Star Trek: The Space Opera
"Descent": The Borg change their colors under Lore's command, to the tune of "Red and Black"
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Geordi
Data, tell me, what has changed?
I heard that you became enraged...
Do a level three, and tell me more...
Data
Enraged you say, enraged may be...
It seemed to be anger to me;
One moment there, then it was gone.
Worf
I am agog, I am aghast--
Has Data found emotion at last?
I have never heard him grunt or bite...
We talk of battles to be won,
And here he comes like a Klingon--
It's better than ascension rites!
Picard
It is time for us all to decide what we are...
We must fight for the rights of Federation safety and law
You must ask of yourselves what's the price they must pay
This is not a game for brash young ensigns to play--
The color of the Borg is changing day by day
Red!
The color spilt by Borg
Black!
The darkness of their hearts
Red!
The blood of our elite
Black!
Their warships blown apart!
Data
Had you been there today you might almost have known
How your world might be changed in just burst of rage...
Ever since I have tried to produce other thoughts,
Such as pleasure or pain, remorse, sadness, or fear,
But I have failed so far...In everything I've tried-
Red!
Programming Holodeck
Black!
To simulate the fight
Red!
Mortality failsafe, off
Black!
Geordi
Don't do this, it's not right!
Borg Spy
Android Data, I know how you feel--
Why you got pleasure when you killed...
So Geordi is your friend, I'm told--
This pleasure that you can't regain
To feel it, would you kill again?
Would you kill Geordi?
Data
Yes, I would
All
Red!
The color spilt by Borg
Black!
At Wolf three-fifty-nine
Red!
The blood of our elite
Black!
We all must hold the Line!
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