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[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ But in that theory they wouldn't because the Borg in "Regeneration" came from the wreckage of the Sphere in FC. So in the original timeline there wouldn't have been any Borg wreckage in the Arctic (or Antartica, wherever it was)

I'm sticking with the theory that it's a closed loop - a predestination paradox. There was always Borg wreckage there, and the NX-01 Enterprise was always involved.

 

[Ethros]

^ That's what I'd agree with. It's easier that way

 

[Dane_Whitman]

^ But in that theory they wouldn't because the Borg in "Regeneration" came from the wreckage of the Sphere in FC. So in the original timeline there wouldn't have been any Borg wreckage in the Arctic (or Antartica, wherever it was)

I'm sticking with the theory that it's a closed loop - a predestination paradox. There was always Borg wreckage there, and the NX-01 Enterprise was always involved.

Exactly.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Plus, it explains why the "Q Who?" Borg cube is already heading in Earth's general direction - it must have picked up on the distress signal sent out by the "Regeneration" drones, a signal which had Earth's location in it.

 

[Dane_Whitman]

Plus, it explains why the "Q Who?" Borg cube is already heading in Earth's general direction - it must have picked up on the distress signal sent out by the "Regeneration" drones, a signal which had Earth's location in it.

Only it is a bit strange that the cube is first at the Neutral Zone, and then later in "Q-Who?" it is 7000 lightyears away. But you're right, it does explain their presence in the general vicinity of the Federation.

Ofcourse, a couple of years prior to "Q-Who?" the Borg assimilated the Hansens, so it is possible that they already knew the location of Earth before receiving the coördinates from the "Regeneration" drones.

 

[Timo]

Indeed, the Borg presence near Earth doesn't really require any explanation. Why wouldn't they be there? They are everywhere. From the looks of it, they have always been. As per "Dark Frontier", they just don't bother to show themselves to species they deem too primitive for assimilation for the time being.

"Regeneration" as such isn't too objectionable a plotline or a Borg saga chapter, IMHO. What is profoundly silly there is that T'Pol can somehow divine that it takes exactly 200 years for the Borg message to reach its destination. How can she do that when all she has is a direction, and no idea of distance? The message might have been aimed at a target just two minutes away, or outside the galaxy by twenty thousand years. Also somewhat silly is that the Borg never manage to seriously harm our heroes, and that Phlox is successful in fighting the nanoprobes.

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Ethros]

^ It was Archer who said it was been sent to the Delta Quadrant

ARCHER: The computer analysed Phlox's numbers. They're pulsar frequencies with geometric light year measurements.
T'POL: Spatial co-ordinates.
ARCHER: They told their homeworld how to find Earth.
T'POL: Did you learn where the message was sent?
ARCHER: Somewhere deep in the Delta Quadrant.
T'POL: Then I doubt there's any immediate danger. It would take at least two hundred years for a subspace message to reach the Delta Quadrant, assuming it's received at all.
ARCHER: Sounds to me like we've only postponed the invasion until what, the 24th century?


I would agree it doesn't really matter if the Borg got the message or not, they were gonna be there anyway.
Plus along with the Hansens in the 2350's, VOY also had the Borg encountering and assimilating the USS Tombaugh in 2360, 4 years prior to "The Neutral Zone" (from VOY: Infinite Regress)

 

[T'Cal]

^ But in that theory they wouldn't because the Borg in "Regeneration" came from the wreckage of the Sphere in FC. So in the original timeline there wouldn't have been any Borg wreckage in the Arctic (or Antartica, wherever it was)

I'm sticking with the theory that it's a closed loop - a predestination paradox. There was always Borg wreckage there, and the NX-01 Enterprise was always involved.

My thoughts exactly.