FAMILY

Annika Hansen. [#70 The Gift]

Seven of Nine (later known aboard Voyager as just "Seven") was born Annika Hansen in 2348, on stardate 25479, at the Tendara colony in Federation space, of parents Magnus and Erin Hansen who were noted scientists. more plus discussion, part of STAR DATES article Her childhood wish was to be a ballerina [#128 One Small Step].

The Hansens, [#68 and #69 Scorpion]

Magnus Hansen [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

Magnus and Erin Hansen were last seen (as recorded by Federation records available to Janeway in early 2374) in the Omega Sector: they departed from Deep Space 4 aboard their science vessel SS Raven heading for the Delta Quadrant, and did not lodge a flight plan. We learn what happened to the Hansens as 'Star Trek Voyager' episodes unfold. The Hansens' ship SS Raven went to the Delta Quadrant (and was later found by Seven and Tuvok) and the Hansens studied Borg behaviour for several years, even for some time going on board a Borg cube undetected [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier].

Erin Hansen. [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

6 pictures above: Annika plays with a model of a Borg cube, and Magnus Hansen enters to tells her that the family is going on a long journey to find the Borg, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

Annika's room, note her space- and Borg-oriented drawings on the wall, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

the Raven, a Federation vessel that was the home of Annika and her parents to and in the Delta Quadrant, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

above: life aboard the Raven: Annika in her nightdress, at the door of the Raven's bridge, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

above: life aboard the Raven: Annika with her loving and indulgent parents, on the Raven's bridge, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

above 3 pictures: life aboard the Raven: views of Annika, including rear view, as she is sent to bed, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

above: life aboard the Raven: Annika with her mother who is monitoring Magnus' time spent secretly on board a Borg cube observing drone behaviour, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

4 pictures above: life aboard the Raven: Erin and Magnus Hansen research and tag a Borg drone taken from its regeneration alcove, while Annika watches, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

above 4 pictures: life aboard the Raven: Annika hears her parents talking anxiously and calls out, so her father comes and tries to reassure her; pictures of Annika's bedroom, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

above 2 pictures: life aboard the Raven: Magnus and Erin Hansen working and months later when worried and afraid after the Borg detect and pursue them, [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

the Raven, wrecked and eventually destroyed, [#74 The Raven]

The Hansens were attacked by a Borg cube in the B'omar region of space and crashed on a class-M moon [#74 The Raven]. The ship ended up as a wreck and was later destroyed, in 2374, by B'omar weapons bombardment. The Borg boarded SS Raven. Erin Hansen was presumed killed or assimilated, Magnus Hansen was assimilated, and Annika was assimilated at the age of six [#74 The Raven].

above 4 pictures: the Borg capture the Hansen family, as remembered by Annika/Seven of Nine, [#74 The Raven]

In 2375, Annika, restored to living among humankind but known by an abbreviated form of her Borg designation of "Seven of Nine", was shocked to discover her father's fate in [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier].

Magnus Hansen, as a Borg drone [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier]

ARRIVAL ON VOYAGER

In early 2374, when Janeway made the innovative, bold and dangerous proposal of an alliance with the Borg against their mutual enemy, whom the Borg designated Species 8472, the Borg drone that Annika had become was assigned to liaise with Janeway.

To Janeway: "I speak for the Borg: Seven of Nine, tertiary adjunct of uni-matrix zero one, but you may call me Seven of Nine."

[Scorpion] A nanoprobe. Source: 'Encyclopaedia'

Borg nanoprobes proved the key to winning the war against Species 8472. The Doctor adapted nanoprobes extracted from the dead Borg found on the planet of the Sakari race [#58 Blood Fever]. He created a cure for the bio-virus that was killing Kim, and this provided the basis for a weapon against Species 8472. Janeway offered to share the nanoprobe knowledge with the Borg in return for Voyager's safe passage through Borg space. An uneasy alliance was formed between Voyager and the Borg.

Chakotay, linked to Seven of Nine....[Scorpion] ...Seven of Nine is severed from the Borg Collective [Scorpion]

After the new bio-weapon was used against Species 8472 forcing Species 8472 to end the war and return to their own realm of fluidic space, the Borg reneged on the Borg's deal with Voyager. When Seven of Nine began to assimilate the bridge, Janeway called on Chakotay to sever Seven of Nine's link with the Borg Collective using the pre-arranged codeword "scorpion". [Scorpion]

Seven of Nine, now severed from the Borg Collective, was taken to sickbay. Her human physiology began to reassert itself. To save her life the Doctor removed as much of the Borg technology as he could i.e. 82%. Seven of Nine was horrified, panic-stricken and furious to discover the trend of the Doctor's treatment: "What have you done to me?!"

Seven of Nine in sickbay. [Scorpion] The Doctor removes Borg technology. [#70 The Gift] [#70 The Gift] "What have you done to me?!" [#70 The Gift]

Janeway established an uneasy rapport with her and held out the attractions of being human: "It's obvious that you're in pain, that you're frightened, that you feel isolated, alone. ... You were part of a vast consciousness: billions of minds working together a harmony of purpose and thought, no indecision, no doubts, the security and strength of a unified will, and you've lost that. ... I can't give you back to the Borg. But you're not alone. You're part of a human community now, a human collective. We may be individuals but we live and work together. You can have some of the unity you require, right here on Voyager. ... Do you remember her? Her name was Annika Hansen. She was born on stardate 25479 at the Tendara colony. There's still a lot we don't know about her. Did she have any siblings, who were her friends, where did she go to schoool, what was your favourite colour? ... One voice can be stronger than a thousand voices. Your mind is independent now with its own unique identity. ... I'm just giving you back what was stolen from you, the existence you were denied, the child who never had a chance. That life is yours to live now. ... It's what you are, don't resist it." At first Seven of Nine made vehement demands to be returned to the Borg and resisted becoming human. When the opportunity arose, she tried to contact the Collective but was thwarted by Kes' new-found mental powers [#70 The Gift]. Seven of Nine: "This drone cannot survive outside the Collective. ... This drone is small now, alone. One voice, one mind. The silence is unacceptable. We need the others. ... Your attempts to assimilate this drone will fail. You can alter our physiology but you cannot change our nature. We will betray you. We are Borg." (As far as Chakotay was concerned, the last words proved prophetic in [#109 and #110 Dark Frontier].)

Seven of Nine's new eye created by the Doctor, gives acuity above-average for a human. [#70 The Gift] [#70 The Gift] Seven of Nine flings herself against the brig's forcefield. [#70 The Gift] [#70 The Gift]

Seven's implants are a permanent sign that she was once Borg. [#146 and #147 Unimatrix Zero]

In the end, to use a well-known phrase, resistance was futile as Seven of Nine gradually accepted her human nature. However the process was a voyage of self-discovery fraught with difficulties, portrayed in various stories from [#70 The Gift] in Season Four onwards.