The Borg are a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe. "Resistance is Futile"
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Did the Borg follow a Borgesian philosophy?
(By Borgesian, I mean the philosophy of Jorge Luis Borges.)
Context: I've been working on a book for quite a while. One of its main themes is the odd connections between random parts of history. ...
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How does Borg technology spread when assimilating a starship?
In Star Trek:First Contact, entire decks are "assimilated" with Borg technology within a matter of hours.
Do Borg structures, such as alcoves, "grow" by themselves (kind of like implants), or are ...
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The Borg witnessed Vulcan & Human first (pre-warp) contact?
In the Voyager episode Year of Hell - Part 1 Seven of Nine says that the Borg witnessed Human and Vulcan first contact before either of them were warp-capable civilizations:
SEVEN: The correct ...
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The Borg uses many numbers as species designation, who were Species 1?
The Borg has always referred to other species by numbers (i.e. 8472, 3259 for Vulcans, 5618 for Humans ..etc ). It is assumed according to this that the numbers were incremental based on first ...
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In Star Trek First Contact, why did the Borg go to Earth, then back in time, couldn't they have time travelled first?
If the Borg possess the ability to time travel as we have seen, why would they travel in space to their target (i.e. Earth) then back in time, could not they do it from the Delta quadrant? That is ...
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Who is the first human to be assimilated by the Borg?
Was the family of seven of nine the first humans to be assimilated in the 2350s? Was it because of them that the Borg first learnt about humanity?
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If the Federation crew was able to beam aboard Borg cubes, why didn't they destroy it from the inside?
Many times Federation personnel beamed on board Borg Cubes, so if they were unable to destroy the Borg Cube by their torpedoes and other weapons why not simply plant a high energy destruction bomb ...
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Is the Borg Collective limited to bipeds?
How does the Borg deal with non bipedal sentient lifeforms? Are there any in the Borg Collective?
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Was there any mention in Star Trek canon or non-canon novels of any encounter between the Borg and Klingons or Romulans?
As far as I remember, when Borg cubes attack the alpha quadrant, they always engage the Federation and Earth is their primary target. Have there been any mention of any encounter between the Borg and ...
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How would the Borg collective work with two Borg queens?
In Star Trek: The First Contact movie, future Borg tried to contact their home world in 2063. If the communication was successful and the Borg from Delta Quadrant came to Earth in 21st century, ...
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Why don't Starfleet Officers wear protective gear when going abroad?
So I've watched pretty much all the Star Treks and from what I've seen, Star Trek officers don't wear any protective gear! Why don't they wear any kind of armor like the Klingons? Is it because the ...
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Why do the Borg need to assimilate entire species?
In The Raven, its mentioned that the Borg know much of the Talaxians because a small vessel was assimilated and their characteristics were added to the collective.
Why do the Borg then need to ...
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Do the Borg have a language?
I just realised something, with the amalgamation of species and cultures into the Borg, what language do they speak? I see three options but I can't find evidence for any:
The Language of Species ...
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Small ship warp into Borg Cube
According to Wolf-359 incident, 39 starships destroyed
11,000 killed or assimilated. Why didnt one of the smaller ships warp into that one borg-cube?
Doesnt warping into it destroy anything?
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How can the Next Generation's unfamiliarity with the Borg be explained after Archer's encounter?
In Regeneration Starfleet learns about a culture that we (as audience) know as The Borg. According to TNG, the Federation doesn't seem to know anything about these beings when they "first" meet them. ...
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Why are there no non-humanoid Borg?
You rarely see non-human Borg, let alone non humanoid Borg. Are there any in-universe examples of non humanoid Borg, or do they only assimilate humanoid-type races (which would seem a rather limited ...
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How did the Borg come to know about Earth?
When the Enterprise-E destroyed a Borg cube in the 24th century, a small part of it travelled back in time (2063) to stop first contact of Humans with Vulcans. During the fight with Picard, two Borg ...
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Why do the Borg only assimilate at close range?
Ever since the Borg evolved to include the nanoprobe-injecting tubules in First Contact (at least, I assume they had only recently developed them since we never saw that method of assimilation ...
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Do the Borg assimilate down to the last being?
When the Borg assimilate a planet, do they assimilate down to the last sentient being and wipe out the entire population, or do they keep a portion of the population around as breeding stock?
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Why do all Borg look different?
The main shtick of the Borg is lack of individuality, homogeneity; one borg being functionally no different from the rest. They are assimilated with nanobots and from those nanobots implants are ...
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Do the Borg selectively assimilate only men, or are drones de-sexed?
In Star Trek, nearly all the adult Borg we see appear to be male. While there might be some reason out of universe for this, in universe this doesn't make much sense. When a culture is assimilated all ...
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Did the Borg collective have an insignia?
In some Star Trek games and other expanded-universe material, the Borg paired with the insignia seen in TNG's "Descent" episodes.
However, were those Borg actually part of the collective proper, or ...
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What is the life expectancy of a Borg?
How long does a Borg drone live for, if not endangered and 'nature' is allowed to take it's course? I know that they still mature, case in point Seven of Nine who was assimilated as a child. Do Borg ...
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Can Borg survive in outer space without an environment suit?
This question is prompted from the scene in the film First Contact, when the Borg are outside the Enterprise creating the transmitter to communicate with the Borg of that time period, on the main ...
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What would have happened if the Doctor hadn't removed Seven's implants?
In the Voyager series, the Borg drone Seven of Nine is captured and reverted to a more or less human state when the Doctor removes her implants.
What would have happened, to both Seven and the ...
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How many Borg are there in The Collective?
