Borg Queen ' s sphere personnel List of Borg attached to the Borg Queen ' s sphere . In 2373 , a number of Borg drone s escaped the destruction of their vessel at the Battle of Sector 001 with the Borg Queen aboard a Borg sphere . The sphere traveled to the year 2063 through a temporal vortex where it was destroyed in orbit of Earth by the pursuing starship . The Queen and a number of these drones were able to transport aboard the " Enterprise " where they proceeded to assimilate the ship . The Queen , along with most of these drones , were killed when the ship ' s warp plasma coolant tanks were ruptured in engineering . " In an alternate timeline , observed by the " Enterprise " as they were within the temporal vortex , these Borg were successful in assimilating Earth . " ( ) First drones sighted . The security team led by Captain Jean - Luc Picard and Lieutenant Commander Data encountered this first batch of drones as they entered the corridor near main engineering on deck 16 . These drones initially ignored the security team as they were not initially perceived as a threat . One of these drones was later found in the corridor on deck 16 , regenerating in a Borg alcove constructed into the bulkhead . ( ) Regenerating drone . This drone , regenerating outside of engineering , reacted to Captain Picard ' s attempt to forceably enter the section . It was armed with a heavy , prosthetic arm distinguished by a small , clawed extension and a visible electric spark . ( ) Guard drone . In an effort to prevent entry to engineering , this drone attacked Captain Picard and attempted to assimilate him . Lieutenant Commander Data subdued the drone by breaking its neck and killing it . ( ) Herding drone . This drone was encountered by crewmembers in the corridors aboard the " Enterprise " - E herding a recently assimilated Starfleet officer to the main assimilation area . ( ) Skin transplant drone . This drone was part of the group that transplanted skin onto Data ' s right arm . It was also one of the drones who chased Starfleet officers down a corridor . ( ) MIE Auxiliary Access drones . In their attempt at suppressing the Borg advance on the upper decks of the " Enterprise " - E , a contingent of Starfleet security officer s encountered a group of six drones in a darkened MIE Auxiliary Access room . The drones were visible , at first , only by the laser light of their eyepiece s . ( ) Drone in holodeck 4 . This drone joined the drone of the former Ensign Lynch in holodeck 4 , where it was shot by a Tommy gun welding Captain Picard . ( ) Deflector dish drones . Six drones were dispatched to the exterior hull of the " Enterprise " where they constructed an interplexing beacon on top of the navigational deflector . These drones were stopped by an EVA team consisting of Captain Picard , Worf and . ( ) One the these drones tried to stop Worf launching the docking clamp and ended up in a hand - to - hand combat with him . Worf cut off his right arm and then killed him by embedding his " mek ' leth " into the drone ' s neck . Worf later used a cable from the severed limb to seal a puncture in his suit . ( ) The fifth drone responded to Hawk ' s attempt to release the maglock securing the deflector and beacon to the ship , but was shot by Hawk , before floating off into the dead of space . The sixth drone – of Klingon origins – also responded to Hawk ' s perceived , following the loss of the previous drone . However , unlike the previous drone , this drone was successful in attacking and assimilating Hawk . ( ) Klingon drone 1 . This Klingon male was part of a contingent of Borg drone s that traveled with the Borg Queen to the year 2063 from 2373 . Following the destruction of their ship , the drones transport ed aboard the and began assimilating that ship in an attempt to prevent Earth ' s First Contact with the Vulcan s . This drone was present in the " Enterprise " engine room and was killed when Lieutenant Commander Data punctured the ship ' s warp plasma coolant tanks . ( ) Klingon drone 2 . This Klingon drone , observed in engineering , reacted to the attempted escape of Lieutenant Commander Data , but was called off by the Borg Queen . The drone was likely killed when the plasma coolant tanks were ruptured . ( ) Klingon drone 3 . This Klingon drone was stationed in an alcove at the entrance of engineering and observed captain Picard as he entered to face the Borg Queen . ( ) Regenerating drones . Three drones , including one Klingon drone , were observed near the warp core in the " Enterprise " - E engine room , attached by cables to the ceiling where they were regenerating . These drones were killed when the plasma coolant tanks were ruptured . ( ) Defrosted drones . These two Borg drones were found inside a glacier in the arctic on Earth in 2153 by the three scientist s of the Arctic Archaeology Team , , , and Moninger . They were buried by ice and snow inside debris from an alien ship . The scientists moved them to their base camp and studied their physiology and the technological components noting that they were of two different species . Under the microscope they found micro - technology which repaired their cell membrane s . During night shift , Moninger was alone with the two drones when one suddenly started to get a pulse and then started breathing . Drake and Rooney , who were outside for research , noticed screams and phase rifle fire from the module where the two drones were kept . When they arrived at the module only one drone was on the table , the other was gone and they found Moninger on the ground under several pieces of inventory , with pale skin and a moving infection . When Rooney turned around to get a medical kit , the missing drone was standing behind her and a red light from his eyepiece was covering her . They assimilated the archaeology team and took the debris from their ship , assimilated the transport " Arctic One " and went away from Earth . They attacked a Tarkalean freighter and assimilated two Tarkaleans which were brought aboard . The first drone tried to stop the away team from " Enterprise " later aboard the transport and the second drone was part of the boarding party . Like all the other drones they were killed when " Enterprise " destroyed the transport " Arctic One " . ( ) Background information . Cardassian drone . A Cardassian Borg appeared in publicity for but was not seen in the film . ( " " , p . 245 ) Corridor drone . This Borg drone was part of the contingent that boarded the " Enterprise " - E in 2063 , observed in one of the ship ' s corridors . ( ) Three corridor drones . These three Borg drones were part of the contingent that boarded the " Enterprise " - E in 2063 , observed in one of the ship ' s corridors , one apparently a former Romulan . ( )