Deep in space, the runabout encounters the Gorn refugee fleet, fleeing the disastrous invasion of Gorn space by the Borg.
The fleet has many fighter craft but few pilots, so Peltier agrees to help scout in front of the fleet.
A Borg needle whips past, beaming its pilot onto the runabout! Several people shoot him immediately. His hand refuses to die, though, and has to be shot some more. Then it starts crawling up the wall by itself, and has to be shot even more.
Returning, the runabout has to dart between Borg needle patrols. But Peltier has collapsed, with a fever! Hicks, the next quickest among the crew, is chosen to fly the ship. (Actually, Kaaj is faster, and also pilot-trained, but for some unstated reason Riva doesn't want him flying.)
Hicks evades the patrols. The runabout closes in on a Gorn destroyer. Where's the rest of the Gorn fleet? With its ragtag fugitive armada, it's very slow, but isn't where it ought to be.
The Gorn destroyer has been taken over by the Borg. Most of the crew have had bionic parts grafted on and stagger about like drunken zombies. They're VERY slow (Gorn + Borg = geologically slow reflexes) but also VERY tough. Kaaj and Riva sabotage the main reactor so they can't spread their contagion, and return to the runabout to escape.
Peltier raves about having bones imbedded in his flesh. Hannah treats his pH and saline levels and brings him around, at least for a while. Can't treat the cause? Treat the symptoms.
The door to the shuttle bay is closed. The runabout tries wrenching it open with a tractor beam. It's starting to give, but then jams, just as the inner doors burst open and a horde of Borg-modified RADIOACTIVE Gorn come staggering in! They're even slower now, but boy there are a lot of them, and you cannot kill what is already dead ...
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