10 Worst Injuries Star Trek Characters Actually Survived

10. Seven's Assimilation

While she was just a little girl, Annika Hansen was assimilated by the Borg Collective. She was injected with nanoprobes, placed in a maturation chamber, and forced to become a drone. Along the way, many of her human components were thrown away as scrap. Her hair follicles were killed, her DNA was altered, and various body parts were swapped out for Borg technology,

She also faced the loss of an eye. It was replaced with a Borg piece of hardware that actually improved her visual acuity, though at the loss of certain aesthetics. Overall, the transformation from a regular human child into a drone was an incredibly traumatic experience.

Added to this was the psychological impact of her abduction. Though she spent longer in the Collective than out of it, she grew resentful of her parents, whose obsession with the Borg led to their capture. She came face to face with her father only once more after being freed by Captain Janeway, as he was still very much under the Queen's control.

Seven's struggles to regain her humanity were met with obstacles, not least those that existed within her body. Were it not for Kes, microscopic pieces of hardware could have fried her brain when she was barely days away from the Hive.

Seven's survival was not guaranteed at any point, though with the help of her crewmates and a determination that was rarely matched, she made it through.