Question about the ending of "Zero Hour"

[at Quark's]

Then why perfect cubes and spheres? Instead of a "glob?"

For the Borg, I would assume only efficiency considerations would count. Not 'fashion' or such.

A sphere is a shape that optimises internal volume relative to surface area, (and other characteristics such as minimizing maximum distance between any two points in the vessel). As for a cube, who knows? Ease of compartimentalisation?

 

[eyeresist]

Most efficient for stacking.

 

[locutus101]

Then why perfect cubes and spheres? Instead of a "glob?"

Well, I guess because they like orderly things.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Most efficient for stacking.

I can actually picture that working for the Borg. Cubes docking together and stacking for ease of moving around....

 

[locutus101]

I can actually picture that working for the Borg. Cubes docking together and stacking for ease of moving around....

You mean for shore leave or something...

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

You mean for shore leave or something...

Yes at Unimatrix Zero..........


Secretly that is where the queen had sexy time

 

[locutus101]

Yes at Unimatrix Zero..........


Secretly that is where the queen had sexy time

Well, they were sort of clandestine.

 

[Nebusj]

I can actually picture that working for the Borg. Cubes docking together and stacking for ease of moving around....

Well, they tried a couple of stacked-cube shapes. Long I pieces, some L's, some S-shaped zig-zags, this T, a bigger cube. Problem was when they'd assemble for an even bigger task the whole row of ships would just disappear.

 

[Kemaiku]

"This was meant to be your analysis of your defeat of the Borg, it just says "high score"".

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

And why the Queen got rid of unimatrix Zero wasn't because of it existing it was because the other Borg found out about sexy time. She got nervous.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Some of them were Steamrunner-class ships from the 24th century, after all!

No, you're thinking of the Warp Delta (referred to in the novels as Ganges class). This may look like a Steamrunner from a distance, but it's not the same ship.

 

[locutus101]

And why the Queen got rid of unimatrix Zero wasn't because of it existing it was because the other Borg found out about sexy time. She got nervous.

Truth is that the Queen didn't want them to find out that her legitimacy to the throne was highly questionable.

 

[F. King Daniel]

No, you're thinking of the Warp Delta (referred to in the novels as Ganges class). This may look like a Steamrunner from a distance, but it's not the same ship.

Deltas don't have blue navigational deflectors or oblong bussard collectors.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Do you have a screencap?

 

[Kemaiku]

https://trekazoid.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/pre-federation-starship-warp-delta-vessel/

http://www.neutralzone.de/database/PreFederation/22thcentury/WarpDelta03a.htm

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Actually I meant, does @King Daniel Beyond have a screencap of the vessel he claims is a Steamrunner.

 

[Seven of Five]

I know it's off topic now (or on topic? ) but the end of Zero Hour totally detracted from the awesome conclusion of the Xindi arc.

Having said that, I believe one 'Oh Boy!' from Archer at the very end would have been enough to save it for me

 

[Kemaiku]

Actually I meant, does @King Daniel Beyond have a screencap of the vessel he claims is a Steamrunner.

The only Earth ships present were NX, Intrepid and Ganges types. Nothing else in Trek has really looked like the Steamrunner.

 

[F. King Daniel]

Actually I meant, does @King Daniel Beyond have a screencap of the vessel he claims is a Steamrunner.

Click!

I should point out my original comment was meant in jest, and (like the USS Dauntless NX-01-A from "Hope and Fear" in "Azati Prime") it was almost certainly just meant to be something generic and Starfleet-y for the far distance to make the fleet look a bit more diverse.

 

[Timo]

...Something shaped like the Steamrunner would certainly be fitting: giant, no doubt feeble and primitive engines in comparison with the "payload". The Intrepid would be a slight improvement, while the Enterprise would finally get close to the nacelles-to-saucer size ratio familiar from the more advanced eras of Trek.

Timo Saloniemi