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The Enterprise promptly destroys the Borg sphere. However, the Borg beam aboard the Enterprise on deck 16 and begin to assimilate it.
Picard dispatches an away team to assess the damage to Cochrane and his ship, who must fly the next morning in order for First Contact to occur.
Picard is thrilled to witness the Phoenix , the first warp ship, in person.
The engineering crew goes to check out the 'malfunctioning' environmental controls in one of the Jeffries tubes. "A-aaa!" (Zap-zap) The Borg are raising the temperature and humidity levels to suit them. As yet they are still undetected.
Picard dashes back to the ship upon hearing the specifics of the environmental 'malfunctions' in Engineering. Having been captured before by the Borg, he realizes the Borg are onboard. Cmdr. Data locks out the main computer as they try to take hold of the ship's systems.