Summary
- The Borg Queen targeted Data in Star Trek: First Contact due to his brother Lore's history with the Borg and his ability to manipulate their behavior.
- Data's loyalty to his friends and his different nature from Lore prevented him from joining the Borg Queen willingly.
- In Star Trek: Picard season 3, the Borg Queen moved on from Data and Lore, forming an alliance with the Changelings instead and ultimately meeting her end.
Star Trek: First Contact introduced the Borg Queen (Alice Krige) in the Star Trek: The Next Generation films, and she immediately took a liking to Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), but his evil brother Lore may have been her true target. In First Contact, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the USS Enterprise-E must stop the Borg from time-traveling and assimilating Earth in the past. Upon arriving in 2063, the Borg invade the Enterprise and capture Data. The Borg Queen then reveals herself and begins trying to seduce the android Starfleet officer.
Introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1, Data's brother Lore (also Brent Spiner) was the opposite of Data in almost every way. He was deceitful, arrogant, and self-centered, and believed himself superior to all biological life. After stealing the emotion chip meant for Data, Lore returned with a plan to destroy the Federation. In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 6, episode 26, "Descent," Lore returns to the Enterprise as the self-appointed leader of a group of Borg drones. He manipulates Data by deactivating his ethical subroutines and making him feel anger and hatred. Despite Lore's elaborate plans, Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew eventually stop him and save Data.
