Excalbians, sure, why not? Nanoprobes might like silicon-based lifeforms, too. Sheliak, no, don't think so. Their lawyers would never allow assimilation. They'd keep the Borg tied up in courts for decades.
I think the Borg would subscribe Shakespeare in regards to lawyers. "First thing we'll do is assimilate all the lawyers".
I don't know, maybe try to compare the physiologies of Excalbians and Sheliak with physiologies of species the Borg have assimilated, or likely have assimilated. You did a good job speaking about the Excalbians.
I've never started a thread. If I did, however, I wouldn't pick a dubious topic and get defensive when people joked about it. --Sran
Ok, fine. I just think that topics like this are more interesting than "Who's your favorite captain?," but maybe you disagree. Constant joking is annoying.
Compare physiologies? How could anyone do that? The only Borg ever seen were of the one head/two arms/two legs variety. Nothing outside of the basic human shape was ever depicted as part of the Collective. So apparently the Borg don't do non-humanoids, therefore neither Excalbians nor Sheliak would be assimilated. Whether they could be or not, who can say? What is there to discuss about that? Any answer is as good as another. I still think the Sheliak lawyers alone would make the Borg leave them alone.
It's too bad we don't know how strong a Sheliak ship is. I'm speculating, but I wonder if the massive temperature of the Excalbian body would fry the Borg nanoprobes.
Seriouslyif th Borg ever show up in NuTrek there should be non-humanoid Borg. Some species would make great mobile mortar launchers. What about assimilating Tholians?