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Marika Wilkarah was a female Bajoran Starfleet engineering officer who served aboard the USS Excalibur during the late 24th century.

The Excalibur survived an attack by the Borg during a night shift sometime prior to late 2368. Several members of the crew, including Wilkarah, were assimilated in the encounter. As a Borg drone, she was a member of Seven of Nine's unimatrix, where she was assigned the designation of Three of Nine, Auxiliary Processor of Unimatrix Zero One.

In 2368, a Borg sphere crashed on Planet 1865-Alpha, an uninhabited planet in the Delta Quadrant. The drones Two of Nine, real name Lansor, Three of Nine, Four of Nine, real name P'Chan, and Seven of Nine, were the only survivors. Their link to the Borg Collective was temporarily severed, allowing them to regain their individualities.

P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika intended to hide so that they would not be found when the Borg came to retrieve them. They went their separate ways. However Seven of Nine, terrified of her new-found individuality, hunted each of them down and forcibly interfaced with each of them using her assimilation tubules. She caused the left parietal lobes of their brains to be transformed into interlink nodes that linked them together in an ad hoc collective, then erased the act from their memories. She then led them back to the crash site, where the Borg retrieved them.

Eventually, P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika escaped the Collective, but could not break their ad hoc link, and thus were denied true individuality. In 2376 they sought out Seven of Nine on the USS Voyager in the hopes that she could help them, and discovered her responsibility for the link. While retrieving their memories, P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika fell into a coma.

The Doctor, Voyager's holographic chief medical officer, found that to wake P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika from their coma they needed to be reintegrated into the Borg Collective. The only way to wake them up was to break the link by removing their interlink nodes. However, this would kill them within a month. Seven and The Doctor decided to perform the procedure, knowing that they would prefer a short life as individuals to rejoining the Borg Collective as drones. Marika, glad to be aboard a Federation vessel again, decided to spend her remaining time aboard Voyager. (VOY: "Survival Instinct")

Appendices

Background information

Marika Wilkarah was played by Bertila Damas.

The spelling of her name comes from the script. It is spelled as "Willkarah" in both the transcripts and at StarTrek.com. [1]

Apocrypha

Marika is the main character of the story "Brief Candle" By Christopher L. Bennett, in the Star Trek: Voyager 10th Anniversary short story anthology, Distant Shores.

Her capture by the Borg is seen in the short story "Making a Difference" in the New Frontier anthology No Limits, but does not explain her survival of the destruction of the Borg cube. "Making a Difference" erroneously places Marika's assimilation in 2369, the year after she was seen as a drone in "Survival Instinct".

