The one-time subcontracting of Starlight Effects notwithstanding, the company's contributions for the generally acclaimed episode were signature ones, entailing the construction of the original Borg cube model in particular, as well as the forced perspective saucer model, and the cross section model. To ease the workload for the effects-laden episode, Baily hired Gene Rizzardi to build the force perspective model, and model maker David Heilman of Science Fiction Modelmaking Associates to help him out with the "Core Sample Model", which took them about three weeks.