love for Ensign Anastasia Targus, from the movie-game "Star Trek: Borg."
Warning: Spoilers (for a 30-year-old game)
A veteran of the Federation's first war against the Cardassians, and POW. Cardassian torture derailed her Starfleet career, and rendered her dependent on a cybernetic implant in her forehead, that she later uses to interface with the Borg. After all that, she died in Wolf 359...until Q saved the ship she was on, teleporting the U.S.S. Righteous ten years into the future. And through all of that, Targus retains a chipper and snarky attitude.
A few observations:
- After being presumed lost in Wolf 359, the U.S.S. Righteous returns in 2377, the same year as Voyager!
- Her actress, Marnie McPhail, not only appeared in the "Voyager" episode "Innocence," but her character revealed the hilariously stupid plot twist at the end.
- The Righteous, alongside the Enterprise and Voyager, is one of the only ships to meet Q
Prime Timeline (Onscreen canon)
- Given her experience with the Borg, could Targus be working aboard the Artifact in "Star Trek: Picard?"
- Or, given her experience with the Borg, the Cardassian Obsidian Order, Q, and time travel, might she have been recruited by Starfleet Intelligence?
- If she had to keep that fancy head-implant longer than expected, would Targus be in danger of the same implant-harvesters that got Icheb?
- I'd be on hog heaven if she got a "Lower Decks" cameo!
- I'd totally see her working with Tuvok in Starfleet Intelligence
- She might use her implant to communicate with the (alive and cybernetically upgraded) Icheb
- Her implant might even be related to the one Shree (the Andorian) uses.
I've never played this one, so someone else will have to take the speculation from here.