"I, Borg" Ending

[T'Cal]

A virus seemed like a great idea to affect/infect them all. The Borg are far from defeated as far as we know. In BoBW and FC, Picard and crew ultimately destroy only one cube in each. And Janeway destroyed a hub but not the homeworld or even a large percentage of the race.

I have always liked the idea that V'Ger was the involved in the creation of the Borg race when it arrived at the planet of living machines. Still, one of my favorite Trek "what ifs" was the proposed episode VOY episode "Origin of the Species."

 

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm more thoughtful of how many millions of innocents were killed after Picard let his plan to destroy them fall through.

Adm. Nechayev was correct in scolding him to make that foolish decision.

Agreed, this is one episode where the PC brigade went to far. Sure they want to destroy everything you've built over the past three hundred years. But that's okay... they used to be people once. Even Picard said that he was doing Ensign Lynch a favor in First Contact.

Picard should have done what needed to be done. Let the historians debate whether the actions were right or wrong. At least they'll be around to debate it...

Exactly. More than once we've heard Starfleet commanders state that their first duty is to safeguard Federation citizens.