The Borg arrive at Earth. [1] By this time, the Federation fleet had been in a running battle for several days and had lost over three hundred ships.
Defiant fires on the Borg cube. Note the extensive damage to the starboard nacelle. [1]
The Enterprise-E arrives at the battle scene. [1] The shields of the Sovereign class were specially designed to take this kind of punishment from the Borg. The ship in the bottom part of the image is a Saber class.
The Enterprise-E fires her Type 12 phasers in anger for the first time. The devastating power of these weapons proved more than equal to expectations. [1]
Here a Steamrunner class vessel fires her main phaser while an Akira prepares to fire photon torpedoes. Both classes featured prominently in the battle. [1]
The Starfleet ships finally discovered a vulnerable point on the Borg ship - and exploited it fully! [1]
This image of the Borg cube disintergrating also shows the spherical escape pod launched in a last-ditch attempt to assimilate Earth. [1]
The Akira-class USS Thunderchild escapes the Borg cubes destruction. Several ships where lost in this blast. [1]
The Enterprise-E is seen here following the Borg sphere through a temporal rift. [1]
Quantum torpedoes race in as the Borg sphere fires on 2063 Earth. [1]
The sphere proved to be poorly equipped to handle the firepower of a Starfleet battlecruiser. Several Borg transported to the Enterprise and attempted to assimilate the ship in order to carry out their plans. [1]