Should we see some non-humanoid Borg on Picard?

[Jayson1]

It makes sense that if the Borg play a role on the show that with modern effects we could see some Borg that are unique from anything seen before. Even established aliens or new ones. A Horta Borg would be neat along with a Tholian and Gorn though I guess the Gorn are humanoid.


Jason

 

[F. King Daniel]

William Shatner's The Return had a lot of non-humanoid Borg, it read a little like the world of the videogame Quake, with horrifying organic machinery everywhere.

It also featured a Borg station in 4-dimensional transwarp space, which was very M.C. Escher and would look awesome now we have the technology to depict it.

 

[somebuddyX]

The Return also had the Borg dogs which I thought were pretty neat. I think they'd be even more unsettling now if they'd be running around biting people and assimilating them.

But to the main question, absolutely.

 

[guyute03]

I have often wondered this throughout the various series and would be ecstatic to see this explored fully.

 

[NCC-73515]

Borg tribbles! Borg Talosians (imagine their power!) XD

 

[DaveyNY]

Can the Borg even assimilate a rock (Horta)?

 

[Jayson1]

The Horta must have some organic stuff inside because how else could you have something that was alive that was all rock. I assume the rock like surface though is something that must have came about to not just survive underground but maybe as something to protect themselves from other predators on the planet that might want to eat them.

Jason

 

[eschaton]

The Horta must have some organic stuff inside because how else could you have something that was alive that was all rock. I assume the rock like surface though is something that must have came about to not just survive underground but maybe as something to protect themselves from other predators on the planet that might want to eat them.

Jason

I might be misremembering, but I thought the Horta were supposed to be silicon-based life.

 

[NCC-73515]

The Borg would see the Horta as insufficiently advanced for assimilation, I guess. Dogs as well - can you imagine the hive mind voices including barks and meows as well? XD

 

[Paterson]

Can the Borg even assimilate a rock (Horta)?

No assimilate I.

 

[Kor]

The Return also had the Borg dogs which I thought were pretty neat. I think they'd be even more unsettling now if they'd be running around biting people and assimilating them.

But to the main question, absolutely.

That was the first thing I thought of.
What if Picard's pet dog was liberated from the Collective? What would life be like for a former Borg dog finding its individuality and trying to fit in with regular pooches?

I might be misremembering, but I thought the Horta were supposed to be silicon-based life.

Yes, like the Tholians if I remember right. Silicon-based instead of carbon-based. I'll leave it to someone more knowledgeable about exobiology to explain how that could actually work.

Kor