Star Trek Picard: 10 Plotlines Season 3 Should Address
3. New Threat From The Transwarp Hub
The season premiere had teased that the Borg had laid a trap for Starfleet by requesting membership into the Federation and specifically requesting for Jean-Luc Picard to join them on the new USS Stargazer. This was cut short by Q snapping the crew of the La Sirena back to 2024 amidst the self-destruct sequence initiated by Picard.
When we return to the scene in the season finale, it was discovered that the Borg were intending to seek Starfleet's help in containing the threat of the Negative Space Wedgie. Once the explosion of energy had dispersed, the Borg Queen had explained that this had caused the creation of a new transwarp conduit but nobody has any idea on what is on the other side of said conduit. The Borg were then granted provisional membership in the Federation to guard against any potential threats that emerge from the transwarp conduit.
Considering that Jurati was clearly wary of potential threats from the transwarp conduit, the Borg might have had prior disastrous encounters with other conduits in the past. With the fact that the USS Voyager was able to return to the Alpha Quadrant with the help of such a conduit, could this be a blessing or a curse from which bigger threats emerge?