Most Logical Way To Defend Earth Against The Borg

[All Seeing Eye]

The Borg always adapt but they seem to adapt to the specific weapon involved which is why Phasers can still work for a time when on a rotating modulation. The Borg adapt to the type of weapon involved and the modulation of that weapon.

It seems IMO that the Borg would therefore find it difficult to adapt to a series of different weapons. I mean how can the Borg adapt their shields against Phasers and a completely different type of weapon at the same time.

I believe the most logical thing for Earth to do would be to build a weapons satellite that orbits the Sun not far from the Earth.

This weapons satellite would utilise a multitude of technology and weapons that has been studied and learnt about by Starfleet.

The satellite for example would not just use phasers. It would use:

Phasers (Used by Starfleet)
Disruptors (Used by Klingons/Romulans)
Phased Polaron Beams (Used by the Dominion)
Breen Dampening Pulses (Used by the Breen)
Iso-kinetic canons (as seen in Voyager episode 'Retrospect')

Photon Torpedoes
Plasma Torpedoes
Quantum Torpedoes
Transphasic Torpedoes

I'm sure there are an array of other weapons systems that Starfleet know about and can copy which could be added to the list. I'm sure Voyager learnt of quite a few more.

The idea is to attack a Borg ship with all of these weapons at the same time and all of them on rotating modulations. The idea is to confuse the Borg with such an array of weaponry and ensure they are unable to adapt to them all.

With the satellite being specifically built as a star system defence platform is can be built pretty large without the need for warp engines and rooms/quarters etc and can simply be one massive extremely powerful weapon protected by latest shield technology and the ablative hull armour brought back by Voyager.

 

[Hatchet2k4]

Interesting idea, although I would probably build more than one, so the borg don't have just one target to attack. I'd include subspace weaponry - sure they were banned, but for the borg you can make an exception!

 

[Ronald Held]

With a finite number of weapons, and a large number of cubes, spheres,etc, the Borg may adapt too quickly.

 

[Captain Rob]

Hmmm... Sounds like Starfleet should build...







The Death Star

 

[All Seeing Eye]

Interesting idea, although I would probably build more than one, so the borg don't have just one target to attack. I'd include subspace weaponry - sure they were banned, but for the borg you can make an exception!

Sure, why not.

I think these weapons satellites would also easily protect Earth against enemies that are unknown. First hit the enemy with the Breen dampening weapon, this more than likely would alone be successful, if that fails hit the enemy with phased polaron beams which should at least penetrate their shields, if that fails fire the iso-kinetic cannon which should cause massive damage to their shields and if that fails fall back to the trusty Phasers and Disruptors.

As for Torpedoes just fire a barrage of something like 5 of each type and see which ones work best.

I think the beauty of this idea is that Starfleet does not need to equip their starships with all these different weapon but are doing nothing more than building star system defence platforms which will work in conjunction with regular starfleet ships.

Hmmm... Sounds like Starfleet should build...







The Death Star

That's going overboard. It's a simple weapons satellite not too disimilar to the 'Ancients weapons satellite' seen in Stargate which took out a wraith ship, only this Starfleet one will utilise a vast array of different weapons.

Even if they prove unsuccessful in what they do (for example if the phased polaron beams don't penetrate the enemy shields) they are still successful in causing damage.
Even when the Federation adapted their shields to Dominion phased polaron beams they were still powerful and formidable weaponry.

 

[Captain Rob]

I'd like to see StarFleet use a new type of weapon: the quantum clustered torpedo. (i.e. cluster bomb) Modeled after today's clustered munitions, the cluster torpedo terminates its' approach to the target by dispensing a dozen or more smaller devices each with their own guidance package. I believe that the Narada is already packing these lovlies.

 

[Shatnertage]

Breen Dampening Pulses (Used by the Breen)

I keep on reading this as Breen-Dampening Pulses, weapons that make the Breen damp. In other words, water guns.

It got me thinking...maybe the Borg are vulnerable to Super-Soakers. Really, really big ones.

 

[All Seeing Eye]

I'd like to see StarFleet use a new type of weapon: the quantum clustered torpedo. (i.e. cluster bomb) Modeled after today's clustered munitions, the cluster torpedo terminates its' approach to the target by dispensing a dozen or more smaller devices each with their own guidance package. I believe that the Narada is already packing these lovlies.

If you ask me the Naradas weapons seemed really slow and were easily shot down by 22nd century ships phasers. Perhaps if they're clustered they lose speed and become easily defendable against.

 

[T'Girl]

The Captain Calhoun defense, destroy the Earth ourselves only moments before the Borg can target it. There by deigning the Borg their victory.

And yes, Calhoun was a moron.


