Synth Cloning Technology

[publiusr]

I think a recent development I just saw today at phys.org might explain the clone phobia Bashir and others faced. I think a cyberpunk disaster simplified computers with Binars encoding pure 1/0 programming that was hack-proof btw.

Today, I learned of 3D ink for prints for creating living structures, and New Scientist talked about plastics made from DNA.

The idea is that a telepath walked by inert “objects” and heard their silent scream.
A treaty was demanded banning all DNA tinkering, else telepaths would boycott the Feds.

 

[Dryson]

I seem to recall (and my memory is imperfect ) that characters like Seven and Icheb still required certain Borg implants to remain in their bodies, whereas others who had been assimilated for brief periods (Picard, Janeway, Tuvok and B'elanna) didn't seem to have that issue. It seems to partly depend on the length of time they were physically Borg.

There was also the unusual linkup Seven created in the trio of former drones when they were marooned on the planet, though that seemed to be a very unique circumstance.



Apocalypse did something like this in the Age of Apocalypse reality (which, as originally written, was a radically altered Earth 616). He modified the genetic structure of Multiple Man to create an army of loyal clones, which placed a tremendous mental strain on the real Madrox. He eventually willed himself to die, destroying the Madri army in the process. I can't recall if other alternate versions of Jamie had similar variations, but some clones of the 616 Multiple Man did develop individual (and sometimes radically different) personalities. They could also be affected by physical conditions like the Legacy Virus, as they would inherit elements of such diseases.

I always did have a soft spot for Nestor.

ike Seven and Icheb still required certain Borg implants to remain in their bodies...

Would the above ensure some aspect of the Hive and the very central source are always connected? If all of the Borg implants were able to be removed without possibly killing the host, then nothing of the Borg would remain, ever.

But, if the Borg played on the societal empathy of non-implanted people not being able to kill a Borg host that returns to a 99% human or other capacity where the Borg implant must remain in the hosts body or the host dies, wouldn't the Borg have made certain that an egg/seed or two was kept intact or in this case dormant, so that the Borg could at some point grow again?