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Seven of Nine
Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix Zero One is a fictional character from the Star Trek universe, played by Jeri Ryan in the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
Born as Annika Hansen in Tendara Colony in 2348 to Magnus and Erin Hansen, a pair of ethologists, Seven of Nine was assimilated at the age of six on the USS Raven. The Borg Collective was all she knew, and provided her with a sense of order. After serving as a representative of the Borg during a Borg-Voyager alliance, Seven was disconnected from the Collective by Captain Kathryn Janeway, Commander Chakotay and Chief Engineer B'Elanna Torres in order to prevent Seven's betrayal and an ensuing assimilation of the USS Voyager. This occurred in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Scorpion". Although given the opportunity to be addressed once again as Annika Hansen, Seven chose to retain her Borg designation.
Following her disconnection, she found in Captain Janeway a mother figure who helped her become more human with each episode. The Doctor also provided valuable guidance in enabling her to develop her social skills and thus "blend in" with the crew of Voyager. The Doctor subsequently fell in love with Seven, but she did not reciprocate these feelings. Her character's storyline instead took an unexpected twist in the final episodes of the series: she fell in love with Commander Chakotay and was set to marry him as the series ended. At the end of the Voyager series, Seven had surgery to one of her implants to allow her to properly use emotions (and, it is implied, become capable of experiencing physical relationships).
While Seven proved popular with many of the show's fans, there was some criticism that the show began to focus too much on her character to the exclusion of others. Some also considered her tight-fitting costume to be too blatant an attempt to appeal to the young male demographic; if true, it was a successful gambit as the introduction of Seven of Nine is credited with saving the series from cancellation.
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Seven of nine is also the number of British "Redcoats" of the Boston Massacre successfully defended by John Adams.