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-[[Image:Marika Wilkarah.jpg|thumb|Marika aboard ''Voyager'' in [[2376]]]]
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-'''Marika Wilkarah''' was a female [[Bajoran]] [[Starfleet]] [[officer]] who served aboard the {{USS|Excalibur|NCC-26517}} during the late [[24th century]], during which time she became [[assimilation|assimilated]] by the [[Borg]].
+| imagecap         = Marika Wilkarah (2376)
+| gender           = Female
+| species          = [[Bajoran]], formerly [[Borg drone]]
+| status           = Deceased
+| datestatus       = 2376
+| spouse           = A husband
+| actor            = [[Bertila Damas]]
+}}
+'''Marika Wilkarah''' was a female [[Bajoran]] [[Starfleet]] [[engineering]] [[officer]] who served aboard the {{USS|Excalibur|NCC-26517}} during the late [[24th century]].
+The ''Excalibur'' survived an attack by the [[Borg]] during a [[night shift]] sometime prior to late [[2368]]. Several members of the crew, including Wilkarah, were [[assimilate]]d in the encounter. As a [[Borg drone]], she was a member of [[Seven of Nine]]'s [[unimatrix]], where she was assigned the designation of '''Three of Nine, Auxiliary Processor of Unimatrix Zero One'''.
-[[Image:Three of Nine.jpg|thumb|Marika as a Borg drone in [[2368]]]]
-As a [[Borg drone]], she was a member of [[Seven of Nine]]'s [[unimatrix]], where she was assigned the designation of '''Three of Nine, Auxiliary Processor of Unimatrix Zero One'''.
+[[File:Three of Nine.jpg|thumb|left|Three of Nine (2368)]]
-After temporarily being separated from the [[Borg Collective]] by the crash of their ship, Marika, along with three other drones &ndash; [[Lansor]], [[P'Chan]] and Seven &ndash; were joined in an ad-hoc collective linked directly through their subspace transceivers.  When the drones were returned to the Collective, this anomaly persisted and after Seven's separation the three found themselves isolated in the hive mind.
+In 2368, a [[Borg sphere]] [[crash landing|crashed]] on [[Planet 1865-Alpha]], an uninhabited [[planet]] in the [[Delta Quadrant]]. The drones Two of Nine, real name [[Lansor]], Three of Nine, Four of Nine, real name [[P'Chan]], and Seven of Nine, were the only survivors. Their link to the [[Borg Collective]] was temporarily severed, allowing them to regain their individualities.
+P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika intended to hide so that they would not be found when the Borg came to retrieve them. They went their separate ways. However Seven of Nine, terrified of her new-found individuality, hunted each of them down and forcibly interfaced with each of them using her [[assimilation tubule]]s. She caused the left [[parietal lobe]]s of their [[brain]]s to be transformed into [[interlink node]]s that linked them together in an ''ad hoc'' collective, then erased the act from their memories. She then led them back to the crash site, where the Borg retrieved them.
-Marika and the others managed to escape the collective and have their implants removed.  However it was not possible for them to remove the transceivers, a condition that meant their ad-hoc collective persisted and never truly allowed for any of them to be alone. In [[2376]] the three former drones sought Seven's help in breaking the link so they could live as individuals.
+Eventually, P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika escaped the Collective, but could not break their ''ad hoc'' link, and thus were denied true individuality. In [[2376]] they sought out Seven of Nine on the {{USS|Voyager}} in the hopes that she could help them, and discovered her responsibility for the link. While retrieving their memories, P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika fell into a [[coma]].
-Ultimately it was discovered that the only way they could exist separately was if the transceivers were removed, the result of which would be death within a month. Marika and the other two agreed to accept this shortened life as the cost for true freedom. Marika decided to live the remainder of her life aboard {{USS|Voyager}}. ({{VOY|Survival Instinct}})
+[[The Doctor]], ''Voyager''{{'}}s [[Hologram|holographic]] [[chief medical officer]], found that to wake P'Chan, Lansor, and Marika from their coma they needed to be reintegrated into the Borg Collective. The only way to wake them up was to break the link by removing their interlink nodes. However, this would kill them within a month. Seven and The Doctor decided to perform the procedure, knowing that they would prefer a short life as individuals to rejoining the Borg Collective as drones. Marika, glad to be aboard a Federation vessel again, decided to spend her remaining time aboard ''Voyager''. ({{VOY|Survival Instinct}})
-==Appendices==
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-===Background===
+== Appendices ==
+=== Background information ===
 Marika Wilkarah was played by [[Bertila Damas]].
-The spelling of her name comes from the script, however is spelled "Willkarah" in both the transcripts and at [[Startrek.com]], the latter of which also identifies her as "human." [http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/library/character/bio/1120193.html]
+The spelling of her name comes from the script. It is spelled as "Willkarah" in both the transcripts and at [[StarTrek.com]]. {{st.com|wilkarah|}}
-===Apocrypha===
+=== Apocrypha ===
-Marika is the main character of the story ''Brief Candle'' By [[Christopher L. Bennett]], in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' 10th Anniversary short story anthology, ''[[Distant Shores]]''.
+Marika is the main character of the story "Brief Candle" By [[Christopher L. Bennett]], in the ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' 10th Anniversary short story anthology, ''[[Distant Shores]]''.
-Her capture by the Borg is seen in the short story "Making a Difference" in the New Frontier anthology ''[[No Limits]]'' (though it doesn't explain how she survived the destruction of the Borg cube to which she was taken). "Making a Difference" erroneously places Marika's assimilation in 2369, the year after she was seen as a drone in "Survival Instinct."
+Her capture by the Borg is seen in the short story "Making a Difference" in the ''New Frontier'' anthology ''[[No Limits]]'', but does not explain her survival of the destruction of the Borg cube. "Making a Difference" erroneously places Marika's assimilation in 2369, the year after she was seen as a drone in "Survival Instinct".
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