I'd have to think in more depth for a more detailed response, but off the top of my head, Abrams trek is an alternate universe I mostly choose to ignore.
The novel verse is mostly non canon, but I like to cherry pick certain elements that appeal to me. I like how Greater Than the Sum tells us that there are two types of drones, assimilated and incubated, which neatly explains the differences between drones like Hugh and those like Seven of Nine. I like to think there was some way that Hugh survived at the end though.
Though I enjoyed the Destiny trilogy, I see this at best an alternate universe thing. It's very eye rolling to me that humans would be at all involved in the creation pf the Borg. Nor does the idea that they'd switch from assimilation to extinction seem plausible as it violates their driving force of achieving perfection through assimilation. Nor do I think the entire collective be destroyed in one fell swoop to be very plausible. Also, how would they have replenished themselves if they ceased assimilating?
I prefer the idea of the growth of "good" Borg who have broken away from the Collective, as was shown with Hugh's Borg planet, the Cooperative from the Voyager Unity episode, and the Unimatrix zero Borg, with their own cubes and spheres. I like to think of all three types of good Borg linking up as a Borg Alliance who eventually join the Federation. The "bad" Borg would still exist, but they'd stay pretty much as they were in Voyager.
The novel verse is mostly non canon, but I like to cherry pick certain elements that appeal to me. I like how Greater Than the Sum tells us that there are two types of drones, assimilated and incubated, which neatly explains the differences between drones like Hugh and those like Seven of Nine. I like to think there was some way that Hugh survived at the end though.
Though I enjoyed the Destiny trilogy, I see this at best an alternate universe thing. It's very eye rolling to me that humans would be at all involved in the creation pf the Borg. Nor does the idea that they'd switch from assimilation to extinction seem plausible as it violates their driving force of achieving perfection through assimilation. Nor do I think the entire collective be destroyed in one fell swoop to be very plausible. Also, how would they have replenished themselves if they ceased assimilating?
I prefer the idea of the growth of "good" Borg who have broken away from the Collective, as was shown with Hugh's Borg planet, the Cooperative from the Voyager Unity episode, and the Unimatrix zero Borg, with their own cubes and spheres. I like to think of all three types of good Borg linking up as a Borg Alliance who eventually join the Federation. The "bad" Borg would still exist, but they'd stay pretty much as they were in Voyager.
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