I haven't seen Prime Factors in a while, but did the Sikarians have colonies or ships, or did they just use the trajector to explore the galaxy and chill on their homeworld? If it was the latter then they all got Borged.
Spoilers Star Trek: Picard 1x06 - "The Impossible Box"
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Yeah. At that point you don't need a transwarp network when you can fold space to anywhere.
The Sikarians... while my first thought was the Borg assimilated the species and are gone, it's equally possible they just assimilated a far off colony.
Alastria, which was 40,000 light years from Sikaris, is within Borg reach. They could have assimilated the technology there without actually going to Sikaris. The main one on Sikaris only worked there because it reflected antineutrinos due to the material of the core of that world. Note that when on Alastria, Kim and the woman were on a platform... obviously a beam in/beam out site for the machine to work.
The Borg obviously figured out how to make it work without that planetary core, likely by combining other races' knowledge with the trajector.
This actually would explain why Picard would remember the Borg Queen while as Locutus, despite that cube being destroyed... yes, the body itself is reconstructed from pieces but she could have gotten off before the explosion.
There's no mention of where and when they assimilated the Sikarians, so it is possible.
(Regarding them, I always wondered how long that civilization has been around. It had to take hundreds of years, probably more, to get trajector platforms across all those worlds in the Delta Quadrant. Very similar to the Iconians...)
Alastria, which was 40,000 light years from Sikaris, is within Borg reach. They could have assimilated the technology there without actually going to Sikaris. The main one on Sikaris only worked there because it reflected antineutrinos due to the material of the core of that world. Note that when on Alastria, Kim and the woman were on a platform... obviously a beam in/beam out site for the machine to work.
The Borg obviously figured out how to make it work without that planetary core, likely by combining other races' knowledge with the trajector.
This actually would explain why Picard would remember the Borg Queen while as Locutus, despite that cube being destroyed... yes, the body itself is reconstructed from pieces but she could have gotten off before the explosion.
There's no mention of where and when they assimilated the Sikarians, so it is possible.
(Regarding them, I always wondered how long that civilization has been around. It had to take hundreds of years, probably more, to get trajector platforms across all those worlds in the Delta Quadrant. Very similar to the Iconians...)
I think they said it was only for the queen's use, which makes no sense. It's likely one of those universe - breaking technologies that won't be acknowledged later. After all, the Borg could just send a few drones to any planet within range and assimilate them at their leisure. Considering how spread out the Borg are, this Sikarian technology is basically akin to Iconian gateways at this point.
REALLY annoyed at that. I wrote them a nastygram this morning. I pay for CBS All Access. It may be through Prime Channels, but I still should be able to watch the episode through their service at the same time.
(As for JJ, just say it has something to do with Kathleen Kennedy. I know. Not at all connected, but its the only way to be sure.
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Yeah, I think he's already motivated enough, what with his "victims-not-monsters" comment... but it's entirely possible they kill off Hugh. Sacrificing himself for the ex collective... and Picard, again! (After Data.)
That was in reply to @TheOldMixer.
I think part of the appeal of this episode was Hugh's reaction to the arrival of Picard. I half-expected Hugh to be angry with JL for some reason. Maybe just the tone of the show so far, I don't know. But their reunion scene was perfect, and really felt like TNG to me. The show needed that, I think.
Damn. That was good. Like good in an unqualified sense of the word.
Basically everything was done right on this outing. Dialogue was for the most part natural, with no clunky infodumps. There were multiple cases of character interactions (Rios/Jurati, Rios/Raffi, Picard/Hugh) which didn't seek to move along the plot so much as just allow us to better understand the characters - which is a sign of great writing. There were numerous subtle references to past Trek - in the best way possible. The episode itself was high-energy and well-paced. We finally started to get the mystery box opened up a bit. There were solid themes and metaphors which were used across the entire episode (the impossible box was both Narek's toy, the Artifact itself, and arguably Soji's unconscious).
I had a few minor quibbles. Narissa is still a tiresome vampy character who doesn't belong in this show. I wish the episode hadn't glossed over how easily Jurati hid her murder of Maddox (and the crew hadn't moved on so rapidly). And I felt like Raffi's scene with Rios in her room was a bit underwritten. But none of that took me out of the experience.
Edit: Also, I was so pleased Hugh was happy to see Picard. Put a smile on my face.
I rated it a nine, but only because I don't give Trek episodes a 10 unless they make me cry or otherwise strongly emotionally moved.
Basically everything was done right on this outing. Dialogue was for the most part natural, with no clunky infodumps. There were multiple cases of character interactions (Rios/Jurati, Rios/Raffi, Picard/Hugh) which didn't seek to move along the plot so much as just allow us to better understand the characters - which is a sign of great writing. There were numerous subtle references to past Trek - in the best way possible. The episode itself was high-energy and well-paced. We finally started to get the mystery box opened up a bit. There were solid themes and metaphors which were used across the entire episode (the impossible box was both Narek's toy, the Artifact itself, and arguably Soji's unconscious).
I had a few minor quibbles. Narissa is still a tiresome vampy character who doesn't belong in this show. I wish the episode hadn't glossed over how easily Jurati hid her murder of Maddox (and the crew hadn't moved on so rapidly). And I felt like Raffi's scene with Rios in her room was a bit underwritten. But none of that took me out of the experience.
Edit: Also, I was so pleased Hugh was happy to see Picard. Put a smile on my face.
I rated it a nine, but only because I don't give Trek episodes a 10 unless they make me cry or otherwise strongly emotionally moved.
Every Trek show needs a Lothario. Riker is married, and Brophy's non-union Mexican equivalent John Ales wasn't up to the task. Rios is it.
After what Janeway did to the Borg, maybe they went on a new deadly recruitment drive to increase numbers. The events of 'Endgame' probably made things in the Delta Quadrant worse.
Earth is also far away but the borg still went for it.
Borg go where ever the borg go.
Normally for juicy technology.
The show implies that the assimilation if the Romulan scout ship caused it.
They also used a screen cap of Paris, from either TNG or DS9.
It happens in TV and movies all the time. She’s seeking physical and emotional comfort for her guilt. She cared about Maddox, it’s eating her up inside, and is looking for a distraction.
Yeah I noticed that too.
I liked that line from Hugh about how Picard and Hugh were never in the QueenCell yet it felt familiar. I thought that was a nice little bit showing that Hugh and Locutus were never in the presence of the Borg Queen when they were assimilated, yet because of their connection to the Collective still had knowledge of what the QueenCell was like.
You just spoiled the basis for Star Trek: Janeway....the revenge of the Delta Quadrant. One more thing that will help lead to the fall of the Federation.
