Synopsis: A Borg clone that was accidentally created aboard Voyager from 29th century technology saves the vessel and her crew from the Borg.
This episode can be seen as an illustration of what Carl (C. G.) Jung would call the union of opposites. This occurs when the Logos-driven rational conscious ego acknowledges and integrates bits of material from the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, to make the ego stronger and the psyche more whole.
In “Drone” a transporter malfunction somehow mingles The Doctor’s mobile emitter with some of Seven of Nine’s Borg nanoprobes. What is produced then assimilates a crew member, Ensign Mulcahey, for his DNA. The result of all this is a drone probe with advanced 29th century technology as part of its makeup. Seven is wary of it, but Captain Kathryn Janeway believes that the crew can basically assimilate the drone, which has been named One, into the Voyager crew collective. One is very curious about the Borg and assimilates all the knowledge that Seven and Voyager have about them. The Borg become aware of the drone and send a ship to intercept Voyager. One, who has been taught that the Borg are to be resisted, is able to destroy the Borg vessel. But he realizes that as long as he is on Voyager he is putting the vessel and her crew in danger, so he self-destructs.
In this episode the maturation of One includes lessons of Starfleet ideals and ways of being along with all the knowledge that Seven and Voyager have of the Borg. The Borg considered Starfleet’s most feared enemy. If Starfleet can be seen as representing the Logos-driven rational conscious and the Borg as embodying the Eros-driven irrational unconscious, then One can be analogized as the conscious ego incorporating both through the union of opposites. The union of opposites being the lifelong process of individuation, the way one becomes the unique individual one is meant to be. Here, One gets this information all at once, and very quickly understands One’s unique place in the universe and no longer needs to continue the process. One is able to self-destruct, having incorporated everything known and no longer needing to exist. This act can be seen as illustrating that the individuation process is never completed, because only in science fiction can the actual full union of opposites occur.
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