How long was Seven in a maturation chamber for?

[Deks]

I gotta wonder about the uppermost size of a maturation chamber before the Borg just say "F*&k it." (Thinking about dinosaurs and leviathans. Smart ones, mind you.) or if a species might age so slowly that the Borg would avoid them as children (It's conceivable that Vulcans mature three times slower than humans, that a FULLBLOODED Vulcan (I suppose T'Pring and Ston were the same age as Spock and they all looked kind of the same age, but but no one tried to enforce the arranged marriage on T'Pol until she was nearly 60, however T'Pau on Enterprise was said to be 30 and the actress was way too hot to be thirty (I'm over thirty.).) in their 30s would probably look like a human teenager.

And for the other races who mature even slower than that?

To my recollection, Vulcans mature at a similar rate as Humans do.
It's just that their lifespans are about 200 years compared to humans in the 23rd and 24th century (around 140).
Other races exhibit this kind of biological structure as well.
Klingons for example mature apparently faster than humans and also seem to exhibit longer lifespans.

 

[Timo]

Vulcan aging is a bit funny because we follow three differing examples of the species through the centuries: Spock looks ancient in the 23rd already, then doesn't age much more in the next 80 years, while Sarek at 100-plus looks relatively fresh, and goes decrepit at 200. T'Pau is also seen at two stages of her life, youthful and ancient, separated by a century.

Perhaps only half-Vulcans age in human fashion during their first century, and then stabilize, while full examples look like 50 at 100?

Timo Saloniemi

 

[Deks]

It's a possibility but not a definitive one.

Tuvok was remembering going through a turbulent period in his youth (Season 6 I think) when stranded with the Doc and Paris inside that solar system that was in a separate pocket of subspace.
In those memories he was a teenager ... I don't remember what age specifically, but we do have a good reference from 'Flashback' episode if I'm not mistaken.
He was remembering serving under Sulu and was fresh out of the Academy at a very young age (like most humans).
This easily fits into the premise because Tuvok went to the academy as his parents wanted him to go. Later on he discontinued on that aspect and spent a good deal of time on Vulcan starting a family.

My memory on Voyager is not that great as it used to be ... but I do think Tuvok was close to 100 in Season 6 when Kes returned and wanted to destroy the ship.
If you take away 75 years from that, he was likely 18, up to 20 9on in early twenties) years old when on-board the Excelcior.
Which further solidifies the theory Vulcans mature at the same rate as humans, only they have larger lifespans.

 

[Guy Gardener]

If you could genetically engineer your species to mature so insanely slowly towards "adulthood" then bunny hop over that into a premature and extended geriatricacy? Although really, I've never seen a Borg under 5 foot. The Borg are hieghtest. If your species are statistically on average" too short, or hells no one is bigger than 3 feet tall, they just pass you by.

UNless they're all stuck in the smaller cubes?

 

[Deks]

Nah ... I think the Borg would be able to modify the individual's bone structure so they grow.
After all, Nanoprobes were stated to rewrite the DNA itself.
If they are short but decently/highly advanced, then chances are they will be assimilated.
I'm sure the Borg can utilize drones that are very short after all.

 

[Odo's_Bucket]

Have we ever seen a Ferringi or Pakled Borg?

 

[Guy Gardener]

In Infinite Regress where all the Personalities that Seven had assimilated surfaced, one of them was Ferengi. I actually adored her as a man and a Ferengi, it was a breath of fresh air for her performance to have nothing to do with people obsessing on her boobs.

What disqualified the Kazon?

How did the borg figure out that they weren't worth assimilating except by assimilating these scurvy space bums and then finding them too disquieting to their constitution? After which they'd delete the data being glued to the hive mind and space the Kazon drones?

What about the Vidiians? Seven never ran into them on Voyager, but if the Borg could cure the phage? Assimilation followed by repatriation would be a fine adventure, if not stealing nanprobes to make their own cure? Unless the Vidians couldn't be cured and their sickness by Borg technology which disqualified them from assimilation? (Stupid Think Tank. Might have been lying?)

If the Borg couldn't cure the Phage? Wouldn't that mean that that disease weaponized would make a fabulous weapon to get the Borg dead? Although we don't know about how it's transmitted (pel said she got it as a kid, so maybe it's not a std.) and it seems to be species specific?

Then what if your entire Life span was 9 years?

It seems possible that medical vivisection of an entire species would lead to warying off the Borg.

Is it worth it?

 

[MadBaggins]

I'd rather be in a MASTURABTION CHAMBER with her LOL!

 

[Guy Gardener]

Well it's hardly masturbation if you're rubbing shoulders trying to keep balance in the tube if it's not built roomy enough to cope with two people thrashing themselves while still retaining enough privacy to keep their eyes on their own prize?