They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here!

Star Trek Online has launched its Borg Red Alert feature, here's how they desrcibe the new missions:

• Borg Red Alerts appear randomly in different sectors about once every hour.

• Click the Red Alert button to be transported to the nearest Red Alert Zone.

• Captains of any level (post-Tutorial) can participate in Borg Red Alerts!

• Borg intercepts will generally scale to the appropriate strength and threat level, while some sectors are reserved for challenges more befitting Admirals.

• Work with fellow Federation and Klingon players on 5-member teams, or go "cross-faction" and take on the Borg Fleet with players of the opposing faction.

• Your team will have 15 minutes to defeat the powerful Borg Fleet. If you succeed and defeat a set number of Borg in the allotted time, an even more challenging Borg Boss will appear!

• Red Alert Zones offer special Accolades and increased XP and players can receive one free XP boost each day to assist you in pushing back the Borg Invasion!