Date: 2373

A single Borg cube cut through Starfleet defenses as it advanced toward the Sol System, destroying dozens of ships despite heavy resistance. Starfleet concentrated its remaining forces near Earth for a final stand, knowing that failure would mean assimilation of the Federation’s homeworld. The USS Enterprise-E arrived after being deliberately held back from the fighting, with Captain Picard uniquely suited to counter Borg tactics. Joined by the battered Starfleet fleet, the Enterprise helped destroy the cube, but not before a Borg sphere escaped through a temporal vortex created in a last-ditch effort to change history. Although Earth was saved, the battle exposed Starfleet’s vulnerability and left deep scars. The events of Sector 001 led directly to the Borg incursion into the past and reinforced the reality that the Borg threat was far from over.