The Borg.....Better or Worse

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 11:46 pm

Although the Borg in FC had DID have the TNG feel to them.........they felt ominus.

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:31 am

I'll agree with that. Although they felt more... ominous to me.

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:35 am

I still reckon in First Contact that they could have just sent Data and Worf down there alone to Die Hard the buggers.

And how come it took so long to assimilate Picard, yet later on they could assimilate you in minutes using nannites?

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:51 am

Maybe they enhanced their assimilation technology in the interim.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 3:59 am

They acheived quantum assimilation!

Post by **Tsukiyumi** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 12:01 pm

Yeah, that's the ticket!

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:32 pm

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 5:53 pm

The cause of, and sollution to, all of life's problems.

Captain Picard's Hair · Tue Oct 14, 2008 7:42 pm

Maybe Picard/Locutus was a special case? Then again, relatively long assimilation times may not seem practical to us, but the Borg may not care about how long it takes as much as we would so long as it doesn't impede the rest of their operations. They just might not have felt that it was worthwhile to do the same thing faster (drones don't seem to be in much of a hurry, walking around in Zombie-fashion as they do)... until something changed.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:31 pm

Good point. Also, Picard mentions in FC that the creation of Locutus was a special case, not a typical drone assimilation, and the processmay therefore have been quite different.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:46 pm

Wasn't Picard the first human they assimilated? They'd probably take their time if that was the case, so they didn't accidently kill him.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:47 pm

If that were the only consideration, I don't think they'd be too careful. Plenty more where that came from, and all that.

Captain Picard's Hair · Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:48 pm

Perhaps the first human-Borg we saw on screen, but they may have assimilated humans on one of the colony worlds along the Romulan border they visited first. When were the Hansons assimilated?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:49 pm

Rochey wrote:Wasn't Picard the first human they assimilated?

Not by a long shot - the Hansons were assimilated at least a decade earlier.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 8:49 pm

That would be an incredibly innefficient way of doing it, though. Better to take a little extra time, to ensure all your captives survive, thus giving you even greater knowledge.

Perhaps the first human-Borg we saw on screen, but they may have assimilated humans on one of the colony worlds along the Romulan border they visited first. When were the Hansons assimilated?

Ah, I'd forgotten about that.

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