At the end of First Contact, J-L stood over the parts that remained of the Borg queen. What happened to those parts & components, and were they used by Starfleet to combat future Borg threats?
Several attempts were made to defeat the Borg by various means - but as they say, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Not by becoming Borg, though, but by taking over the Collective with a custom-made queen, created from a combination of the ex-Queen and our friend Data. Maybe the Collective would've stayed the Borg and just become benevolent Borg, or maybe Starfleet's queen would've overseen the dismantling of the Collective.
The covert nature of this would've explained why Maddox's work was such a secret. Using the ex-Queen's components would help explain how he made such a technological leap from the synths we saw on Mars. B-4's components looked to be inadequate, so he got drawered.
In episode 3, we heard that there was concrete evidence that the Romulans were behind the Mars attack - an attack that destroyed a rescue fleet meant to save Romulans. To at least partially explain this, perhaps the Romulans took such an extreme measure in order to prevent Starfleet from taking over the Borg. It resulted in the outlawing of synths, including the synths who were created for higher purposes than maintenance work on Mars.
But now, with Soji working on the cube under the Romulans' noses, maybe the Romulans are hoping to take over the Collective for their own purposes. It would be a fine reason why someone with such a sweet smile keeps getting called out as being "the destroyer."
Several attempts were made to defeat the Borg by various means - but as they say, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Not by becoming Borg, though, but by taking over the Collective with a custom-made queen, created from a combination of the ex-Queen and our friend Data. Maybe the Collective would've stayed the Borg and just become benevolent Borg, or maybe Starfleet's queen would've overseen the dismantling of the Collective.
The covert nature of this would've explained why Maddox's work was such a secret. Using the ex-Queen's components would help explain how he made such a technological leap from the synths we saw on Mars. B-4's components looked to be inadequate, so he got drawered.
In episode 3, we heard that there was concrete evidence that the Romulans were behind the Mars attack - an attack that destroyed a rescue fleet meant to save Romulans. To at least partially explain this, perhaps the Romulans took such an extreme measure in order to prevent Starfleet from taking over the Borg. It resulted in the outlawing of synths, including the synths who were created for higher purposes than maintenance work on Mars.
But now, with Soji working on the cube under the Romulans' noses, maybe the Romulans are hoping to take over the Collective for their own purposes. It would be a fine reason why someone with such a sweet smile keeps getting called out as being "the destroyer."