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[Max Nex]

I think the best way to destroy the 'Borg once and for all is to find a way to separate their collectiveness.
once this is accomplished ,the individual drones and ship become phaser-fodder.

 

[Captain Rob]

I think the best way to destroy the 'Borg once and for all is to find a way to separate their collectiveness.
once this is accomplished ,the individual drones and ship become phaser-fodder.

And then they all end up running around their cubes like Landru's robed dudes after Landru got Kirked.

 

[Crazy Eddie]

There's no logical way to defend Earth, because the Borg never attack in a logical way. If they did, they would have conquered it by now. Essentially, this means the only logical way to defend Earth is: a Spinoff.

Bear with me on this. As it stands, the only way to defend Earth from the Borg is to do something realistically illogical but dramatically necessary. Why? Because the Borg's attacks are always totally illogical but dramatically necessary; they only send one ship, or they try something sneaky like time traveling to Earth's past, or they try using biological weapons, or they recruit Seven of Nine as a kinda-sorta sleeper agent, or they sit there with transwarp conduits monitoring Earth for years but not actually invading it, etc.

The best counter to this sort of illogical villainy is a bit of illogical heroism. Like if Starfleet decided to recruit Torchwood or something to build up some kind of fancy, clandestine silver-bullet defense that gets yanked out of the woodworks if the Borg ever show up again with whatever asinine scheme they've decided to use. This would probably be alot more efficient than calling Picard or Janeway back to Earth every time the Borg show up; better to have some specialist secret organization that specializes in weird sneaky alien invasions like the Borg or those parasite things or Species 8472 and so on.

All you have to do is think of a catchy name for it, and you've got a spinoff (Section 31 is already taken).

 

[Crazy Eddie]

I'd like to see StarFleet use a new type of weapon: the quantum clustered torpedo. (i.e. cluster bomb) Modeled after today's clustered munitions, the cluster torpedo terminates its' approach to the target by dispensing a dozen or more smaller devices each with their own guidance package. I believe that the Narada is already packing these lovlies.

If you ask me the Naradas weapons seemed really slow and were easily shot down by 22nd century ships phasers. Perhaps if they're clustered they lose speed and become easily defendable against.

Enterprise-D was equipped with a similar type of cluster torpedo in the early seasons of TNG. They didn't use it much after that, but combine that with quantum torpedoes and it's probably a one-shot kill, even against the Borg.

 

[Cap'n Caveman]

Since Starfleet seem able to beam someone aboard a Borg Cube at will, they could beam aboard something as archaic and mundane (compared to 24th Century tech) as a nuclear warhead on a short detonation fuse.

 

[Captain Rob]

Hmmm; defeat an illogical attack with an illogical defense. Got one:
Since the Borg only react to things they consider a threat. When a cube is located why don't Starfleet just beam over a whole bunch of tribble food and about a dozen tribbles? The ultimate low tech solution.
Would the Federation consider outlawing tribbles as WMDs? Weapons of Mass Digestion?

 

[seekertwo]

Borg seem to have a hard time adapting to kinetic-style weapons (Worf's sword, Picard's tommy-gun, etc.). Why not have some mass-drivers set up throughout the solar system to pound them with replicated asteroids or cannonballs or something?....

 

[Cap'n Caveman]

Hmmm; defeat an illogical attack with an illogical defense. Got one:
Since the Borg only react to things they consider a threat. When a cube is located why don't Starfleet just beam over a whole bunch of tribble food and about a dozen tribbles? The ultimate low tech solution.
Would the Federation consider outlawing tribbles as WMDs? Weapons of Mass Digestion?

But, wouldn't the Borg just assimilate them? Then the Borg would have the ultimate weapon against all humanoid species with a thing for cute and furries, Borg-Tribbles.

"Awww, how cute! May I hold it?"

"Cooo, broooo, cooooo" (Translation: "Resistance is futile")

 

[Shatnertage]

The best counter to this sort of illogical villainy is a bit of illogical heroism. Like if Starfleet decided to recruit Torchwood or something to build up some kind of fancy, clandestine silver-bullet defense that gets yanked out of the woodworks if the Borg ever show up again with whatever asinine scheme they've decided to use.

I can imagine how Torchwood would handle the Borg. Infect Captain Jack with some kind of super-nasty STD. Send him over to the Borg cube to charm his way through the ship, one drone at a time. The Borg sicken and die. Get Captain Jack back, give him the cure, have him get off a quick one-liner. Next episode.

 

[tau136]

I read an SF story once (anyone have an idea what one it might have been) where undergrond birds would fly through building's foundations and bring them down. The defence was to fill the foundations with air, which was anathema to the birds. Would a ring of archaic no-interest-to-Borg tech make them deflect round the junk zone in search of better assimilables?

 

[Shatnertage]

I think a Somebody Else's Problem field would do the trick.