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Appearance and
Physiology:
The Borg are an immensely powerful race of cybernetically enhanced
beings from various races.
Generally humanoid in appearance, the Borg alter
individual members of assimilated races with cybernetic
devices and semi-organic units, called "implants".
The Borg are a blend of the biological and technological.
The implants serve to increase their technological
and combat capabilities. The Borg members are also
equipped with various types of task specific
hardware
in order to perform their designated work
assignments.
Implants:
Implants appear to be named by two methods. First, they could
be referred to by their location on the body
(e.g. cranial-implant, facial-implant) or they could
be named by the function they perform in the drone
(e.g. chronographic sequencer,
neuroprocessor).
These implants usually have a "node" in which the most
complex and critical functions of the cybernetic
system reside. Below is a listing of known implants:
[ Armor, Exoplating & Exoskeleton ][
Assimilation
Tubules ][ Auditory Processor /
Audio Node ]
[ Axonal Amplifier ][ Biochips
][ Biosynthetic glands ][ Chronographic
Sequencer / Chronometric Node ]
[ Cortical Array / Cortical Node ][ Designator
Interface ][ Interlink Node ][ Interplexing
beacon ]
[ Microcircuits ][ Microtubules
][ Nanoprobes ][ Neural
Relays ][ NeuroProcessor ]
[ NeuroProcessing Adjunct ][
Ocular
/ Occipital Implant / Node ][ Power/Feeding
Coupling ][ Reticular Node ]
[ Sensory Node ][
Shield,
Personal ][ Synaptic Relay ][ Thoracic
Assembly ][ Transceiver, Cranial ]
[ Transceiver, Neural ][ Transceiver,
Proximity ][ Transporter Node ][ Vocal
Subprocessor ]
Armor and
Exoplating
- The metallic armor plating surrounding the the body of a Borg drone
is
called
"exoplating". It serves as both defensive
armor and a means to enhance the physical frame of a Borg drone.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
The Exoskeleton also protects a Drone from shocks
associated with direct contact to energy fields.
For example, the protective cybernetic implant of
a Borg Drone covering part of the arm and hand can
protect a Drone from an energy field of at least
five million gigawatts of power.
"Revulsion" [VOY]
The armor plating on Seven's skull is anchored with
over 3 million micro-connectors; in order
to remove
it the Doctor has to remove the outer layer of the
skull itself.
"The Gift" [VOY]
(Injection
/ Extraction) Assimilation Tubules - Two or three clawlike
extensions
implanted in the arm
or hand of a Borg Drone. An injection tubule is a tiny,
extendible
dagger-like sharp tube located where the fingers
meet the hand of
a Borg drone. These extensions are
capable
of penetrating any
known alloy or energy field. The tubules are
normally used in the
first stage of the assimilation
process. Once the tubules are
extended and inside the skin, they release a series
of nanoprobes
into the bloodstream; the nanoprobes
assimilate the cells of a
victim by reprogramming their DNA sequence.
"First Contact" [ST8], "Scorpion" [VOY]
Seven says that Kovin extracted her nanoprobes
through her assimilation tubules.
"Retrospect" [VOY]
They can also be used to penetrate and to remove
tissue samples from a target organism. Furthermore,
the tubules can also be used to examine or take control of
technological
systems, such as computers. They can be
extended
from certain
types of hardware components. For example:
A mobile
holoemitter used tubules to take control of a
computer
console,
and a maturation chamber used extraction tubules
to remove a
tissue sample from an ensign on the Starship
Voyager.
"Drone" [VOY]
Auditory
Processor
- The Doctor manipulates Seven's Auditory Processor to get her to sing
with him.
"Equinox, part 2" [VOY]
Audio Node
- The Doctor speaks to Seven using her audio node so that only she can
hear him.
"Scientific Method" [VOY]
Axonal amplifier
- The Doctor finds this device inside a Borg during its autopsy.
"Unity" [VOY]
Biochips
- Implants in the brain of a Borg drone. Their brains grow
dependent
on the biochips and
the drone would die if they are removed
permanently.
They contain relatively straightforward
programming, and interface protocols. Geordi
managed to construct some new ones to replace Hugh's
damaged ones using the files downloaded after
Picard's
Borg experience.
"I, Borg" [TNG]
Biosynthetic
glands
- Borg replacement of the original organic glands of an assimilated
humanoid.
"The Gift" [VOY]
Chronographic
sequencer - According to Seven, it allows the maintenance of
synchronous movement
with
music.
"Someone to Watch Over Me" [VOY]
Chronometric
Node - A small implant located in the cranium which contains
physiological data of a
Borg drone. This node is used as a
timekeeper,
to record information with reference to time, such as
the time when cybernetic implants disengage from
the organic system (i.e. the time of death).
"Timeless" [VOY]
Cortical array
- The EMH says it contains an index of memory engrams, and its removal
would
damage higher brain functions - language and
cognitive
skills in particular would be severely damaged.
"Equinox, part 2" [VOY]
Cortical Implant, Borg - An implant inserted
along the spine of a Borg drone. Employed during the
regeneration cycle, the Cortical Implant draws in
power for the maintenance of vital components and
other
implants.
"Night" [VOY]
Cortical Node,
Primary
- The primary cortical node is a small silver metallic cylinder tapered
towards
each end, approximately eight centimeters long, with a glass middle
section encasing a glowing green centre. It
is installed in a port above
the drone's right temple. The port is normally
sealed
and is invisible
to the casual observer. Besides regulating the
functioning
of all of the
other Borg implants, the node also suppresses the
humanoid immune
system, preventing the drone from rejecting their
Borg components.
When a glitch is found in Seven's Primary Cortical
Node, causing it to
destabilize, Seven's body begins rejecting her
implants;
they start to
shut down one by one (symptoms progress from
occasional
headaches, to tears, discomfort in the
upper part of her hand, inability to interface with
her alcove for regeneration, and finally spasms with
Borg implants breaking through her skin).
Since many Borg implants relate to vital functions, the loss
of a node would normally result in death, as a fully
assimilated adult drone is incapable of surviving
without it. Despite this, no backup system
is built into drone physiognomy, as faulty nodes are
easily diagnosed and quickly dealt with. Given the
intricate nature of the technology, a node is simply
too complex to replicate, and trying to repair it
would be an inefficient and futile exercise. If a node is
damaged the Borg would simply replace it.
In the event of a minor failure, the node is capable of
adapting and repairing itself, but in the case of
a more serious malfunction the node must be replaced.
Once active, a node must remain attached to a drone
or it begins to degrade. Cortical nodes left inactive
quickly deteriorate into uselessness. Once
it has been removed, cortical functions can be controlled by
an external source, like a starship computer, but
only for a short time (about 20 seconds in the case of
Voyager's computer). After this, the drone
will enter anaphylactic shock and will lose synaptic cohesion.
"Imperfection" [VOY]
The node is designed to shut down higher brain
functions,
sending the individual into neural shock,
when a drone achieves a certain level of emotional
stimulation. It is a "fail-safe" mechanism to
deactivate drones who start to regain their
emotions.
The technology is built into the node. The
Doctor worked on a way to reconfigure the micro-circuitry
to "repair" it.
"Human Error" [VOY]
The Cortical Node is connected to the Reticular
Node.
"Equinox, part 2" [VOY]
Cranial Implant
- Janeway and Seven work out that if they activate what is left of the
Borg technology
in Seven's body and adjust her cranial implant with a filament from
Janeway's combadge, they can alter Seven's
bio-electric
field to enable
her to pass through the forcefield in the Dauntless'
brig. The procedure
involved cross-linking the 3rd and 6th nodules of
her Ocular Implant.
"Hope and Fear" [VOY]
Designator
Interface Circuit - A small circuit located on the exterior
of Drones. This circuit contains
information on the Drone's numerical designation
as well as information it has accumulated since last
connected with the Collective. Removal of
this circuit activates a self-destruct program that completely
vaporizes the
Drone.
