Going Through Borg Space

[Anwar]

Doesn't the computer screen in Descent say the Conduit took them to the Delta Quadrant?

 

[Disco]

The first mention of the Borg being in the Delta Quadrant comes from ST:FC, where Crusher states this as a fact.

In "Descent", that nifty piece of graphics establishes that Delta Quadrant is the one place where the Borg are not, as the rogue non-Collective has chosen this as its hideout from the Collective!

Of course, the Borg are probably everywhere anyway. But what our heroes should believe in, as per "Descent", is the exact opposite of what Crusher actually believes in ST:FC. So apparently something happened that we didn't see. Say, Hugh at the conclusion of "Descent" having a little chat with his Federation friends and telling a thing or two about the Borg.

Timo Saloniemi

Descent might establish that the Borg are not in the part of the Delta Quadrant that Hugh, Lore and co are in but it doesn not establish that the Borg are not anywhere in the entire Delta Quadrant.

 

[Guy Gardener]

They were at transwarp for seconds.

Riker said that relief ships could get to them in days.

RIKER: Riker to any team leader.
POWELL [OC]: Lieutenant Powell here, sir.
RIKER: Round up everybody who was left behind. Take cover. Try to avoid any contact with the Borg.
POWELL [OC]: Aye, sir.
RIKER: Riker out. Even if Beverly can get back to Federation space, it'll be a few days before Starfleet can get any ships here. Until then, we're on our own.

That might mean days at highwarp to get to the planet, or it might mean days to converge at the other end of the conduit and then head through enforce.

I'd have to watch the bastard again to be sure.

 

[asl]

The real question is why were the Borg not Towing Voyager at transwarp speeds to earth in 2hours, rather than what they did do, relent to escourt Janeway through Borg space for ten years until they were out the other side at regular Warp Speed?

This. Voyager was full of inconsistencies.

 

[Makarov]

I think Jean Luc Picard would be disgusted and hate Janeway for a lot of her interactions with the borg if he read about them.

I would side with Chakotay and just try to make a life there or go around it.

 

[Guy Gardener]

Well, from what we can tell from Before and After, it's possible that the almighty Krenim had dispatched the Borg, and that that was not anything that Captain Chakotay had had to worry about.