I have been wanting to watch this for quite some time ever since I first heard about the episodes in the Enterpirse series with the Borg in them. I've been meaning to ask, what happened in them? I can't find them in many places and I've yearning to find out. Help please!
Ummm, which encounter? The first, second, third, fourth or fifth?
First Encounter: Second season episode called "Q Who" - Q, in a fit of pique because Picard won't accept him as part of the crew (long story), hurls the Enterprise 7000 light years away where they encounter a Borg cube that had just assimilated a planet in system J25. Data notes that the damage to the planet looks just like the damage sustained to the outposts in the Neutral Zone that the Enterprise had investigated at the end of season one.
The Borg send a drone over to assess the ship's technology and Worf is forced to kill it in order to get it to stop disrupting the ship's systems. Another drone immediately appears, finishes the assessment due to adapting to Worf's phaser with a personal force field and proceeds to remove certain parts from the dead drone who vaporizes, then the second drone transports back to the cube.
They (inexplicably) ignore Guinan's forceful advice to leave and Q's teasing about how they are in for more than they can handle and stick around to allow the Borg to try and assimlate the ship (although at this time they had not decided to have them assimilate people yet, just technology). The Borg begin to carve up the Enterprise and eighteen people die as a result. The Enterprise fires everything they have got just to kill the tractor beam holding them and stop the assault. The Borg cube seems to take heavy damage.
They then (even more inexplicably) stick around to board the cube despite Guinan's complete disgust with the plan. There they find that the Borg are not dead, just regenerating and finally realize that its time to beat it the hell out of there. They return to the Enterprise and warp away full speed.
The Borg follow and and the Enterprise fires on them to no effect. The cube systematically kills the Enterprise's shields then warp drive, leaving them helpless. Q gloats and says he told them so and Picard is forced to ask for Q's help to save the ship, which is all Q wanted in the first place. A snap of the fingers and all is well, except for the loss of eighteen crew members. Picard confronts Q about having to kill those crew members just to teach him (Picard) some humility and Q tells him that if he can't take a bloody nose he should go back home and hide.
Thats about it. If you want me to do the other four encounters, let me know.