"Q-Who?" [TNG]
Interlink Network /
Interlink Node - The Interlink Node is an implant used to
interface
with other drones.
It allowed Seven to interact with others in
Unimatrix
Zero.
"Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
When Seven and three other members of her original
unimatrix were disconnected from the Collective,
she injected them with nanoprobes
to force them back into a mini-collective. The nanoprobes
created
micro-cortical implants in the parietal
lobes
of their left cerebral hemispheres. It transformed this part
of their brains into "organic interlink nodes",
thus creating a new
interlink network, which joined them
together into a sort of collective triad.
Their higher brain functions were somehow tied into the new
interlink. Seven also suppressed any memories
of what she had done. Later, after being severed from
the Collective once again, the three used an interlink
module to connect to Seven in order to retrieve
memories of the incident. But when they broke
their connection to Seven, the effect on their cognitive
systems was too great; it overloaded their cortical
implants and they went into into neural shock.
The Doctor removed their micro-cortical implants
and they became individuals again but were only
expected to live a few weeks - possibly as long
as a month.
"Survival Instinct" [VOY]
Interplexing
beacon - The interlink frequency (108.4423600) from the
interplexing
beacon in Seven's
head, was used to send a signal containing phase
corrections back in time through a Borg temporal
transmitter.
"Timeless" [VOY]
Microcircuits
- An element of Borg technology; microcircuit fibers are implanted into
humanoid tissue
during the assimilation
process. Infiltration of the fibers into a Drone's healthy
tissue
around Borg
implants cause changes in the cellular DNA around
the them. Thus they make surgical removal of the
implants impossible while a link to the Collective
is active. Microcircuit fibers were implanted into
Jean-Luc Picard's body when he was abducted and
surgically altered by the Borg in 2366.
"The Best of Both Worlds, part 2" [TNG]
The armor plating on Seven's skull is anchored with
over 3 million "micro-connectors"; in order to
remove it the Doctor has to remove the outer layer
of the skull itself.
"The Gift" [VOY]
Microtubule
network
- When Janeway tells him to remove the rest of the Borg technology from
Seven's body, the Doctor wants to start with the
microtubule network embedded in the esophageal tract.
"The Gift" [VOY]
Nanoprobes
- Microscopic robots usually used during the first step of the assimilation
process of
Borg drones. These tiny subcellular nanites are introduced into a
drone candidate
by the Borg during assimilation. They attach
themselves to cells and then begin to act as Organelles
in a cell would. They take over the
functioning
of a cell and serve to regulate the cell functions in a
Borg
drone.
"The Gift" [VOY]
A nanoprobe's activity is linked to the speed of
cellular metabolism, so a process that would speed up
this metabolism, such as eating, would increase
their activity. On the other hand, a process that would
slow it down, such as freezing, would arrest the
nanoprobe's activity. When Phlox was infected the
nanoprobes were having trouble adapting to his
immune
system. This gave him enough time to discover
that the intramolecular processors of the nanoprobes
are vulnerable to omicron particles and to expose
himself to an excessive dose of them insuring that
he rid himself of all the nanoprobes and preventing
a
relapse.
"Regeneration" [ENT]
Once Borg injection
tubules puncture the skin, they release a series of nanoprobes into
the bloodstream;
the nanoprobes assimilate the bloodstream almost
instantaneously.
"Scorpion, Part 1" [VOY]
When the initial assimilation process is complete,
nanoprobes are re-directed toward the continued
replication of assimilated body cells.
Nanoprobes
are able to reprogram the DNA of the assimilated
being.
"First Contact" [ST8]
These tiny devices are also implanted directly into
the bone marrow of Borg Drones. The nanoprobes
acting as cellular organelles have the ability to
regenerate removed or damaged Borg components, as well
as biological
flesh.
"The Raven" [VOY]
In addition, nanoprobes are also employed to
regenerate
damaged technological implants or biological
organs. The Borg have also utilized nanoprobes
to stop cellular necrosis and prevent the death of a
drone, for a period of up to 73 hours. Seven
and the Doctor revive Neelix by using nanoprobes to
reverse cellular necrosis while they stimulate his
cerebral cortex with a neuroelectric iso-pulse; they
use 70 micrograms of nanoprobes from Seven's
bloodstream;
Seven says that the nanoprobes will
compensate for any cellular degradation in Neelix's
cerebral cortex; he has to be injected with nanoprobes
on a daily basis until his damaged tissue can
function
independently.
"Mortal Coil" [VOY]
They are also used to assimilate foreign technology
and convert it to standard Borg alphanumerics.
"The Raven" [VOY], "Scorpion" [VOY], "Collective" [VOY],
"Drone" [VOY]
The Doctor hopes to create an "assimilation
antibody"
to slow down the nanoprobes; the Doctor
wants to use Borg nanoprobes to penetrate the cells
of Species 8472 by reprogramming them to
emit the same electro-chemical signal as the alien
cells; Janeway proposes that they teach the Borg
how to modify their own nanoprobes in order to use
them to defeat Species 8472. The Doctor uses
the Borg nanoprobes to rid Kim of the alien cells
that are taking over his body; the nanoprobes in the
bio-molecular weapons are successful in defeating
Species 8472.
"Scorpion, Part 1" [VOY]
According to the Doctor, the dormant nanoprobes
in Seven's body are reasserting themselves.
"The Raven" [VOY]
According to Seven, after using the bio-ablation
pump, Kovin extracts the nanoprobes through Seven's
assimilation tubules
and takes them to another subject and assimilates him; Janeway says
that
in the
wrong hands, a single nanoprobe could lead to
disaster;
Tuvok finds Borg nanoprobes on the table in
Kovin's
lab.
"Retrospect" [VOY]
Neural Relays
- In a holo-simulation of a Cortical Node replacement on Seven, her
neural
relays failed.
Later Icheb reprogrammed an alcove to disconnect
his neural relays to prove he could survive without
his Cortical
Node.
"Imperfection" [VOY]
Neuro-processor
- A memory circuit implanted into a Drone which contains all
instructions
the Drone has
received from the
Collective.
"First Contact" [ST8]
The members of the cooperative still have Borg
neuro-processors
implanted in their nervous systems; they
use the neuro-processors to activate a
neuro-electric
field to heal Chakotay's damaged neural tissue.
"Unity" [VOY]
Neuro-Processing
Adjunct - An implant placed behind the ear of drones.
The Neuro-Processing
Adjunct is designed to increase the synaptic
efficiency
of the drone.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Ocular /
Occipital
implant - The Ocular Implant is also called an Occipital
Implant.
Its installation
was one of the most painful experiences of Seven's
life. It's difficult for her to talk about because as
a Borg she forced others to undergo the same
procedure.
"Repentance" [VOY]
An enhanced visual receptor implanted directly into
the optical centers of the drone. These prosthetic
eyepieces are capable of granting a drone the
ability
to see far more than an organic eye. Optical
enhancements include a type of holographic imaging
system, which provides the drone with complex
visual information that increases spatial acuity,
i.e. the ability to analyze complex three-dimensional
shapes.
"I, Borg" [TNG]
According to Seven, Kovin removes her ocular implant
using a micro-caliper.
"Retrospect" [VOY]
The ocular node is connected to the Sensory
Node.
"Equinox, part 2" [VOY]
SEE Also: Cranial
Implant
Power / Feeding
Coupling
- The Borg don't eat. Instead, a Borg's arm contains a
coupling
used to
connect to an access terminal which supplies a power
flow regulated to a specific frequency. The
energy is used by a Borg's implants to synthesize
any organic molecules needed by the Borg's
biological
tissues.
"I, Borg" [TNG]
Reticular Node
- The Cortical Node is connected to this
one,
and in turn it is connected to the
Occipital Node.
"Equinox, part 2" [VOY]
Sensory Nodes-
The Doctor discovered that the subnucleonic radiation from a nebula
that
Voyager
was passing through was altering the
neurotransmitter
levels in Seven's sensory nodes. It was causing
her to hallucinate. It was also producing
a degradation in the synaptic relays of the gel packs and even
the briefest exposure to it would be devastating
to organic tissue.
