Questions tagged [borg]
For questions about "The Borg", a fictional pseudo-race of cybernetic organisms depicted in the Star Trek universe, first encountered when Q brings the Enterprise to meet them in 2365. Use this tag with the [star-trek] tag and any related more specific work tag, for example, [star-trek-tng].
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Why couldn't all assimilees be liberated from the Borg?
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, "Best of Both Worlds", Seeing as they now knew how to free people from the Borg, why couldn't the same technique be used on anyone who was ...
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Borg assimilation
The Borg famously appeared in both Star Trek the Next Generation and Star Trek Voyager. Is it known the range of species the Collective assimilated? In particular, did they assimilate three legged ...
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Would the Borg react to an escape pod?
I know the Borg assimilate whatever they encounter and only engage in activate combat if they are attacked or the collective decides they pose too great a risk. But escape pods are at the very least ...
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Where do the Borg appear in the Alpha/Beta Quadrants?
I understand that the Borg travel vast distances via transwarp conduits. Do these have fixed endpoints near the Federation, similar to the Bajoran Wormhole for the Dominion? They seem to appear ...
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Why do the Borg want to assimilate every planet in the universe?
This is a question that I was wondering about since I was introduced to the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Why do the Borg want to assimilate every planet in the universe?
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How much energy can an adapted Borg shield absorb?
We see in several episodes of several series that the Borg can adapt their shield frequencies and apparently become completely impervious to attack. However, I'm wondering if there is a limit to this ...
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What did the Borg cut out of the Enterprise-D?
In "Q Who?," the Borg are seen using a laser to cut out a section of several decks of the saucer section which they try to retrieve with a tractor beam. WORF: A type of laser beam is slicing ...
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Has transporter technology ever been used to fight Borg assimilation?
The transporter technology in Star Trek has been used in many fantastic plot fixes. People are stored in some kind of pattern and rebuilt. This process has been used to cure diseases such as the aging ...
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What is the meaning of Borg names?
With a few exceptions, Borg drones are usually named X of Y, where X and Y are numbers. But what does that mean? I am especially interested in understanding what the latter part implies. Does the &...
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How do the Borg switch from being "kinder, gentler" (S2 finale) to evil, necro-y villains again (S3 finale) in Star Trek Picard?
The question is pretty much the title. As bad as season two was, at the end we have a Borg queen that was a former friend of Picard (from season one), who rescues the galaxy or something (plots so bad ...
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In Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard, is this race considered good or bad now? [duplicate]
In the S3:E9 - "Vox" of Star Trek: Picard, it is revealed that the Borg are the bad guys... but in season two the Borg had a change of heart and (under the leadership of Doctor Jurati as the ...
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In Star Trek: First Contact, why didn't the Borg go back in time before they entered into Federation space? [duplicate]
In Star Trek: First Contact (1996), during the battle with Starfleet which takes place very near to Earth, a Borg Sphere comes out of the damaged Borg Cube and then it uses time travel to go back in ...
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How many Borg collectives are there?
At the end of star trek picard season 2 we see
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How does the borg queen keep coming back to life? [duplicate]
How does the borg queen keep coming back to life? She is killed but always reappears later. When Picard asks her about this, she says Picard is thinking so 3-dimensionally.
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Why was Seven of Nine upset at Borg drones being ejected into space, when they can survive in a vacuum?
In Star Trek Picard season one Borg drones are ejected into space. Seven of Nine seems upset at this. But what's the big deal, as Star Trek First Contact has shown that Borg drones can survive in ...