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Does a new species always need to contribute a technology advancement in order to be assimilated by the Borg?
Does a new species always need to contribute a technology advancement in order to be assimilated by the Borg, or do the Borg assimilate less advanced races as well, thus trading collective IQ for ...
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Did any of TOS 5 year mission first contacts aliens show up in later Star Trek episodes as Borg?
Are there any examples of Star Trek TOS aliens being assimulated by the Borg in any of the following versions of the Star Trek TV/Movie franchise?
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In “Brothers” when Data takes over the ship, why does the computer not realize he is faking Picard's voice?
In a Star Trek TNG episode called "Brothers" Data takes over the ship by throwing his voice and pretending to be Captain Picard. The computer is aware of where Picard actually is on the ship due to ...
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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 is there an aircraft carrier model in the Enterprise briefing room?
The Briefing room in TNG has a variety of starship models on the wall, presumably of different classes of Starfleet ships. But why is (what looks like) an aircraft carrier included with the models? ...
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Does Star Trek TNG show technology discovered by Kirk's generation?
Are there in universe references to technologies utilized in the Star Trek TNG series that were discovered during Star Trek TOS? For instance, android tech? Norman 1 from the "I, Mudd" episode should ...
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In ST:TNG's “The Survivors” why wasn't Kevin Uxbridge able to stop the Husnock attack?
Kevin's moral code prevented taking deadly action. However, a being of such power as him surely could have taken actions that would have ended the attack without killing or injuring any Husnock. As an ...
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Was Data able to assess a human emotional state accurately?
Before Data got an emotion chip, was he able to assess a human emoional state accurately based on visual/sensor/verbal/auditory/contextual/other clues?
Just to be clear, the question is "could he ...
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In “Relics” (S6E4) how did the Enterprise escape the sun? And why did they have to destroy Scotty's ship?
After entering the Dyson sphere the Enterprise was forced directly towards the sun of the system and could barely escape flying directly into it with the crew coming to the conclusion that they could ...
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Is there a canon explanation of WHY Data chose to enter Starfleet Academy?
We know that Data went through Starfleet Academy and served in Starfleet.
But is there any canon info indicating why he choise that path/career/existence?
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Why in the world do they teach Latin at the Starfleet Academy?
From ST:TNG "The Game", when the crew welcomes back Cadet Wesley Crusher on vacation from the Starfleet Academy:
PICARD: Quomodo tua Latinitas est?
WESLEY: Praestat quam prius.
PICARD: Oppido bonum. ...
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In TNG “The Game”, how did the game affect Geordi?
In "The Game" an addictive video game is played by everyone on the Enterprise. It communicated with the player's brain via the eyes.
How did it work for LaForge who wears a visor? I don't think I ...
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How did Mendon join Starfleet?
In Coming of Age (STNG S1E19), we meet Mordock, who is then understood to be the first Benzite to be admitted to Starfleet Academy.
Later, in A Matter of Honor (STNG S2E8), we meet Mendon. Mendon ...
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Do Captain Picard and Commander Data always have a storyline together?
In the Star Trek movies relating to the TNG crew, there often seems to be a story line involving the Captain and Data, is that on purpose or just one of those things?
I can think of 2 examples from ...
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What happens to the worlds that don't want to join the United Federation of Planets?
What happens to the worlds that are within Federation Space that decline to join the UFP? How are they treated?
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Do the Federation need to worry about the Treaty of Algernon?
It seems from a cursory reading of the page on cloaking devices, the Federation has repeatedly trodden on the treaty's legislation banning cloaking devices. And yet to my knowledge there has been ...
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Is there any significance to Captain Picard's baldness?
Was the fact that Captain Picard has no hair just a random artefact of the fact that Patrick Stewart was the best/chosen actor for the role?
Or was the choice of Patrick Stewart influenced in any way ...
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What is the significance of the different styles of, and emblems on, Klingon baldrics?
I've been watching Star Trek: The Next Generation, and just recently transitioned into season two. Among several more significant changes, I've noticed that Worf's baldric has changed.
Season 1
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Rubicun III - Why does the prime directive not apply?
In a first season episode of Star Trek The Next Generation the Enterprise visits a planet named Rubicun III where (according to Memory Alpha) the Edo live.
It is often mentioned in Star Trek that the ...
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How could the Federation trust Worf to be Chief of Security?
While I'm in a Star Trek mood, I may as well ask the other question I've been thinking about. Since the first series with Kirk, the Klingons have always been a hostile, dumb, but powerful species that ...
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Does Lieutenant Commander Data exercise a true Theory of Mind?
Theory of Mind is subject of interest to psychologists, primatologists, and those interested in artificial intelligence alike. In a nutshell, having a Theory of Mind is indicated by being able to ...
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Abilities of the Enterprise of the future
In the episode All Good Things the Enterprise (of the future) has cloaking abilities and can travel at least Warp 13 and has 3 warp nacelles.
Is there anything else known about this ship? Is there ...
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Identifying a specific StarTrek episode
After reading this question Cloaking the uss enterprise I'm trying to remember an episode of TNG.
It's seems to run 3 different time lines in parallel, Current-time
past time and future time.
They ...
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Cloaking the USS Enterprise
While the Romulans and Klingons have cloaking technology, do any of the Federation ships have it?
It seems that the USS Enterprise more than once is surprised by a cloaked ship. But why have they ...
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Does “Encounter at Farpoint” conflict with other canon, relating to holodecks?
In some other questions about holodecks here, and other episodes of Star Trek starting with The Next Generation, I've heard/seen that the holodeck can effectively create an infinite environment that ...