"One" [VOY]
To try to detect the presence of alien intruders
on Voyager, the EMH used a Type 4 micro-inducer
to set Seven's Borg sensory nodes to a phase
variance
of 0.15. The procedure was successful and
allowed her to see
them.
"Scientific Method" [VOY]
The Sensory Node is connected to the Cortical
Node.
"Equinox, part 2" [VOY]
Shield, Personal
- An energy emitting device used to shield against defensive energy
weapons.
These shields cannot repel energy discharges of
a frequency not previously encountered, but can
quickly adapt once the attacking frequency has been
analyzed.
"Q Who" [TNG], "Best of Both Worlds" [TNG],
"First Contact" [ST8], "Scorpion" [VOY]
Synaptic Relays
- Four of Nine sells some Borg Synaptic Relays from their original
unimatrix
to Seven.
"Survival Instinct" [VOY]
Thoracic Assembly
- A collection of tools and instruments found along the forearms and
hands
of
Borg drones. These instruments assist drones
in utilizing and removing their native technology as well
as aiding in their combat effectiveness.
"Revulsion" [VOY]
Transceiver,
Cranial
- The Hansens find that a drone has been in direct contact with the
Queen
through its Cranial-Transceiver log.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Transceiver, Neural
- A small transmitting device implanted into the spinal column which
serves
as
the connection of a Drone to the Collective.
"Unity" [VOY]
The Borg want to implant a neural transceiver into
Janeway and Tuvok; they say that this transceiver
is required for maximum communication; Janeway
doesn't
allow them to do this and insists that the
Borg choose a representative that they can work
with instead.
"Scorpion, Part 2" [VOY]
Janeway tells the Doctor to neutralize the neural
transceiver in Seven's upper spinal cord in order to
sever her link to the
collective.
"The Gift" [VOY]
It was only through an advanced technique, known
as multimodal reflection sorting, which was used
to process subspace sensor data, that the
interactive
subspace signals which connect the Borg into the
hive mind were detected. Multimodal reflection
sorting was used to detect the exchange between
Locutus and the Borg collective consciousness after
Picard had been rescued from the Borg in early
2367.
"The Best of Both Worlds, part 2" [TNG]
Transceiver,
Proximity
- Implant which is half submerged in the region of the lower neck on a
drone.
When active, the implant transmits a Borg proximity
signal to the Collective. This implant is not
easily suppressed. In some instances, the
cranial implants have been known to adapt to any form of
suppression and create a secondary transceiver.
"Drone" [VOY]
Transporter nodes, Internal - (borg/ufp): one "Drone" [VOY]
Vocal
Subprocessor
- Borg implant placed near the esophageal aperture in the neck of a
drone.
This
implant is designed to facilitate the sonic
interface
with Borg transponders. It also enables its user to
have "perfect pitch" in speech and other forms of
communication.
"Someone to Watch Over Me" [VOY], "Collective" [VOY]
B'elanna was fitted with a subvocal processor when
she was assimilated by the Borg.
"Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Culture:
[ The Collective ][ The
Drone ][ Assimilation ][ Maturation
][ Regeneration ][ Adaptation
][ Perfection ]
[ Technology ]
What it means to be Borg:
The unity of the collective, common goals, the quest
for perfection.
"Collective" [VOY]
The Collective:
Also referred to as the "Hive Mind" or "Collective
Consciousness"; It refers to the group consciousness
of the Borg civilization.
Implants are used to link each drone's mind to the
collective consciousness. Every Borg member, or
"Drone" is connected by a
sophisticated
subspace communications network, which forms a link to
the collective consciousness. With this
connection,
the entire Borg species operates as one gigantic
organism. Its as if the Borg Collective were
one huge entity and the individual drones and ships
merely components of the greater whole.
Being part of the Collective offers significant
biomedical advantages to the individual Drones. The
mental energy of the group consciousness can help
an injured or damaged Drone heal or regenerate
damaged body parts or technology. This is
instrumental in the Borg ability to adapt with great speed
to defensive tactics used against them.
Within this shared consciousness, the ideas of
individuality,
freedom and self-determination are nearly
meaningless concepts.
The Drone:
A single unit in the Borg
collective. Drones are incorporated into the Borg
Collective through the
process of assimilation.
Each Drone is cybernetically enhanced and biologically modified during
initial assimilation, granting them several
advantages
over ordinary biological beings. For example,
the typical Borg Drone has superior physical
strength
and intelligence, the ability to survive the
vacuum of space without protective gear and various
other enhancements.
Each Borg Drone is integrated into a single hive
consciousness via Borg neural-transceiver
technology.
With each drone tied together through the Collective,
decisions are made quickly and efficiently.
"First Contact" [ST8], "The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG],
"I, Borg" [TNG], "Descent" [TNG], "Drone" [VOY]
Each drone's experiences are processed by the
Collective.
Only useful information is retained.
"The Omega Directive" [VOY]
Designation - The general
equivalent
of a Borg name. Borg Drones do not refer to themselves in the
first person (i.e. "I" or "me"), rather in the
plural,
such as "we are Borg". Individual Drones do not
have names in the common sense, rather they are
designated into numerical groups, such as
"Third of Five" or "Seven of Nine" and so
forth.
If a drone's function is changed, it is given a new
designation. The designation specifies the
position of the drone aboard a vessel or station, as well
as identifies the numerical group the drone is
assigned
to. The designation of a drone can be re-assigned
when a drone is moved to different functions.
An example of the way Borg Designations work is:
"Seven of Nine - Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix
Zero One". It can be broken down as follows:
Seven of Nine - Designates that this
drone is the seventh member within a group of nine.
Tertiary Adjunct - Designates the
sub-command
level which this drone is assigned to. In this case,
level three.
Unimatrix Zero One - Designates the
specific command center which this drone is assigned to.
"I, Borg", "Descent" [TNG], "Drone" [VOY]
The Borg also have numerical designations for each
significant species they've encountered.
SEE: Borg
Species Designations
Assimilation
Process:
The Borg do not "seek out new life and new civilizations" in the
ordinary
sense. Rather than expending
time and resources to communicate diplomatically
with alien races they encounter, the Borg operate
by conquering entire worlds through a process known
as "assimilation". The process of assimilation
involves capturing members of other races and
transforming
these individuals into Borg drones by
grafting cybernetic devices on to them and linking
them into the collective consciousness. All races
that are assimilated are altered both physically
and mentally when turned into a Borg drone. This
serves to strip the victim of their
individuality.
Through the assimilation process, the Borg are able
to absorb the knowledge and experience of a chosen
civilization and its technology. It is important
to note that the Borg select only those worlds which
will augment their "perfection", and simply
destroy or ignore the inferior civilizations they
encounter.
Thousands of species and thousands of worlds across
the galaxy have been incorporated into the
Collective in this fashion. Entire races have
had their worlds devastated by Borg raids. Many
species in the Delta Quadrant, like the Farn and
the Sakari, have been depopulated almost to
extinction. The Borg were also
responsible
for the near-extinction of Guinan's people, the El-Aurian
race circa the late 23rd century.
Assimilation is a very complex process and is comprised of two
stages:
Cellular Assimilation - The first
stage in the assimilation process if resistance is encountered.
In
this
stage, nanoprobes are
injected
into the victim's blood stream via an injection tubule.
This
stage
is really only necessary in the presence of
resistance,
even though all drones will inherently receive
nanoprobes during the assimilation process at one
time or another. This is because once nanoprobes
are injected into a victim, they will become more
cooperative during the process. Once injected,
the nanoprobes act as viral agents in the host body,
attaching themselves to the body's cells and
begin assimilation by inserting a new set of
DNA.
The result is the continued replication of
assimilated cells. The entire process proceeds
rapidly, the results of which are generally seen in
seconds.