I've spotted a few questions about the Borg and the number of ships in Starfleet. This led me to think about what the best estimate of the size of the Borg collective is at any time in the standard ...
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What is the purpose of the red laser pointers some Borg have attached to their head?
I never saw a drone fire a weapon or anything where this laser guidance might have helped them. Out-of-Universe it makes for a nice menacing effect when several drones step through fog, but I really ...
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Why didn't Picard go through with the “geometric pattern” plan against the borg?
In ST:TNG Season 5, episode "I, Borg", the crew comes across a damaged Borg individual that they isolate from the collective, and name him "Hugh".
Toward the end of the episode, they decide to give ...
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If the Borg assimilate a planet of idiots, does the Collective become dumber?
Is Borg intelligence based on the sum of all the parts (people) in the collective, or is there a base personality that is imprinted on newly assimilated persons?
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Why don't the Borg use some sort of projectile or beam weapon on their drones?
Why don't the Borg use some sort of projectile/beam weapon on their drones?
When in a ranged battle the Borg drones can't do much more than walk to their enemy, it seems like a stun beam would be more ...
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How did Data so easily access and control the Borg ship?
From what we know of the "Hive mind," every drone, ship, and mind are all interconnected; each mind has the who Hive in their head. So when Data connected to Picard and his link to the Hive mind, how ...
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What happened to Phlox's Borg cure by the 24th century?
In Star Trek Enterprise (Regeneration) the Borg assimilate some people, cause havoc and run amok. During all this Phlox gets infected with some nanites and begins to be assimilated. However, he ...
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How did Archer conclude that Borg would screw up Earth in 24th century?
In the 22nd century, after the Enterprise NX-01 destroyed a Borg ship, Doctor Phlox told Captain Archer about a subspace message he was receiving when he was infected by the Borg's nanobots. The ...
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How does the Borg hive mind work?
Do I just not understand the concept of the hive mind entirely? My understanding is, its one voice that controls and orders all the drones in all unimatrices.
It seems implausible (at least to me) ...
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Why didn't Seven of Nine assimilate the Voyager crew when she was separated from the collective?
In the episode Scorpion: Part II Seven of Nine is separated from the collective when Chakotay uses a temporary neural link to sabotage the console she is using, permanently destroying her neural link.
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Did The Cybermen influence the creation of The Borg?
Did Doctor Who's Cybermen influence Star Trek writers when they created the Borg? Did they even copy the idea?
There are many similarities: both are cyborgs, both assimilate other species by force, ...
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Why aren't we all Borg?
The Borg don't really seem like the type to hold back and in the tiny bit we saw of the delta quadrant in Voyager there were a lot of races technologically inferior compared to the Borg. So the fact ...
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Was ST: First Contact Borg Queen a different one from ST: Voyager Borg Queen?
Were they meant to be the same entity?
If they weren't, does this imply that Borg have distinct "hives"?
Out-of-Universe, the actresses playing the roles were all mixed up, but sounds like Paramount ...
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Why does the Borg Queen have a gender?
As I just answered, Borg don't have sexual reproduction.
The Borg Queen seems to have replaceable bodies.
So why does she even have a gender (e.g. Borg Queen vs. Borg Leader)? She does have one - ...
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Do Borg have sexual reproduction?
In light of the comments discussions for " Data being intimate with Tasha Tar - why was Data built with this capability? " involving Captain Picard and Borg Queen, a question popped into my mind:
Do ...
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Is it known to whom Data was referring when he told the Borg Queen of his most recent intimate experience?
In Star Trek: First Contact, the Borg Queen comes on to Data and asks him when the last time he was intimate and he states how long it has been for him - is it known to whom he was referring? Based on ...
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Why did the Borg name Locutus?
The other Borg get names like 4th of 12, adjunct matrix blah blah. So why did Captain Picard get a name when he was assimilated, instead of a numerical code / designation like all the other drones?
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What was the physical effect on Captain Picard of Borg assimilation?
After his Borg assimilation, Captain Picard appeared to be 100% restored to his original human self. But was that the case? (This question is purely about his physical restoration, I'm not interested ...
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Who are Species 125?
In Star Trek, the Borg Queen is said to be from Species 125.
Has this species been identified? Or has it been assimilated before the rest of the galaxy could encounter them?
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Star Trek Voyager - Species 8472 vs. the Borg
How come the Borg could not adapt to Species 8472? Voyager was able to create nano probes that could destroy Species 8472 and yet the Borg couldn't figure that out? Why?
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Why do Borg move so poorly (like 50s movie robots)?
Is there an in-universe explanation for why the Borg always move like 1950s cheap-special-effects sci-fi tin can robots?
With the advanced technology they have, you'd think they would have BETTER ...
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Why do the Borg have such a hard time understanding individuality?
The Borg assimilate individuals and their entire mind becomes a part of their collective. Every time they to do this, they must gain the exact experiences and legitimate reasonings as to why other ...
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Do the Borg ever lie?
I know that in the novel "ST The Return" by Shatner, the borg are able to lie. I was wondering if this novel is considered cannon, and whether there are any other instances where they lie.
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Why didn’t Voyager fly to the end of the Bajoran wormhole in the gamma quadrant?
When Voyager was stranded in the Delta quadrant, it would seem they had two options: either fly straight towards Federation space in the alpha quadrant, or go to the far end of the Bajorn wormhole in ...
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How come the Federation did not routinely use projectile weapons against the Borg?
In "First Contact" Picard kills a couple of Borg drones in the Holodeck with a holographic Tommy gun. It would appear that while the Borg are able to adapt to become impervious to energy weapons, ...
