This just opens up the door to 'Exploring non-functional cube in horror-movie fashion' episodes in the future. Disco Halloween Special. Actually, it doesn't feel like a bad idea now that I think about it.
Should the borg make an appearance in season 4 or later?
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This just opens up the door to 'Exploring non-functional cube in horror-movie fashion' episodes in the future. Disco Halloween Special. Actually, it doesn't feel like a bad idea now that I think about it.
Never mind. Fuck that.
Would they? I don't really understand how all those floating pieces are practical on the 32nd century Starfleet ships, but assuming the Borg are still using basic shapes for their ships, how could those floating bits even be applied to Borg designs? A cube with the corners floating off?
Considering what happened to the Klingons, not too sure what will happen to the Borg:
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Oh, God, no!
The Spore Drive allows instantaneous access to any point in the galaxy, which would be the most technically advanced propulsion system, which the Borg would definitely assimilate.
Corners of the Cube that are 'broken off' could be slung at a Threat Force using tractor beams, or as advanced attack ships or even as a means of bridging space. The four corners would act like beacons in Mycelial space. When the Borg Cube activates its Spore Drive, the field would create a gate, similar to how Species 8472 create gates to bring a large number of their ships through.
Although, the Borg should have known about spore drive since the 24th century, when they assimilated Picard, who would have been aware of spore drive because of his mind meld with Sarek. We know within ten years of this, the Borg have time travel ability, meaning they could have gone back to the 23rd century and assimilated Disco and have their own spore drive. They don't seem to have done that.
Just because Picard mind melded with Sarek doesn't mean Sarek gave him knowledge of the Spore Drive.
Well, even if Picard knew about the Spore Drive, it doesn't mean he'd know how to make one. Unless Sarek and Picard were hiding Engineering talent we didn't know about.
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Given that the Borg have had transwarp capability since at least the 24th century, and there's no reference to them using conventional warp drive technology as we would understand it – no dilithium, no antimatter – then assuming they still exist in the 31st century they might be the only major power in the Milky Way not significantly affected by the Burn. In fact they might have positively benefitted from it since it would have all but wiped out any possible opposition. If they were previously contained then they'll have had a century of unopposed expansion by now. Just think what a full-scale 32nd-century Borg expanding in all directions at full power would be like by 3188.
...On the other hand maybe they've ascended to the next level of existence. Or gone extinct. Or otherwise vanished from the universe altogether. That would at least explain why they haven't conquered the entire galaxy yet.
...On the other hand maybe they've ascended to the next level of existence. Or gone extinct. Or otherwise vanished from the universe altogether. That would at least explain why they haven't conquered the entire galaxy yet.
Stick a fork in the Borg. They're done.
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I really enjoyed the way Lower Decks decided to use the Borg in last weeks episode. Those Borg babies were adorable and hilarious
Is it? What about the guardian of forever? The Tox Uthat? Most methods of time travel? Doomsday Machines?
The borg can already time travel (first contact) and can cross the galaxy in miniscule amounts of time thanks to transwarp. Not sure why they'd be super interested in the spore drive.
I think the Borg might be the antagonist in the upcoming, almost-certain Star Trek Universe crossover event. Sticking them in Picard and on Lower Decks (and probably alluding to them on Prodigy) is all just to whet our appetite for when all these shows unite to take them down "once and for all" with probably the Discovery and Picard taking the lead in the attack.
It's cliche, but new Star Trek hasn't shied away from the cliche. The ultimate fate of the Borg might not be to destroy or defeat them, but to modify or adapt them into a new form of behavior (shades of I, Borg and Unity). And then the Borg could just be (going forward) another galactic culture with diplomatic ties and a bad past.
It's cliche, but new Star Trek hasn't shied away from the cliche. The ultimate fate of the Borg might not be to destroy or defeat them, but to modify or adapt them into a new form of behavior (shades of I, Borg and Unity). And then the Borg could just be (going forward) another galactic culture with diplomatic ties and a bad past.
I'd rather the cliché of them being defeated now and forever more.
The Borg already tried to assimilate the Doomsday Machine in Vendetta and failed, terribly.
The Guardian of Forever is too powerful for the Borg to comprehend.
If the Borg did appear in Disco, just imagine them assimilating Book's ship and the Spore Drive.
A Book/Spore Drive ship combo in the hands of the Borg would be very advanced, the most advanced technology the Borg have ever had.
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