"First Contact" [ST8], "Scorpion" [VOY],
"Dark Frontier" [VOY], "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Extraction/ Augmentation - The
second phase of assimilation. If no resistance is encountered,
this
"second" phase is actually
done first. During this phase, the drone-to-be
is taken to a Primary Assimilation Chamber, where
non-essential
exterior
organs are removed and replaced with cybernetic
technology.
Generally, an eye and/or arm of a victim is removed
and replaced with an ocular implant; the base
of the arm is extracted and replaced with a thoracic
assembly. Other limbs and organs are replaced
with cybernetic devices which the drone will utilize
in its new service to the Borg. The exterior
form of the individual is then augmented with
further
cybernetic technology. This typically includes
exoplating or any other prominent implant present
on the exterior, such as body armor.
"Best of Both Worlds" [TNG], "First Contact" [ST8],
"Scorpion" [VOY], "Dark Frontier" [VOY], "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Once the assimilation process is complete, a Borg
drone employs a variety of technological components
to augment its functions, allowing it to operate
at peak efficiency and to receive constant instructions
and guidance from the Collective. This
technology
can be either internal or external to the physical
body of the drone.
Reversing/Undoing the Assimilation Process:
It is important to note that the assimilation
process
can be reversed under certain conditions. As
time progresses, the physiological systems of the
assimilated individual grow more dependent upon
the newly implanted Borg technology and it can not
be removed without killing the host. However,
if a newly assimilated drone is first disconnected
from the Collective, their implants can be surgically
removed in full with little or no long lasting
effects.
The specific length of time before implants become
permanent is
unknown.
"The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG], "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Maturation:
Seven says that the Borg have no need for seduction
or single-cell reproduction since they just assimilate
any species that they
want.
"Revulsion" [VOY]
There are "nurseries" aboard Borg vessels, used
for holding infants while being prepared for insertion
into maturation
chambers.
"The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG]
Maturation chambers are Biomedical chambers utilized
for the rapid maturation and accelerated growth of infant
specimens of an assimilated world. It is necessary for complete
neo-cortical development.
"Infinite Regress" [VOY]
Infants and children are placed in these chambers
for 17 cycles until matured and capable of
independent biological
operation.
"Mortal Coil" [VOY]
There also exist incubation
pods.
"Collective" [VOY]
In 2375, when a transporter malfunction fused
Borg
nanoprobes
from Seven of Nine with the Doc's 29th century
holoemitter, the resulting Borg construct formed
a Maturation Chamber which was capable of generating an adult Borg
Drone within a matter of hours from a single
sampling
of the DNA of a Voyager crew member.
"Drone" [VOY]
The Hansens hid in a maturation chamber with
neo-natal
drones.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Icheb virus caused a malfunction of the maturation
chambers resulting in the premature release of neo-natal drones.
"Collective" [VOY']
Regeneration:
The Borg process of re-powering and repair.
Regeneration can be used on vessels, space stations or
individual drones.
Regeneration, Drone - The process
of regeneration of individual drones. Like most other beings, the
Borg exert energy as they perform their assigned
functions. Rather than normal sleep, Borg drones
regenerate to supply energy to their bodies.
This is important since the Borg do not eat. However,
their implants have the capability of replicating
organic material which their biological organs require.
Regeneration can assist in rapidly repairing a
damaged
drone. On average, a single drone will regenerate
for approximately six hours per day. SEE:
Alcove
"Q-Who?" [TNG], "The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG], "I, Borg" [TNG],
"Dark Frontier" [VOY], "Drone"[VOY]
Regeneration, Vessel - The
process through which the Borg repair vessels or space stations.
Additional
power is routed through power distribution nodes
to assist in the process.
"Q-Who?" [TNG], "The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG],
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Autonomous regeneration sequencers
- Technological devices utilized to automatically regenerate damaged
components of Borg technology, or those that have
been removed or disabled by non-Borg means.
This particular component of technology was
assimilated
from species 259. Autonomous regeneration
sequencers were among the Borg hardware implanted
into the starship Voyager in 2374, making their
later removal difficult for Voyager personnel.
Seven says that they function to counteract resistance and
that they must be removed in order to keep the Borg
technology from regenerating.
"The Gift" [VOY]
Adaptation:
The process through which the Borg render the
offensive
weapons of another species useless. The
Borg exhibit a high degree of intelligence and
adaptability
in their tactics. Most successful means of
defense or offense or any other type of resistance
against them are usually found to work only a few
times, almost immediately after which the Borg
developed
a countermeasure. Adaptation operates
on two levels; that of the drone
and that of space vessels or stations.
Individual drones have the ability to adapt to
various
offensive weapons after only a few attacks.
The effect of the weapon is analyzed, and Borg
shields are modified to counter that weapon.
On vessels and space stations, the process of
adaptation
is similar. Since drones are linked to their
vessel through the Collective,
drones are able to analyze weapons discharged against them and alter
the defensive capabilities of their vessel so little
or no damage is suffered.
"Q-Who?" [TNG]
Perfection:
Omega - SEE:
Omega
Particle
Technology:
[ Alcoves / Access Terminals / Data Handling
][ Communication ][ Power
Distribution
][ Time travel tech ]
[ Transwarp ][ Weapons
]
Alcove - A
port located in a Borg vessel which individual Drones can attach
themselves
to. These
terminals serve a wide variety of functions, such as; serving as a
direct
link to
the Collective; Absorption of power; Regeneration
of damaged components;
Access to library databank information. These
Alcoves contain access
terminals and serve as the functional duty stations
for the Borg Drones that
are located aboard Borg spacecraft.
"I, Borg" [TNG],
"Scorpion"
[VOY], "Revulsion" [VOY]
An alcove requires a lot of power. (over 30
megawatts).
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Access terminal - A small
systems connector port located in a Borg Alcove which individual Drones
can attach themselves to. These
terminals
serve a wide variety of functions, such as: serving as a
direct link to the Collective; Absorption of power;
Regeneration of damaged components; Access
to library databank information. Alcoves and
access terminals also serve as the functional duty
stations for the Borg Drones that are located aboard
Borg spacecraft.
"I, Borg" [TNG], "Revulsion" [VOY]
Access node - Torres wants to
get
one of the Borg's access nodes operational so that she can tap into
the Borg's main data
systems.
"Unity" [VOY]
Alphanumerics - The equivalent
of
the written language of the Borg, similar to binary computer sequences.
These alphanumeric characters can be found on
various
control interfaces, readily changing in accordance
to the input of the drone. All
information
within the Collective is transmitted and stored in this
alphanumeric
sequencing.
"First Contact" [ST8]; "Revulsion" [VOY]
Control interface -
User-operated
panel permitting input into a computer or other system. A control
interface,
such as those found on a Starfleet food replicator,
for example, generally permits display of feedback
information to show the results of the inputted
command. Control interfaces vary very widely with
different cultures, and are based heavily on their
technological capabilities and system needs, and could
include vocal, visual, and sensor-based commands
and output. A Borg Control Interface, much like
other races of the galaxy, utilizes tactile computer
control interfaces in conjunction with their neural link
to the Collective. These user operated panels
permit a Drone to input data into the central computer or
other systems of a Borg vessel. A control
interface such as those found on Borg vessels generally permit
the display of feedback information or to show the
results of an inputted command sequence. These
control interfaces vary in function, based on the
technological capabilities and system needs which the
individual interface terminal is applied to.
These terminals are capable of a wide variety of output,
including; vocal, visual and sensor-based
commands from the Collective.
"First Contact" [ST8]
Data-Link - A component used in
monitoring and storing information on individual Drones of the Borg
Collective.
"The Raven" [VOY]
Data nodes - Seven cuts her hand
on one when she & Kim remove it from cargo bay 2.
"Revulsion" [VOY]
In the neo-natal borg cube, Kim placed 9 of diamonds on one as a trail
marker; Seven removed one and
took it back to Voyager for analysis.
