Of all the wonders encountered by the U.S.S. Voyager on its journey home through the Delta Quadrant, perhaps none are as surprising and endlessly fascinating as Seven of Nine. When the crew first met Seven, she was still a fully augmented Borg, very much a part of the Collective. However, when her link to the Borg was severed and the majority of her implants removed, Seven was given a place aboard the Starfleet vessel. There, under the mentorship of Captain Janeway, she began the journey to reclaim that which the Borg had taken from her so long ago: her individuality. That journey is not an easy one. Seven was assimilated when she was just six years old, when she was still Annika, daughter of Magnus and Erin Hansen. They were exobiologists investigating the Borg, tracking their movements and gathering data, oblivious to the danger they were putting themselves in until they were captured, and Annika’s transformation into Seven was begun. Free to be herself again, Seven dedicates her mind to self-actualization and her skills and knowledge to the good of Voyager. But when you have been a Borg for as long as Seven, things like the niceties of social interaction are difficult. She often comes across as cold and logical, causing friction and misunderstanding with the crew, but regardless of the wall of studied dispassion she has erected, underneath, Seven is as human as they come: insecure, vulnerable and desperate to belong.