Timeline for Why do the Borg not focus on assimilating The Doctor's mobile emitter?
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| Nov 26, 2014 at 15:03 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | Also, this answer's suggestion that the Borg wouldn't be interested in One after realizing how different he was is explicitly contradicted by One's claim in the episode that "While I was linked to the Borg I could hear their thoughts, their objectives. They are aware of my existence. They will pursue me." | |
| Nov 26, 2014 at 15:02 | comment | added | Hypnosifl | One's "difference" was a matter of his having been allowed to develop his individuality apart from the Collective, similar to what happened with Hugh in the TNG episode. So I don't think this is a convincing argument, the Borg presumably would have thought they could either overpower his mind and re-integrate him, or just acquire his technology and create new high-tech drones raised "from birth" to be loyal to the Collective. | |
| Nov 26, 2014 at 4:42 | vote | accept | user2813274 | ||
| Nov 25, 2014 at 20:05 | comment | added | DampeS8N | The whole idea of a Borg sacrificing itself for others is totally anathema to what the Borg are as an entity. The Borg, as macro-organism, would be absorbing the ability to make that choice. The choice to sacrifice itself for the well-being of others. That is, it would mean the end of assimilating people. | |
| Nov 25, 2014 at 20:02 | comment | added | DampeS8N | He wasn't wrong. If he had not sacrificed himself he wouldn't have shown them that he was willing to do that. It is that sacrifice that I am talking about. That is what changed. | |
| Nov 25, 2014 at 20:01 | comment | added | user2813274 | Yet at the end One claims that they would continue to attempt to assimilate him - was he wrong? Somehow I think he wouldn't be wrong about such a matter, considering that it is his life at stake. | |
| Nov 25, 2014 at 20:00 | comment | added | DampeS8N | They didn't know that One was so different until the climax of the episode. It was One's actions that showed the Borg what he had become. When first contacted, One wasn't yet changed. So they were in error at first, and only in the end were they able to understand that. | |
| Nov 25, 2014 at 19:58 | comment | added | user2813274 | If that was true, then why would they attempt to assimilate One, knowing that it would lead to their demise? | |
| Nov 25, 2014 at 19:57 | history | answered | DampeS8N | CC BY-SA 3.0 |