"Collective" [VOY]
The one found in the probe ship wreckage contained a drone manifest,
and tactical information.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Seven uses them to educate
One.
"Drone" [VOY]
Seven's personal logs are on one; Kim deciphers them. The
node uploads information from
her cortical processing
sub-unit.
"Raven [VOY]
Distribution node - Part of the
technology utilized in the information distribution system aboard Borg
vessels.
"The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG], "Scorpion" [VOY]
Chakotay tells Kim to find a Borg distribution node
so that he can download the Borg's tactical database
since it might contain a record of what happened
to the Borg ship.
"Scorpion, part 1" [VOY]
Communication:
[ Interplexing Beacon ][ Vinculum
][ Central Plexus ]
communication beacon (borg) -
unimatrix
01: creates using drone parts
"Survival Instinct" [VOY]
translink frequency (borg): seven of nine "Timeless" [VOY]
Interplexing
beacon - Type of subspace transmitter. While in
Earth's
past in 2063, a group of Borg
attempted to convert the Enterprise-E's navigational
deflector dish into an interplexing beacon with which
they planned to communicate with their collective
in the Delta Quadrant.
"First Contact" [ST8]
When the Borg children's communication system was
damaged, they attempted to take Voyager's deflector
to repair it. It is assumed they were also
trying to build an interplexing beacon.
"Collective" [VOY]
It is used for drone communication "Timeless"
[VOY]
modulation, lower subspace band energy signal (borg): borg
drones:
integrates minds
"Infinite Regress" [VOY]
Neuro-electric - The cooperative helps
heal
Chakotay by activating a neuro-electric field that repairs his
damaged neural tissue. (Unity)
Neuroelectric generator - Riley wants
Janeway
to reactivate the neuroelectric generator on the Borg
cube so that they can re-establish the neural link among the
Borg to help unite the people
on the planet; Janeway won't activate the generator since this
will create a new collective
and impose a choice on thousands of others with no choice; the
cooperative re-links with
Chakotay forcing him to divert the shuttle to the Borg cube and
reactivate the generator.
"Unity" [VOY]
Neuroelectric iso-pulse - Seven and the
Doctor
revive Neelix by using nanoprobes to reverse
cellular
necrosis while they stimulate his cerebral cortex with a
neuroelectric
iso-pulse; the iso-pulse
is set for 1 second
intervals.
"Mortal Coil" [VOY]
Neuro-Interlink Frequency - A frequency that interconnects the
minds of Borg drones. This signal is
reinforced by a vinculum which also has the power to reintegrate
the minds of separated
drones back into the collective consciousness.
"Infinite Regress" [VOY]
Neuro-peptides - The Doctor reports that Chakotay's
neuropeptides
levels have returned to normal and there
are no residual traces of the
link.
"Unity" [VOY]
Resonance frequency - Every Borg ship is coded to emit a
homing
signal at a distinct resonance frequency
to guide lost drones or vessels that have become
separated from the Collective back to an
area
of Borg
space where they can reestablish their link to the
Hive Mind. The Borg set up a resonance signal on the
Raven which remained active since the ship was
assimilated.
"The Raven" [VOY], "Drone" [VOY]
Vinculum
- Device located at the heart of every Borg vessel. The Vinculum
is the central point at
which Borg Drones are locally tied to the Collective. It is
responsible
for providing
the neural links and inter-connection between the
minds of all the drones on
the ship. More than a simple conduit, the
Vinculum also actively searches
for signs of individuality among Borg
drones, and serves to purge individual
thoughts from the multitude of Drones aboard Borg
vessels. It harmonizes
them into the single group mind of the Collective.
The device, in essence,
brings "order to the chaos" of the group mind,
weeding
out all individual
thoughts and disseminating only information relevant
to the Collective. As
well as managing information, the Vinculum also
has the ability to identify
errant drones or those who have left the Collective
(like Seven of Nine).
Once identified, the Vinculum implements procedures
to re-integrate the
drone into the Collective. This is achieved
by establishing a subspace link to the drone's cortical implant,
and realigning the neural patterns within.
The link cannot be severed without permanent and chronic
neural damage to the drone, meaning that the only
way to interrupt the process is to take the Vinculum
offline. However, as is the case with most
important Borg technology, the Vinculum is especially hard
to de-activate. It is equipped with many safeguards,
including the ability to re-route its internal circuitry
to foil intrusive
interference.
'Infinite Regress' [VOY]
Central Plexus
- Similar in function to the Vinculum, the Central Plexus operates on a
far larger scale.
Every Borg vessel has a Central Plexus. Its primary function is
to
tie
the local hive mind (i.e. drones aboard a particular
Borg
cube) to the entire Collective Consciousness.
It links
every Borg vessel with every other. On a class
4 Tactical
Cube the Central Plexus is protected by
multi-regenerative
security grids. Torres uploaded a nanovirus
to the Central
Plexus which spread it throughout the entire
collective.
"Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Power Distribution
Systems:
Power Distribution Node - Part
of the power distribution system aboard Borg space vessels that serves
to transfer power and the mental energy of the
Collective
throughout the ship. These distribution nodes
are an integral part of the Borg ability to adapt
in combat scenarios, and allow a Borg ship to function
even if seventy percent of the ship is destroyed.
"The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG]
Sub-Junction - The Borg
designation
for a deck or section of a deck within a vessel or station.
Sub-Junctions are used to identify specific parts of of their
surroundings.
"Scorpion" [VOY]
Grid 92 of Subjunction 12 -
Janeway
and Tuvok are taken to this workspace near the center of the Borg cube.
"Scorpion, Part 2" [VOY]
Unimatrix - Relative term
identifying
an area where drones interact, possibly the designation of a space-
station or region of space. The term has other
forms as well, such as Trimatrix.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY] , "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
multi-polar analysis (ufp): seven: uses on borg synaptic implants "Survival Instinct" [VOY]
poly-thermal imaging (borg): subterranean geography: mapping
"Once Upon A Time" [VOY]
poly-trinic alloy (borg): borg probe ship
wreckage
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Time Travel
Technology:
temporal transceiver - (borg,
salvage
component 36698, slipstream timeline): Communication device
which sends transmissions back or forward through
time. A Borg temporal transceiver was stolen
by Kim, Chakotay and Omand in an alternate timeline,
around 2390, and used to send a transmission
into the past to the Borg interplexing beacon of
Seven of Nine. This prevented Voyager from crashing
on an class-L ice planet when they were kicked out
of the slipstream.
"Timeless" [VOY]
Temporal Vortex - A time
spanning
conduit created by the controlled emission of chronometric
particles. The temporal vortex is the
method of time travel utilized by the Borg. (reference "Star
Trek First Contact")
time index (borg): stardate equivalent "Timeless" [VOY]
Transwarp:
The fastest means of travel for the Borg.
transwarp coil - Janeway &
Seven
steal one from a probe ship's wreckage
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Transwarp Conduit -
Artificially created "tunnel" through space. Transwarp conduits
allow
the Borg
to travel at speeds far beyond normal warp, much
like that of a worm-hole.
They are primarily used to travel vast distances
in a short length of time. Temporary transwarp conduits can be
opened
by emitting a specialized high-energy tachyon
pulse.
Transwarp conduits are known to be disruptive to subspace, often
making it impossible for other ships to engage warp
drive in their vicinity.
"Descent" [TNG], "Scorpion" [VOY], "Day of Honor" [VOY],
"Dark Frontier" [VOY],"Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Seven offers to try to create a transwarp conduit
to help Voyager travel faster than warp speed.
The crew of Voyager tried to create a Borg transwarp
conduit, which would make the journey back
to the Alpha Quadrant a lot faster.
Unfortunately,
the experiment failed because of tachyons leaking
into the dilithium
matrix.
