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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...
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Who was the first Borg? [duplicate]
In 'Star Trek: Voyager', we find out in one of the episodes (I for the life of me can't remember which... edits are welcome), that the Borg Queen (portrayed beautifully by Susanna Thompson) comes from ...
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Has the Borg's technology ever been shown to advance?
The whole idea of the Borg is that they're in a constant state of assimilation and improvement. However, has there ever been any point in the franchise where the Borg were shown to have become more ...
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How do the Borg adapt and assimilate?
You see Borg drones or cubes being attacked and while some are being destroyed, they quickly adapt.
But HOW do they adapt mid-battle?
And how is technology described so they can assimilate it?
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What do we know about the ultimate fate of the Borg?
The overwhelming impression that one gets while watching Star Trek: Voyager is that the Borg will win in the Delta Quadrant. With only a handful of exceptions, that are vastly superior to everything ...
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If the Phoenix had been destroyed, would the Enterprise have immediately disappeared? [closed]
In the movie Star Trek: First Contact, the Borg Queen orders Data to destroy Zefram Cochrane's ship The Phoenix and Data then fires three photon torpedoes at it which end up missing it. If Data would ...
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Why didn't Troi feel the mind of the Borg Queen?
In ST:TNG 2:16, in the Federation's first encounter with the Borg, Deanna Troi states:
We're not dealing with an individual mind. They don't have a single leader. It's the collective minds of all of ...
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Did Picard violate Article 14, Section 31 of the Starfleet Charter?
Article 14, Section 31 of the Starfleet Charter allowed for extraordinary measures to be taken in times of extreme threat. In TNG episode I, Borg, by not infecting Hugh with the virus before returning ...
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What was so bad about the what happened to the Borg drones?
In Star Trek: Picard, episode 8, we see the following happening to a huge amount of Borg drones:
But instead it seemed as if the Collective saw the fate of these drones as irreversible and bad.
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Do Borg have different collectives depending on which reality they exist in, or are all Borg across all realities part of the same collective?
Similar, but not what I'm after.
In TNG Parallels, one of the alternate Enterprises consists of a Riker who claims that:
The Borg are everywhere!
So there's Borg in at least two universes, probably ...
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What do the Borg do when they aren't assimilating?
When we were first introduced to the Borg in Q-Who, the cube was travelling somewhere when it notices Enterprise and decides to poke it.
Worf: Captain. The cube has already changed course to ...
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Are there examples of "liberated" Borg who, even after a long time away from the collective, wished to return?
There are several instances that I know of Borg who ended up free from the collective.
Picard. Did not wish to return, which is understandable considering the brief time he was Borg.
Seven. She did ...
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Are Borg Drones able to adapt to projectile weapons? [duplicate]
The drones are able to adapt to energy weapons, but what about kinetic weapons like bullets or rail guns?
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Was Lore on the Borg renegade ship or on the planet where he was doing his business?
Something I'm curious about. When the renegade Borg were causing havoc with their attacks on the Enterprise and the brutal fight in the outpost, was Lore heading that ship or was he on the planet ...
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What exactly was the Borg's intention when finally capturing the ship at the end of "Q Who"?
If it had not been for Q saving them at the last minute, what would the Borg have done?
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Who created the Borg concept? [duplicate]
Who created the Borg concept?
Looking at Wikipedia it is clear TNG had already started without the Borg as such, but with the idea that a new powerful adversary was needed.
This article suggests a ...
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Why did they never point the Borg towards Organia or a Douwd? [duplicate]
In all their dealings with the Borg, why did they never think of directing them to Organia or in the direction of a Douwd? It would have solved the problem quickly.
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Why didn't the Enterprise-E crew just use holodeck machine guns against the Borg? [duplicate]
Picard is pursued by the Borg while they take over the Enterprise-E. He starts a chapter of some crime-drama holo-novel on the holodeck. The crime boss and his henchmen carry tommy guns, which Picard ...
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