Liberator (Borg ship)

For other uses, see Liberator.

STARSHIP
Liberator

Class:	Borg assimilator
Affiliation:	Liberated
Status:	Active (2380)

The Liberator was a ship used by the Liberated and commanded by Hugh.

HistoryEdit

In July 2380, the Liberator fought off the assimilated USS Einstein, which had been sent to the Liberated homeworld by the NGC 6281 entity to prevent Einstein from destroying USS Rhea. After Einstein fled the attack and set out to return to NGC 6281, the Liberator set out to prevent it from assimilating the cluster entity. The Liberator arrived at the cluster several days before Einstein and encountered Enterprise, which was also attempting to prevent Einstein from gaining the entity's knowledge.

In the next encounter with Einstein, the entity only allowed Enterprise to enter a quantum slipstream vortex, preventing Liberator from joining battle. After the entity ended the battle between the two vessels, Liberator was able to rejoin Enterprise under her own power.

In the final battle with Einstein, the Liberator's crew was evacuated to Enterprise, and the ship was essentially used as bait to allow Hugh to board Einstein and deliver a multivector agent designed to destroy the Borg. Liberator took a pounding, but survived, and her crew returned to their vessel after assisting Enterprise in saving the crew of Rhea. After Hugh's death, his mate and former Starfleet officer Rebekah Grabowski took command of the vessel. (TNG novel: Greater Than the Sum)