"Day of Honor" [VOY]
Transwarp conduit threshold - The borg queen's yacht is
destroyed
when Voyager collapses the threshold
to a transwarp conduit it was emerging from.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Transwarp Hub - A series of
massive
constructs, Also known as a Transwarp Network. It serves
to generate and connect a complex set of artificially generated
transwarp conduits utilized by the Borg. There
are only six
transwarp hubs known to exist within the
galaxy.
A seventh
transwarp hub was located at the center of a
nebula.
Voyager
detected it on long range sensors when they were
about 3 light-
years from the nebula because of its extremely high
neutrino
emissions and intermittent graviton flux.
It was as if the center
of the nebula contained hundreds of wormholes.
Of all the
Borg's tactical advantages the hub could have been the most
significant.
The hub connected thousands of transwarp conduits
with
endpoints in all four quadrants of the galaxy.
It would have
allowed the Collective to deploy ships almost
anywhere
in
the galaxy within minutes. One of the hub's
apertures (#823,
at coordinates 346 by 42, through transwarp corridor
09),
led to an exit-aperture less than a light year from
earth.
The hub was supported by a series of interspatial manifolds.
Theoretically, if enough of the manifolds could
be disabled, the
transwarp hub would collapse, but the shielding
on those
manifolds was regulated from the Central Nexus,
by the Queen
herself. Someone might be able to damage one
of them, maybe
two, but by the time they moved onto the third,
she'd have
adapted. To disable the hub, they would need
to be taken
down simultaneously. This could not be
accomplished
from
the Alpha quadrant side since there are only exit apertures there.
It can only be done from inside the hub.
A spread of transphasic
torpedoes detonated simultaneously would cause the
collapse of
the conduits in a cascade reaction, if only it could
penetrate the
shielding. Even after that, any ship inside
the hub would have less
than 10 seconds to exit or it would be crushed by
the resulting
shockwave. Despite the difficulties, this
seventh transwarp hub
was successfully destroyed by the Federation
starship
Voyager.
They infected the Borg queen with a neurolytic
pathogen
which disrupted her control of the conduit-
shielding. When the shielding destabilized,
it allowed them to fire a spread of 3 transphasic torpedoes
which destroyed the
hub.
"Endgame" [VOY]
Weapons:
Cutting Laser - An energy beam
utilized by the Borg for slicing segments of a captive vessel for
examination.
"Q Who?" [TNG]
This also appears to be the same basic technology
that is used to "scoop" installations off the surface
of planets since it has the same magnetic resonance
signature.
"The Best of Both Worlds, part 1" [TNG]
Magnetometric-guided charges
- 'Depth-charges' used by the Borg
"The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG]
Multikinetic neutronic mine - A
Borg weapon of mass destruction.
Seven wanted to create a multikinetic neutronic mine with a 5
million isoton yield to disperse
the nanoprobes over a radius of 5 lightyears; Janeway doesn't
want to do this since it could
affect an entire star system and endanger innocent worlds; it
would take 50 trillion nanoprobes
to arm this mine and would take several weeks for the Doctor
to replicate enough nanoprobes.
"Scorpion, Part 2" [VOY]
Shield Generator - Buried deep
inside
the cube.
"Collective" [VOY]
Tractor beam - An energy
beam
that is used to seize another vessel and hold it in place.
Borg tractor beams also possess the ability
to drain power from the protective shields of another vessel.
"Q Who?" [TNG], "The Best of Both Worlds" [TNG]
Neo-natal borg cube: attempts to tear the deflector
from USS voyager using a tractor beam - traps delta flyer
"Collective" [VOY]
History: SEE: Borg History.
Ships and Space
Stations:
[ unicomplex ][ large
cube ][ small cube ][ tactical
cube ][ probe ][ Queen's
Yacht ][ sphere ]
[ Borg Ships of Unknown Type ]
When a Borg vessel is critically damaged all of its vital technology
self destructs.
"Dark Frontier, part 1" [VOY]
Every Borg ship is coded to emit a distinct resonance frequency to
guide drones that have become
separated from the
collective.
"The Raven" [VOY]
Unicomplex
- Although in the extensive Borg space there are probably many similar
space structures,
especially with regard to the decentralized structure of
the Borg Collective.
The Unicomplex seems
to be the largest and most important Borg structure.
It is believed that the Unicomplex known as
Unimatrix Zero One located in the heart of Borg
space
is the central location from which the Borg are
controlled.
From this location, the Borg Queen oversees all
Borg
activities. A typical Borg Unicomplex, which
appears
chaotic at first glance, is designed for maximum
efficiency, consisting of millions of integrated
sub-structures populated by trillions of Borg drones.
Sub-structures are equipped with the same technology
and weaponry found on Borg space vessels:
alcoves, Collective support systems and both
offensive
and defensive weapon systems.
Unicomplexes are generally interconnected by a
transportation
infrastructure that can transport drones
from one place to another very quickly. "Dark
Frontier" [VOY], "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Standard Cube, Large
Variant
-
| Height, Length, & Width | 900 feet / 3048 meters |
| Crew | 1,000,000 Drones |
| Cruise Speed | warp 9.9 |
| Max Speed | Transwarp |
This huge cube-shaped spacecraft was first
encountered
by
the Enterprise-D near System J-25 in 2365.
They have a
highly decentralized design and Enterprise-D
personnel
reported finding no specific bridge / operations
center,
engineering, or living areas. Combat
experience
showed
the ship to be equipped with powerful offensive
and
defensive weapons systems. Repairs to damaged
Borg
Cubes are carried out by the Collective's mental
energy,
since this cube has more drones on board than the
smaller
variant, they are not only much harder to damage,
but
any damage incurred is repaired much faster,
including
the impact of direct phaser and photon torpedo hits.
The vessel's external structure was seen to
regenerate
near-
instantaneously after much of it had been destroyed
by
the Enterprise's weapons. These Borg Cubes
are capable
of travel at impulse, and at high warp for extended
periods of time.
"Q, Who?" [TNG]
Study revealed that there is a manipulation effect in the Borg
ship's
subspace field... a definite pattern --
at four-point-eight minute intervals that was
recorded
during the Enterprise's first confrontation
with them. Geordi thought it might indicate
high-output auxiliary generators kicking in. The likeliest
theory is that their systems are decentralized with
redundant power sources located throughout the
ship. Borg technology has given each member
of their society the ability to interface and function
collectively. It is likely they would construct
their ship with the same philosophy. If you knock
out one generator another takes over without
interruption.
Projections suggested a Borg ship like this
one could continue to function effectively even
if seventy-eight percent of it was inoperable.
"The Best of Both Worlds, part 1" [TNG]
One of these cubes attacked the Federation for the first time in
2366-2367
at Wolf 359 and destroyed
39 Federation starships. A malfunction in
the Regeneration subsystem caused a power overload
which resulted in this cube's self-destruction in
Earth orbit.
"The Best of Both Worlds, part 2" [TNG]
A Cube was destroyed by the Starfleet armada.
"First Contact" [ST8]
Standard Cube, Smaller
Variant -
| Length, Width, & Height | 3040 meters |
| Volume | 28 cubic km |
| Crew Compliment | 64,000 to 129,000 |
| Cruise Speed | |
| Max Speed |
Voyager came across a Cube deactivated five years ago by an
electro-kinetic
storm. Each Borg Cube may contain a
compliment of around 91,000 Borg Drones. Note:
The approximate figure of 91,000 Drones is derived from the
11,000 drones on the Cube and the 80,000 beings
on the planet. When reactivated, the cube self-destructed.
"Unity" [VOY]
2 Cubes were destroyed by Borg designated Species 8472.
"Scorpion, part 1" [VOY]
The Starship Voyager encountered at least 15 Borg Cubes
rushing
somewhere to battle in late 2373.
As one passes, it stops and scans Voyager with a polaron beam.
Later they are all found destroyed by Species
8472.
The Borg
cube was the backbone ship of the war with Species
8472 in
2373-2374. Borg Cubes have the ability to adapt
to all kinds of
weapons and regenerate their ships even if 70% of
it is destroyed.
