When should the Borg assimilate a species?

[James89901]

Sounds to me like such technology is in development, but not yet mature, however with the expectation that at some point in the future it will be.

Oh yeah that's the quote haha. I have no idea how that technology would work though haha. Seems impossible to communicate in that way.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Gotta admit, having the Borg show up on your orbital doorstep and then turn away (given your species doesn’t have any particularly desirable trait)... would be kind of funny/comical.

‘We are the Borg. Resistance is... hmm, never mind.’

(It almost makes you wonder how ticked off that species would be afterwards as well, for not ‘qualifying’.)

Cheers,
-CM-

 

[James89901]

Gotta admit, having the Borg show up on your orbital doorstep and then turn away (given your species doesn’t have any particularly desirable trait)... would be kind of funny/comical.

‘We are the Borg. Resistance is... hmm, never mind.’

(It almost makes you wonder how ticked off that species would be afterwards as well, for not ‘qualifying’.)

Cheers,
-CM-

Hahaha yeah.

"We gota try harder for next time boys! We have to gain admission into the club."

 

[Farscape One]

The Borg refused to assimilate the Kazon because they were inferior.

That could also, by extension, make the Trabe inferior, since all Kazon technology came from taking it from them.

 

[JonnyQuest037]

When should the Borg assimilate a species?

When they encounter a species.

 

[James89901]

When should the Borg assimilate a species?

When they encounter a species.

Yeah but why? There are some pretty good arguments in this thread against doing it straight away when they encounter one.

 

[publiusr]

I have this idea that whatever species the Borg came from--OTRAG was their first rocket
https://www.facebook.com/flyrocketf...al-producer-of-space-launch-/184355262174385/
https://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.co...want-to-see-work/&tab=comments#comment-467425

 

[at Quark's]

Borg: " We are the Borg. Resistance is desired. "
Species: "?"
Borg: "Come on guys. We don't really want to assimilate you, since that would detract from our perfection. Like some bad food you ate that gives your inefficient digestion system trouble for the next week."
Species: "If that is true, why don't you simply leave us alone and go away?"
Borg: "Can't. You see, that would give other species the idea that we can be reasoned with and that we aren't as relentless as they've heard. Our PR department estimates that that would be a lot more harmful to the image we'd like to project throughout the galaxy than the occasional defeat every once in a while. So, if we are "defeated" we get to keep our inscrutable image (even if we're not invincible), and you will get a lot more respect from your neighbouring species, after all, you've prevented your assimilation by the feared Borg! Win-win for both of us, the collective says. What say you?
Species: "eurm... eurm ....eurm.... We will defend ourselves with our last ounce of strength"

<of course, you'd have to imagine all the Borg text to be read in that monotonous metallic many-voices Collective voice>

 

[Crazyewok]

The Borg are great and if they are real, I welcome our new overlords and hope for a position in the replacement of unimatrix 01. My methods will greatly add to the power of the collective if implemented well. Mighty Borg, I kneel before you and offer thanks.

So we've seen the Borg tear through species like they are nothing and then begin assimilation straight away. An example of this was in Voyager when the queen took Seven to watch an assimilation. It took only minutes for the Borg to triumph. In my opinion, this was a poor time to assimilate this species.

The Borg should always only assimilate a species when their technology is at levels that aren't yet able to overpower the Borg, yet also is good enough to provide a good amount of new technology. They also have to factor in their ability to control all currently known species to them and make sure their military resources are more than capable of defeating all of them in a situation of the highest probable projected amounts of simultaneous combat engagements. In other words, whatever the highest level of combat readiness they have to be at, is the minimum they should be at. They should also probably consider unforseen circumstances and even keep military resources a notch higher than the previously mentioned readiness level.

This kind of assimilation does in theory open the Borg up to a higher casualty count and loss of ships. However their ultimate goal is to be perfect. Preservation of all parts of the collective are secondary to acquiring perfection for the majority.

I believe the rewards from letting species "grow" further would far outweigh the concern the Borg would have over the increase in their losses in combat.

Do you guys reckon the Borg do assimilate at the right time, or they should wait?

My theory of why they send one cube at a time is to farm a species for technology.

If a species destroys a cube then that species will jump ahead tech wise and the borg get even more juicy tec next time they arrive.

They will keep doing that until that cube does succeed of a species becomes a threat in which case they send dozens o hundreds of ships and overwhelm them.