Has B&B ever indicated why the Borg failed to assimilate the Federatio
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Re: Has B&B ever indicated why the Borg failed to assimilate the Feder
In Q Who and BOBW the Borg appeared to have a much smaller fleet of cubes than they did in Voyager.
In TNG, when the Borg had a limited number of cubes, a single cube was a huge threat.
When they had much more cubes in Voyager they had to be made into a much smaller threat.
If there was a Voyager size fleet with TNG size strength, it would have conquered the Federation very quickly. Thankfully there never was.
In Q Who and BOBW the Borg appeared to have a much smaller fleet of cubes than they did in Voyager.
In TNG, when the Borg had a limited number of cubes, a single cube was a huge threat.
When they had much more cubes in Voyager they had to be made into a much smaller threat.
If there was a Voyager size fleet with TNG size strength, it would have conquered the Federation very quickly. Thankfully there never was.
Re: Has B&B ever indicated why the Borg failed to assimilate the Feder
^Are you guys referring to the transwarp conduit in "Endgame?" That's not exactly a wormhole.
Anyway, the Borg have always had the ability to assimilate the Federation easily -- if they'd made the effort. We saw that one cube was able to do enormous damage, but we also saw that they had thousands of cubes back in the Delta Quadrant, and the ability to cross the galaxy pretty easily at transwarp. But the thing people tend to forget is that from the Borg's perspective, the Federation was a minor, distant entity, actually pretty low on their list of priorities. That's why they only sent one cube at a time on an occasional basis. They had bigger concerns closer at hand, like dealing with all the local powers fighting against them in the Delta Quadrant, and later dealing with the war against Species 8472. The Federation was clear on the other side of the galaxy, and while the Borg felt its biological and technological distinctiveness could be useful, it was far from their only target.
The Destiny trilogy in the novels shows what happened when the Borg actually did make the Federation a priority. As a result of Voyager's destruction of their transwarp hub and their Unicomplex in "Endgame," the Borg finally designated the Federation as a major threat rather than a potentially useful resource, and invaded en masse with thousands of cubes. It was the most destructive event in Federation history, and the Federation would never have survived unless... well, read the books.
^Are you guys referring to the transwarp conduit in "Endgame?" That's not exactly a wormhole.
Anyway, the Borg have always had the ability to assimilate the Federation easily -- if they'd made the effort. We saw that one cube was able to do enormous damage, but we also saw that they had thousands of cubes back in the Delta Quadrant, and the ability to cross the galaxy pretty easily at transwarp. But the thing people tend to forget is that from the Borg's perspective, the Federation was a minor, distant entity, actually pretty low on their list of priorities. That's why they only sent one cube at a time on an occasional basis. They had bigger concerns closer at hand, like dealing with all the local powers fighting against them in the Delta Quadrant, and later dealing with the war against Species 8472. The Federation was clear on the other side of the galaxy, and while the Borg felt its biological and technological distinctiveness could be useful, it was far from their only target.
The Destiny trilogy in the novels shows what happened when the Borg actually did make the Federation a priority. As a result of Voyager's destruction of their transwarp hub and their Unicomplex in "Endgame," the Borg finally designated the Federation as a major threat rather than a potentially useful resource, and invaded en masse with thousands of cubes. It was the most destructive event in Federation history, and the Federation would never have survived unless... well, read the books.
Re: Has B&B ever indicated why the Borg failed to assimilate the Feder
As I recall (and I could be misremembering), Maurice Hurley didn't intended to show the Borg in "The Neutral Zone" at all. The whole idea was setup for season 2.
The idea as of "The Neutral Zone" was the Borg were part of why the Romulans were absent for 50 years, as they were mucking around over there and not in Federation space. It was only when they gobbled up the Neutral Zone outposts that the Federation was to get their first inkling that the Borg existed.
The story was going to be that the LAST Romulan ship managed to destroy the Borg ship that had destroyed their Empire, and Picard would spend time trying to learn how the Romulans did it.
Things changed with the writer's strike that delayed season 2, so the Borg intro got changed. What was left of the original idea was abandoned by the time Maurice Hurley left the show...or the show left him. Whichever it was.
As I recall (and I could be misremembering), Maurice Hurley didn't intended to show the Borg in "The Neutral Zone" at all. The whole idea was setup for season 2.
The idea as of "The Neutral Zone" was the Borg were part of why the Romulans were absent for 50 years, as they were mucking around over there and not in Federation space. It was only when they gobbled up the Neutral Zone outposts that the Federation was to get their first inkling that the Borg existed.
The story was going to be that the LAST Romulan ship managed to destroy the Borg ship that had destroyed their Empire, and Picard would spend time trying to learn how the Romulans did it.
Things changed with the writer's strike that delayed season 2, so the Borg intro got changed. What was left of the original idea was abandoned by the time Maurice Hurley left the show...or the show left him. Whichever it was.