"Scorpion, part 1" [VOY]
2 Cubes destroyed by a planetary explosion.
"Scorpion, part 2" [VOY]
Cube destroyed in a collision with Species 8472 bioship.
"Scorpion, Part 2" [VOY]
Over 6 Cubes destroyed by Species 8472.
"Scorpion, Part 2" [VOY]
4 Cubes surround and assimilate "USS Dauntless".
"Hope and Fear" [VOY]
A Cube self-destructed due to introduction of viral agent by Species
6339 "three days ago".
"Infinite Regress" [VOY]
3 Cubes "Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Cube
(first Federation encounter of the Borg
by USS Raven three months prior to Stardate
32629.4; 28 cubic kilometers in volume,
129,000 lifeforms)
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Cube [ 15+ ] "Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Cube
Heavily damaged
Crew killed by unknown pathogen
"Collective" [VOY]
Pathogen introduced by the assimilation of a genetically engineered
Brunali child
"Child's Play" [VOY]
Cube (Designation 461) "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Cube (Designation 630) with compliment of 64,000 drones is
ordered
to self-destruct in Spatial Grid 94
by the Borg
Queen.
"Unimatrix Zero, part 2" [VOY]
Cube (Designation 1184) "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Cube [ 6+ ] "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Cube
Liberated
"Unimatrix Zero, part 2" [VOY]
Cube
Reduced to a debris field outside of the Ontasa Expanse
"Imperfection" [VOY]
Cube [ 3 ] "Q2" [VOY]
Cube [ 2 ]
One of at least 47
Destroyed by SC-4 (alternate future
shuttlecraft, 26 years hence)
"Endgame" [VOY]
Cube [ 45+ ] "Endgame" [VOY]
Tactical Cube
A variant of the smaller Borg cube, the
Tactical
Cube is slighter in scale, yet heavily armed with a
powerful array of weaponry, shielding and ablative armor.
Class 4 Tactical Vessel #138
"Unimatrix
Zero" [VOY]
Ordered to self-destruct by Borg Queen
"Unimatrix Zero, part 2" [VOY]
Sphere, Larger Variant
-
Identified as a "Long-range Tactical Vessel" by Seven. - The
larger of the Borg sphere vessels,
Tactical Spheres are heavily armed with various
types of re-modulating weaponry.
"Drone" [VOY], "Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Sphere with ablative hull armor destroyed within proto-nebula
core.
"Drone" [VOY]
Sphere severely damaged by an ion storm.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Sphere crash landed eight years ago.
"Survival Instinct" [VOY]
Holographic representation of a Sphere destroyed by a holographic
USS
Voyager in the Doctor's
daydream.
"Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy" [VOY]
Sphere - Heavily damaged by USS Voyager
"Child's Play" [VOY]
Sphere (Designation 634) that followed Voyager into the
transwarp
channel was destroyed by them
in the Alpha Quadrant appears to have been one of
the larger spheres.
"Endgame" [VOY]
Sphere (Designation 878) which was ordered to self-destruct in
Spatial
Grid 091 by the Borg Queen
had a crew compliment of 11,000 which also points
to it being one of the larger sphere variants.
"Unimatrix Zero, part 2" [VOY]
Sphere, Smaller
Variant
-
It serves as an independent vessel or
as a lifeboat for the smaller cubes and is capable of
generating a temporal vortex by the emission
of chronometric particles.. This particular
vessel is much smaller than the common sphere
and not as heavily armed. A sphere was
destroyed by USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E. Its
diameter was estimated to be 600m, based
on the radius of the
wreckage.
"First Contact" [ST8], "Regeneration" [ENT]
Sphere - Liberated by Assimilated Klingon General Karok
"Unimatrix Zero, part 2" [VOY]
Sphere
"Survival Instinct" [VOY]
"Queen's Yacht"
Commonly referred to as the Borg "Diamond", the Borg Queen's Vessel
is designed to carry the Borg Queen and her drones.
When not in use, the Borg Queen Vessel is afforded
maximum protection deep inside the heavily armored Borg space
station known as Unimatrix One. While
smaller in scale than a Borg Cube, the Borg Queen
vessel is highly maneuverable. It is
comprised of an elaborate and elegant framework that
connect a number of modules together.
Inside the outer framework is a spherical inner
structure that houses the Queen's central
chamber. This well protected interior keeps a
vertical alignment at all times. The
sharply angled apexes at each corner give the vessel the
illusion of having a diamond shape, and the
surface details consists of typical Borg
components. Designed with transwarp
technology and extensive Borg weaponry, the Borg
Queen Vessel is a formidable offensive weapon
on its own. It is usually escorted by other
vessels.
Destroyed by collapsing transwarp conduit.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Probe
A relatively small craft by Borg standards. At under 200
meters long, the Borg Probe
is dwarfed by a Borg Cube. These are manned vessels,
and their interior is identical to that of other
Borg vessels. Despite the small size of these
vessels, the crew will attempt to assimilate
larger vessels. The Probe is equipped with
all the standard Borg technology, including
transwarp drive and a variety of weapons.
The USS Voyager managed to destroy one
by transporting a photon torpedo aboard that
detonated near their power matrix.
"Dark Frontier, part 1" [VOY]
Scout Vessels -
Scout Ship (Borg cubic variant) -
Small-scale
scouting variant of the Borg Cube. The approximate
number of Drones aboard
a scout vessel is five. One such ship was discovered crashed on a moon
in the Argolis Cluster in
2368. Another, "similar" Borg vessel was mentioned, but this one
was
supposed to have a mass
of 2.5 million metric tons.
"I Borg" [TNG]
<Unnamed> [ 312 ]
Disabled by Species
8472.
"Scorpion, Part II" [VOY]
<Unnamed> [ 29 ]
Destroyed in Omega molecule experiment
"The Omega Directive" [VOY]
<Unnamed>
Wreckage found in Beta Quadrant
(alternate
timeline, revealed 15 years hence)
"Timeless" [VOY]
| Height | 1400 meters |
| Length | 1200 meters |
| Width | 1319 meters |
The multikinetic neutronic mine is a powerful weapon that was
considered
as a defense against
Species 8472 in 2374. The multikinetic mine
appeared on a display on the USS Voyager.
"Scorpion" [VOY]
It is likely that the display actually depicted the mine laying vessel
since it clearly shown to be the same
design as the Renegade Borg ship used by a rogue
group of Borg controlled by Lore in an assault
on Federation colonies between 2369 and 2370.
"Descent" [TNG]
Individuals of Note:
Axum - 5 of 12, secondary adjunct of trimatrix 942. He
brought Seven to Unimatrix Zero and designed
the nanovirus to mask the biochemical signature of the mutation
that made Unimatrix Zero
possible. "Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
Cardassians - There are some Cardassians among the people
that
were abducted by the Borg.
"Unity" [VOY]
First - The leader of the Borg children. "Collective"
[VOY]
Frazier, Riley (Lori Hallier) - Riley sends the distress call
to Chakotay's shuttle; she tells Chakotay that
about 7 or 8 years ago when she was the Science
officer on board a vessel in the Bolian sector, their
ship was overpowered within minutes by someone;
she and the other survivors were put into some
kind of stasis and taken to the planet they're on
now; she is one of the few 100 or so that established
a cooperative; she has reoccurring dreams about
her mother's famous Texas barbecue; after Chakotay
discovers that she was a Borg, Riley tells him that
she was assimilated at Wolf 359 when she was
serving as Science officer on the Roosevelt; Orum
created a prosthetic arm for Riley after she removed
her Borg appendages; her favorite flowers are
bluebonnets;
she picked them back home in Texas with
her grandfather. After Chakotay is linked
to the cooperative, Riley tells him that she wants to be closer
to him and wants them to know everything about each
other.
"Unity" [VOY]
Hansen, Annika (Erica Lynne Bryan) - This was Seven's name
before
she was assimilated by the Borg.
