Dominion vs Borg

[Photon]

Fort shits and giggles, lets say the Borg comes screaming through their conduits into the GQ and suddenly the forces occupying Cardassia are called back to help fight the invasion.

How would have SF responded to this?
How would Sisko respond?

High fives all around DS9 and thank God for the Borg and now lets stay neutral and have a Raktijino

Send in the troops to assist the Dominion

Can't blv anyone would assist the Borg even aGAINST the Dominion

Thoughts

 

[-Brett-]

Probably call a truce to help the Dominion on the theory that once they conquered the Dominion, the Borg would be on the Federation's figurative doorstep.

With the Dominion, peace is possible, though unlikely. With the Borg, not so much.

 

[Deks]

I would imagine that SF would use this opportunity to offer their aid to the Dominion unexpectedly and then work together (which would also show the Founders that not all solids are the same).

In the end, this would probably result in something along the lines of a peace treaty with the Dominion the Federation established with the Romulans.

On another note, the Dominion wouldn't fare any better against the Borg than the Feds.
So their only recourse would in fact be to work with them and avoid assimilation.
The Borg can easily assimilate the Jem'Haddaar most likely, and the Vorta.
The Founders... well, they can probably be assimilated since the Borg do think in not so limited terms like humanoids do, and their technology is very complex/advanced.

 

[Gil T.Azell]

But would the BORG be able to assimilate ..
1) A Founder?
2) A Jem'Hadar or Vorta?
3) Would the founders have built in a defense mechanism into the Jem'Hadar and Vorta?

 

[The_Baroness]

I'd be very surprised if the Borg and the Dominion weren't already aware of each other, given the Borg's galaxy spanning nature and all that, and the Dominions vast territory, and the fact that supposedly knew about the Federation already.

The Borg are probably more likely to go to the Gamma Quadrant than the Alpha as they sit side by side, rather than 'opposite' each other, and we know they kept popping up in the Beta Quadrant...

This in mind, I'd imagine that the founders with their extensive genetics expertise have probably built some kind of immunity into the Vorta and Jem Hadar. And, I'd also imagine that the Jems can put up enough of a fight to not need much help.

 

[JarodRussell]

Didn't they do this in Stargate with the Replicators and the Gua... Goua... Elliot Gould? How did that turn out?

 

[Nightdiamond]

If the Borg went into the Gamma Quadrant and started pummeling the hell out of each other, start picking out the most flavorful blend of raktijino.

If they got a hold of some of that Dominion technology and then started looking at the Alpha Quadrant, then I get a little worried.
As far as the Founders, from what I've seen, if the Borg can't assimilate a species, they consider them obsolete and to be wiped out.

Far sighted option-- side cautiously with the Dominion out of complete selfish based, self centered, hedonistic, self interest.

Or get the crew of Voyager, problem solved!

 

[The_Baroness]

As far as the Founders, from what I've seen, if the Borg can't assimilate a species, they consider them obsolete and to be wiped out.

Do they? I always got the impression that unless they're a threat, they'd ignore them.

 

[The_Baroness]

Actually - considering all this - the Borg did attack the Federation during the war, which led to ships like the Defiant being called away from the front lines to sort it out...

How come the Dominion didn't seize the opportunity to attack the Feds then, while they're fighting on two fronts?

furthermore...all those ships and crew that the Borg would have assimilated (such as the Enterprise itself pretty much) then, even if they hadn't heard of the Dominion before, they must have learned of them from the databases they'd assimilated.

Surely then, they'd be interested in assimilating Dominion tech, not to mention their genetically enhanced super soldiers and wibbly gooey shape changey things.

Imagine a shape shifting borg. Damn.

Shame it never happened in Ds9, but I guess it'd pretty much end the war.

 

[Photon]

http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature215/dominion-borg.html

 

[The_Baroness]

http://www.st-minutiae.com/academy/literature215/dominion-borg.html

Wow..that was...just...terrible.

 

[Jono]

Actually - considering all this - the Borg did attack the Federation during the war, which led to ships like the Defiant being called away from the front lines to sort it out...

If you are talking about the events of First Contact that attack occurred before the war. "By Inferno's Light" refers to losses against the Borg, which if it is the same event places it before the Dominion absorbed Cardassia.

Even if you go by stardates the movie still occurs prior to the start of the war.

The question would be what could the Federation really do to help? The Dominion was portrayed as far more powerful than the Federation. If it is losing on its home turf that it needs to call back its AQ expedition what aid could Starfleet really give when it has barely managed to defeat a single cube and save its capital.

They would probably share intel and hope the Dominion could hold out. Also depending on just when this Borg attack happens would determine what Starfleet could do. If it is during the war I doubt Federation members would want SF pissing off to save the Dominion in the GQ instead of securing its own borders and dealing with repairing the damage done.

It could also face a serious refugee problem as if the Dominion started to collapse people might see the wormhole as an escape and flood through it.

Anyway, I think the Federation would probably turtle up and if it was to aid the Dominion it would be a token force.

 

[Nick086]

The borg would pull down the Dominion's pants and rape them.

 

[Photon]

The borg would pull down the Dominion's pants and rape them.

The The Next Generation Borg would do that and then ask them if they love 'em.

Voyager Borg.....the Dominion wouldn't bother but to send in the Dosi, Karemma, and the mullet dudes and wipe out the Borg

 

[JarodRussell]

The Dominion would lose one generation of Jem'Hadar due to battles and assimilations, and then create a new generation that either can't be assimilated (because they die immediately) or that is charged with explosives. When assimilated, they detonate and destroy the Borg ships.

 

[Nightdiamond]

As far as the Founders, from what I've seen, if the Borg can't assimilate a species, they consider them obsolete and to be wiped out.

Do they? I always got the impression that unless they're a threat, they'd ignore them.

I remember one episode where Picard who was assimilated, was inspecting each crew member.

When he got to Data, he said something like, 'you will be obsolete in the new order'.

I always wondered about that.

Data was superior to humans in quite a few ways, and was technologically sophisticated, but the Borg either didn't want him, or couldn't do anything with him, because they couldn't assimilate him.

Then again maybe they already possessed Data's technology?

I think the Borg would definitely want to study the Founders, especially for their shape shifting abilities.

But if they can't get anywhere with them, my guess is that they might consider them in the same way they thought of Data.

 

[sonak]

I would think the Federation would consider the Borg the greater threat and have an interest in contributing to the battle against them.

 

[Marie1]

The borg would pull down the Dominion's pants and rape them.

The The Next Generation Borg would do that and then ask them if they love 'em.

Voyager Borg.....the Dominion wouldn't bother but to send in the Dosi, Karemma, and the mullet dudes and wipe out the Borg

That was great!

Naturally I think that the Dominion would win...
They'd just send waves of Jem'Hadar with blades and do suicide runs. And even if the Jem'Hadar were assimilated, if they were very young as they most likely would be, they wouldn't know anything useful.

 

[Nick086]

It just came to me after waking up from a cat nap what if the Jem'Hadar and the Vorta are biologically engineered to with stand and reple the Borg's nanoprobes or the Jem'Hadar's drug they consume could some how make assmilation futile. If the Borg did had an ecounter with the Dominion why do they still control vast amounts of territory in the Gamma Quadrant?

 

[Photon]

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