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The Queen infected with a neurolytic pathogen

A neurolytic pathogen was a highly-destructive infectious agent, capable of affecting both organic and inorganic lifeforms.

In 2378, Captain Janeway's counterpart from twenty-six years in the future deliberately infected herself with a neurolytic pathogen, and subsequently allowed herself to be assimilated by the Borg Queen, as part of a plot to destroy the Borg's transwarp network. As the pathogen began to take effect, the Queen lost contact with the majority of the Collective, and the shielding protecting the interspatial manifolds supporting the network, which the Queen regulated personally, began to destabilize. This allowed the crew of the USS Voyager to fire a series of transphasic torpedoes, destroying the manifolds and causing the network to collapse. As the pathogen continued to affect the Queen, her cybernetic limbs began to fall off, and the Borg Unicomplex was destroyed. Before she died, the Queen said Sphere 634 could still hear her thoughts and had assimilated the pathogen (Voyager was inside the Sphere).(VOY: "Endgame")

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-A '''neurolytic pathogen''' is an artificial [[virus]] that interferes with cognitive functions, apparently by inducing neurons to undergo lysis (cellular destruction by membrane rupture). The pathogen seems to have the ability to disrupt [[electricity|electrical]] signals generated by [[cybernetic]] [[lifeform]]s and to interfere with the communications between the organic components and the cybernetic ones.
+A '''neurolytic pathogen''' was a highly-destructive infectious agent, capable of affecting both [[organic]] and [[inorganic]] [[lifeform]]s.
+In [[2378]], [[Captain]] [[Kathryn Janeway|Janeway]]'s counterpart from [[2404|twenty-six years in the future]] deliberately infected herself with a neurolytic pathogen, and subsequently allowed herself to be [[assimilated]] by the [[Borg Queen]], as part of a plot to destroy the Borg's [[transwarp network]]. As the pathogen began to take effect, the Queen lost contact with the majority of the [[Borg Collective|Collective]], and the [[shielding]] protecting the [[interspatial manifold]]s supporting the network, which the Queen regulated personally, began to destabilize. This allowed the crew of the {{USS|Voyager}} to fire a series of [[transphasic torpedo]]es, destroying the manifolds and causing the network to collapse. As the pathogen continued to affect the Queen, her [[cybernetic]] limbs began to fall off, and the Borg [[Unicomplex]] was destroyed. Before she died, the Queen said Sphere 634 could still hear her thoughts and had assimilated the pathogen (Voyager was inside the Sphere).({{VOY|Endgame}})
-''In an [[alternate timeline]], it was invented in [[2392]] by [[The Doctor]].''
+=== See also ===
-In [[2378]], [[Admiral]] [[Kathryn Janeway]], who had come back from the [[year]] [[2404]], infected herself with this pathogen and allowed herself to be [[assimilation|assimilated]] by the [[Borg Queen]]. In essence, Janeway became a carrier for a vastly destructive [[weapon]] that was taken directly to the heart of the [[Borg Collective]] at the [[transwarp hub]].
-Once the pathogen was introduced, massive chaos was brought to the [[Borg Collective|Collective]]. The Queen lost contact with many [[starship]]s and [[outpost]]s, and even began to physically deteriorate. It allowed [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']] to destroy the [[transwarp]] hub's manifold system from inside a [[transwarp conduit]]. ({{VOY|Endgame}})
-It is unknown, at this time, whether the destruction went further than that particular transwarp hub. The Queen apparently issued a [[self-destruct]] order to stop the spread of the pathogen. Hence, the effects may have been limited successfully to that single facility. On the other hand, as the Queen was losing the ability to control the Collective at that time, the pathogen may have infected most or perhaps all of the Collective, ending the Borg threat permanently.
-===See also===
 *[[Nanoprobe virus]]
+*[[Icheb]], a carrier of a similar pathogen
-[[de:Neuraler Virus]]
+[[de:Neurolytischer Erreger]]
 [[Category:Medical conditions]]