"The Gift" [VOY]
Seven has flashbacks to when she was Annika Hansen
and the Borg attacked the ship she and her
parents were on; she remembers that she had her
6th birthday on the Raven.
"The Raven" [VOY]
Hansen, Mr. (David Anthony Marshall) - Seven sees a flashback
of when the Borg attacked their ship
and her parents scream at her to run and hide; the
name of their ship was The Raven; her father did
important experiments on the ship and had to travel
a long way to get there.
"The Raven" [VOY]
Hansen, Mrs. (Nikki Tyler) - Seven sees a flashback of when
the
Borg attacked their ship and her
parents scream at her to run and hide.
"The Raven" [VOY]
Hugh (Jonathan Del Arco) - Adolescent Borg, designated Third
of Five, rescued by t he Enterprise-D
crew from the wreck of a Borg scoutship in the Argolis Cluster in 2368.
Aboard the Enterpise-D, Third of Five was restored
to health,
and dubbed "hugh" by Enterprise-D personnel who
discovered
that once removed from the Borg collective, Hugh
began to
exhibit signs of individuality. During Hugh's
convalescence, a
plan was developed to create an invasive computer
program
that would be introduced to the Borg collective
through Hugh.
The invasive program would be designed to cause
a fatal over-
load in the entire Borg collective. The plan
was vetoed by
Captain Picard, who felt it unethical to use Hugh
as a weapon
of mass destruction. Hugh was later returned
to the crash site,
where he was reassimilated into the collective.
"I, Borg" [TNG]
Icheb -
Lansor -
Locutus -
Marika -
Mezoti -
Orum (Ivar Brogger) - Romulan male; he had been assimilated
by
the Borg and ended up on the planet
with Riley and the others when the link to the
collective
was severed. Orum created a prosthetic arm
for Riley after she removed her Borg appendages.
"Unity" [VOY]
P'Chan -
Queen, Borg - The central locus and
personification
of the Borg Collective who brings order to the
legion of voices within the Hive Mind and provides a common
direction - much like the queen of an insect colony.
She resides primarily at Unimatrix One in the Delta
Quadrant, but will often leave this
home base to participate in assimilation efforts
of a special nature. The Borg Queen
has a unique personality and a sense of
individuality
that normal Borg drones are not
allowed. She is usually the one who "speaks" for
the Collective in situations where
contact with outsiders is best conducted by an
individual.
But for the Borg Queen the
concepts "I" and "we" are interchangeable. In her
own words, she is the "one who is many."
The Queen spends much of her time in her "lair"
with her head and spinal column residing
in a special alcove. When she emerges, she will
"re-assemble" herself into a predominantly artificial body - the arms,
legs,
and torso appearing to be entirely synthetic, while
the head and shoulders seeming to be organic, but with substantial
cybernetic implants. Apparently the Borg Queen
has been destroyed on a number of occasions, but another queen
always seems to take her place. (It is not clear
whether more than one queen exists simultaneously, or if a new queen is
created when the old one dies.) The Borg's
collective
nature makes it likely that each Borg Queen has all her
predecessors' (and/or counterparts') qualities and
memories. Therefore when she speaks as "I," she is presumably
referring to all previous manifestations of the
Queen, going back probably thousands of years. The Borg Queen has
long sought a counterpart with a mind of his or
her own to help bridge the gulf between humanity and the Borg —
someone to be more than just another drone.
Late 2366: During the Borg incursion
that culminated in the costly battle at Wolf 359, the Queen wanted
Captain
Jean-Luc
Picard to give himself
freely
to the Borg. He was transformed into Locutus, but he resisted and
was soon separated
from the Collective,
however.
Seven years later, during the Borg's temporal
incursion
to Earth in the year 2063, the Queen tried to similarly seduce the
android Data, by giving
him organic components and by appealing to his emotions, but again,
resistance
proved to be
not futile.
2373: The Borg Queen spearheaded the
Collective's attempt to alter Earth's history in order to make humanity
easier to
assimilate. However, due
to interdiction by the U.S.S. Enterprise-E, not only did the plan fail,
but the Queen and all other
Borg involved — who were
occupying the Enterprise at the time were killed when plasma coolant
liquefied
her
organic components.
2373: Her successor later "allowed"
the drone Seven of Nine (who had been the daughter of the Hansens —
probably
the first humans ever
assimilated)
to be separated from the Collective by the U.S.S. Voyager, in order for
her to gain
experience as an
individual.
This Queen was soon replaced by another, almost identical one — a drone
assimilated
from Species 125 — who
encountered
the U.S.S. Voyager in the Delta Quadrant when that Federation crew
attempted to procure a
transwarp
coil. The Borg Queen Vessel was destroyed during that incident;
however,
it is not
clear if the Queen herself
was still aboard at the time.
2375: Almost two years later, the
Queen
attempted to lure Seven of Nine back into the Collective — again, by
having
her give herself voluntarily
to the goal of Borg "perfection" while remaining an individual within
the
Hive. After
refamiliarizing Seven with
assimilation procedures during an attack upon Species 10026, the Queen
ordered her to
program nanoprobe viruses
that would be used surreptitiously upon Species 5618 — the human race.
In spite of the
Queen's seductive appeals
to the former drone, Seven of Nine refused to assist in the destruction
of yet another race,
especially the one she had
come from and was now living among. The Queen even brought in the
Magnus
Hansen
drone to convince Seven
that her "family" was the Collective. These temptations ultimately
failed,
and Seven was
rescued by Captain Janeway
and the U.S.S. Voyager, to the Queen's chagrin.
2376-2377: Voyager once again
encountered
the Borg Queen at a time when the so-called "Unimatrix Zero"
phenomenon threatened the
integrity of the Collective. The Queen was engaged in an
obsessive
quest to uncover the
interlink frequency that
bound certain drones in a dreamstate realm called Unimatrix Zero while
regenerating. She
wished to terminate this
realm, because in it drones were able to regain their identities as
individuals,
and even though
they would awaken from it
without any memory of the experience, the Queen considered it a threat
to her control over
the Hive. Thanks to
intervention
by Voyager, the Queen actually got her wish, but not quite how she
wanted:
Unimatrix Zero was shut
down, but the drones who occupied it regained their individuality in
the
physical world and
began a resistance movement
to undermine the Collective.
"Unimatrix Zero" [VOY]
2378: The Queen once again had a
fateful
encounter with Voyager when a future version of Kathryn
Janeway came back in time
from the year 2404 with technology that could help the lost starship
resist the Borg while using
a Transwarp Hub as a shortcut home. The Queen was actually approached
by Admiral Janeway with
an "offer" - to help the Queen prevent Voyager from destroying the
Transwarp Hub in exchange
for the ship's safe passage to the Alpha Quadrant. But the Queen
wanted more — she wanted
to assimilate the technology from the future. The Queen thought she
had the upper hand when
she attempted to assimilate the admiral, but the older Janeway was
carrying a neurolytic
pathogen
that proceeded to infect the Collective. That pathogen brought
chaos to the Collective,
and wreaked havoc on a massive scale. It appears that the Queen
died
and that Unimatrix One was
destroyed. The extent of the damage to the Borg as a whole, or
whether they even survived
at all, and their status as a continued threat to the galaxy, remains
unknown at this
time.
"Engame" [VOY]
Second - SEE: Icheb.
Seven of Nine - Annika was Seven's
name before she was assimilated.
Scorpion, Part 2 [VOY]
Seven says she has an eidetic memory and requires
only seconds to commit what she sees to memory.
"Vis A Vis" [VOY]
Three of Five - Three of Five, tertiary adjunct of unimatrix
1 was the drone that the Hansens removed
from its cube while it was regenerating in order to analyze it.
From his cranial readings, the Hansens surmised
that he used to work near the Borg Queen.
They
placed a tracer on him, so that if he ever went
back
there they could track him.
"Dark Frontier" [VOY]
Twins - Two of the Borg children. "Collective" [VOY]
Unnamed Borg Baby
-
"Collective" [VOY]
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