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What Star Trek TNG episode do I vaguely recall from childhood?
My mom was a big Trekkie while I was growing up. Not just any Trek, mind you, but specifically TNG (and then later Voyager).
I vaguely recall watching part of an episode at a young age, that left me ...
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What do the Borg eat?
We know Seven of Nine eats after she was severed from the collective. We know the Borg drones recharge/sleep in individual docking stations. Do the Borg drones eat? If so, what do they eat, and how is ...
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Was Wesley Crusher referred to as an Acting Ensign before Where No One Has Gone Before?
I have been watching Star Trek: TNG from the beginning, and I remember a scene where Wesley makes an offhand comment about him being an acting ensign before Picard officially makes him one. Which ...
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What is the history between Q and Guinan?
In "Q Who?,"
Q is introduced to "Guinan" in the Enterprise-D's Ten-Forward lounge.
He then says: "'Guinan' – is that your name now?" He claims that Guinan, "is not what she appears to be." As well, ...
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How would a metaphorical language such as in Darmok (ST:TNG S05E02) be taught?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 Episode 2 ("Darmok") we are introduced to an alien race called the Tamarians who communicate entirely by metaphor.
The concept is that all communication is ...
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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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Did Wesley Crusher exhibit leadership/command abilities?
We know that Wesley Crusher was worried about passing exams to get into StarFleet Academy (Does Starfleet accept cadets based on quotas?).
Since it's clear he was not worried about IQ/science tests, ...
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How is it remotely a good idea to fly into an anomaly you know nothing about?
In a very early TNG episode Lonely Among Us they coincidentally discover this anomaly:
Yar notes that it has "considerable energy and changing patterns" (i.e. dangerous and unpredictable).
They're ...
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What year is ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ set in?
Wikipedia notes that ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ was set in 2364 (and beyond), and that that’s “about 100 years after the original series timeframe”.
However, the Wikipedia article on The ...
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Was Tom Paris based on the Character Nick Locarno from Star Trek TNG
In the episode "The First Duty" TNG Robert Duncan McNeill plays a character called Nick Lacarno who as part of Flight squad caused an accident which resulted in the death of another cadet, he was ...
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Were the 'other' Worfs in 'Parallels' aware of the changes?
In Parallels, Worf jumped to other quantum realities when near Geordi's VISOR. Were the other Worfs aware and trying to find answers also? Or did the just move once, and so were not aware as such due ...
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Why can't a Federation Starship's transporter history be used to bring someone back to life?
I've always been a little confused by the fact that when a crew member dies they don't just use the transporter history to bring that person back. I'm aware that this wouldn't make for good TV, but I ...
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Star Trek TNG - Cargo bay functions separated between different consoles?
In the Star Trek TNG Episode "Disaster" why can the cargo bay door be opened, the force field dropped depressurizing the bay, the force field enabled and the door closed all from the same console, but ...
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Was there any range limit to Troi's emotional sense?
I can kind of understand how Counselor Troi could sense the emotions of people in the room with her, that is at close distance.
But in communications with other ships or planets, she was able to ...
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What Did David Gerrold Leave “Star Trek: The Next Generation” To Work On?
During the break between the first and second seasons of Star Trek: The Next Generation, I went to a local Star Trek convention and heard David Gerrold speak. he talked about some of his frustrations ...
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Why four lights?
In Chain of Command, Part II Picard is tortured by Madred, a Cardasian who forces Picard to tell him there are 5 lights, when in fact the real number is four. He could have used any other method to ...
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Is this image of Picard using Data as a phone from an actual episode?
Someone just sent me this image:
And, this one is viral on Facebook and Google+:
Are they from an actual TV episode, or are they photoshopped images?
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What this man is doing with a Starfleet mini-skirt?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Encounter at Farpoint, we see Deanna Troi wearing some kind of mini-skirt uniform.
I did not remember this before, as Troi wore more casual clothing ...
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What happened between Riker and Troi?
Throughout ST:TNG and before Star Trek Nemesis, it's mentioned in passing that Rliker and Troi were together for a while, then they broke up for some reason.
Is it ever mentioned what happened ...
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What is the penalty for violating the “Prime Directive” without Federation sanctioned justification?
I previously asked about the circumstances that allowed forgoing the "Prime Directive". The answer stated "All these people have violated the Prime Directive more than once: Kirk, Picard, Riker, Worf, ...
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Why Kahlest considers her life over after Khitomer?
In Sins of the Father, Picard retrieved another survivor of the Khitomer Massacre, a woman named Kahlest. This old women kept saying that she considered her life over after Khitomer and she was ...
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Star Trek The Next Generation episode where computer search took hours
In Star Trek TNG, the crew would often ask the computer to perform certain searches. Usually the computer would respond, "Working..." and after a few moments give the answer.
I vaguely remember an ...
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What did the Enterprise D (E?) do during the Dominion War?
Pretty simple question. It doesn't seem like there's a whole lot of canon on the crew of the Enterprise during the Dominion War. Are their activities during the war ever brought up in canon?
I ...
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What happened to Geordi's visor?
Geordi had a visor throughout the Star Trek TNG television series but that vanished for the movies. What happened? Ideally I'm looking for an in-universe explanation (and out-of-universe, if it ...
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Are Doctor Who and Star Trek: the Next Generation canon-compatible?
IDW Publishing are bringing out a comic, Assimilation2, set in ST:TNG (presumably the TNG in the timeline prior to the events of the 2009 movie) featuring the 11th Doctor.
Is the canon of these two ...
