Find and read the Destiny novel trilogy. It deals with the beginning and end of the Borg.
Origin of the Borg
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Does that mean that every drone would need the Doctor to perform all the surgeries Seven had so they too could get their emotions back?
It's possible that Seven was the only one who had that since the queen wanted her to regain her humanity she was a unique drone.
Maybe those liberated Drones began dying when they started to "pair off." Were there any Borg couples on the planet in the episode "Unity"?
Sophie makes a good point. If Seven was intentionally placed on Voyager, it's possible she had some kind of inhibitor installed, so that when the time came to recover her, there'd be no conflict of interest.
I always thought the Queen was lying to Seven when she told her she'd been intentionally placed aboard Voyager. More realistically, the Borg were reeling after the big hit they'd taken from Species 8472 and didn't have the time to worry about the fate of one drone. I imagine that in reality, Seven of Nine was written off as irrelevant, just like the Borg kids were, once Janeway disconnected her from the Collective. The Borg had other, more important things to worry about at that particular point in time.
It's probably apt to marry the two incarnations of the Borg (first in "Q-Who" and later in "Best of Both Worlds"), They started out as a humanoid species that got heavily into cybernetic augmentation... and eventually the machine half took over, probably a byproduct of AI developing the collective "hive mind." We don't know if the race of beings had already started the "hatchery" method of procreation, or if their transformation into the Borg as we know it incited that method of species propagation. But I suspect that this was done when no other species were around to be assimilated. It's probably more energy efficient to just assimilate rather than to grow a new Borg from a fetus (even with an accelerated growth rate).
The universe is vast, and there's never enough Borg to do more work, so I suspect they continue both methods of propagation -- birthing and assimilation. For birthing, they may have a preference for a particular group of humanoid species, or they may just clone whatever drones are immediately accessible for the process.
As for the Queen, I expect there's a selection process. Either the "most intelligent" capable mind from the drone pool, or spawned from a fetus specifically altered to be a queen. The latter would take more time, but in the interest of completeness it's probably the way to go. Remember the new drone called "One" that was birthed on Voyager? He grew very quickly. The queen might be birthed at the same rate.
The universe is vast, and there's never enough Borg to do more work, so I suspect they continue both methods of propagation -- birthing and assimilation. For birthing, they may have a preference for a particular group of humanoid species, or they may just clone whatever drones are immediately accessible for the process.
As for the Queen, I expect there's a selection process. Either the "most intelligent" capable mind from the drone pool, or spawned from a fetus specifically altered to be a queen. The latter would take more time, but in the interest of completeness it's probably the way to go. Remember the new drone called "One" that was birthed on Voyager? He grew very quickly. The queen might be birthed at the same rate.
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They don't necessarily need to be leaderless, and species 1 doesn't have to be the origin of the borg, at least as the Federation knows them.
They could actually be victims of species 125 if for example the borg simply started out as a cybernetic race of individuals that was infected by an engineered virus designed to Conscript them into the aliens' war.
They could actually be victims of species 125 if for example the borg simply started out as a cybernetic race of individuals that was infected by an engineered virus designed to Conscript them into the aliens' war.
It's possible that the voyager probe went back in time and not just space when it vanished, giving it as much time as it might need to accumulate vast knowledge and travel the vast distant back to Earth. The machine planet of its rebirth could have been, or later become, part of the Borg collective, but there is no reason to think it must have.
I never understood why the Borg Queen felt so threatened by Unimatrix Zero. So a tiny fraction of 1% of her drones were independent when dreaming. So what? Destroying entire cubes to kill one or two seemed a fantastic over reaction, and quite frankly, since Janeway was in no position to free those drones, destroying cube after cube would be a good thing - better than letting them continue to assimilate entire innocent populations. So good riddance, queen, kill some more cubes, go ahead, I dare you.
I guess she was threatened by the prospect that the 1% would grow. I was watching 'Unity' last night where Chakotay meets a co-operative of disconnected ex-Borg. They were freed from the hive but yet still in need of support from each other.. still seeking to grow that 'support'. Not quite assimilation but still yearning for a collective.
The Unimatrix Zero freed Borg were more rebellious. Seven's designation Borgs were also more determined to break free. The Queen would rather destroy that threat than have it grow.
The Unimatrix Zero freed Borg were more rebellious. Seven's designation Borgs were also more determined to break free. The Queen would rather destroy that threat than have it grow.
I recently watched the Unimatrix Zero two-part episode. The Borg Queen confessed to being assimilated at a young age. So definitely, it's not a requirement to be a Borg from birth to become a queen. Maybe she was an ambitious drone or exhibited unusual intelligence. Who knows. Might be the same reason why 7 of 9 was chosen to be the liason for the Voyager crew.
Good catch.
Higher IQ and perhaps a genuine belief in that way of life (assimilation toward perfection) might be key requirements to be made a queen.
Is there only one Borg queen in the galaxy, or like bees, could there be multiple colonies, each with its own queen? Or at least, subordinate queens all under the will of one queen.
Is there only one Borg queen in the galaxy, or like bees, could there be multiple colonies, each with its own queen? Or at least, subordinate queens all under the will of one queen.
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