Borg (species)

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Borg
Biological type:	Cyborg
Affiliated with:	Borg Collective, Cybermen
Place of origin:	Borg homeworld
Notable individuals:	Locutus of Borg, Conduit
Appearance:	Assimilation²

The Borg were a cybernetic species from a parallel universe.

Biology

The Borg appeared as humanoids, including humans and Klingons, enhanced with technology with varying implants according to each drone. As demonstrated by the case of Jean-Luc Picard, the assimilation process was reversible. While the Borg were capable of being upgraded, they could not assimilate the Cybermen. (COMIC: Assimilation² ^[+]Loading...["Assimilation² (comic story)"])

Culture

Organised into the Borg Collective, the Borg reproduced by forcefully integrating others into the collective in a process known as assimilation. These assimilated individuals became Borg drones. (COMIC: Assimilation² ^[+]Loading...["Assimilation² (comic story)"])

Technology

Like the Cybermen, the Borg possessed a fleet of starships used to assimilate other life. Borg ships were modelled on geometric shapes, such as cubes and spheres. Unlike the Cybermen at the time, the Borg were able to assimilate different species instead of just humans. (COMIC: Assimilation² ^[+]Loading...["Assimilation² (comic story)"])

History

In the 24th century, the Borg, who came from Borg space in the Delta Quadrant, assimilated Federation Captain Jean-Luc Picard (renaming him Locutus of Borg) and attacked Starfleet at Wolf 359. Starfleet suffered heavy losses in the battle, but eventually Picard was rescued by the crew of the USS Enterprise-D and regained his original personality.

Later in the same century, the Borg entered into an alliance with the Cybermen from the Doctor's universe, due to their completely identical motives and goals of assimilating organic species. On Stardate 45635.2, their joint assault force attacked the Federation planet Delta IV.

Though the Borg anticipated that the alliance would eventually collapse as one faction would try to become dominant, the Cybermen made their move first when they detected the Doctor's TARDIS aboard the Enterprise-D. The Borg lost the subsequent power struggle and soon the Cybermen began assimilating their former allies, even making for the Delta Quadrant to claim the Borg homeworld. Soon the Borg reached out to Captain Picard, or Locutus as he was once known, for an alliance but the captain refused.

After being shown an alternate future by the Doctor of what the Cybermen could do with the Borg's knowledge, Picard agreed to aid the Borg. The Borg Collective sent over a special drone called "the Conduit" - the former Marcus Bertrand - intending for him to re-upload the Borg Executive Library that the Cybermen had wiped. After the Doctor had procured a copy from the Battle of Wolf 359, the group boarded the Cyber-Controller's ship. After disabling the Controller, the Doctor managed to upload the Library, granting the Borg access to the Cyber-web.

Deeming the Cybermen an unacceptable threat, the Borg Collective set the Cyber-Fleet to self-destruct. After the Doctor and the Enterprise crew had retreated back to the TARDIS, the Conduit attempted to assimilate the time ship only for its energies to retreat into Data, allowing Worf and Rory Williams to send the Conduit into the Time Vortex. Once the two universes were saved, the Doctor and his companions returned to their own universe. However with the Borg reactivated they soon realised the only way to assimilate the Doctor was to master time travel itself. (COMIC: Assimilation² ^[+]Loading...["Assimilation² (comic story)"])

Alternate timeline

In an alternate future shown to Picard by the Doctor, the Borg were conquered by the Cybermen, who thus became powerful enough to cyber-convert all major civilisations of both universes until only a small group of humans were left in what remained of the Federation until they themselves were forced to surrender and became Cybermen themselves. This timeline was averted when the Doctor and Picard defeated the Cybermen and Borg before this could happen. (COMIC: Assimilation² ^[+]Loading...["Assimilation² (comic story)"])

Behind the scenes

• Works by Assimilation² artist J. K. Woodward depicted a Borg-assimilated Face of Boe, Spock, Vashta Nerada, Silents, Ood, Prisoner Zero, Bannakaffalatta the Zocci, Raxacoricofallapatorians, Sontarans, Judoon, Silurian scholars and warriors, Cybus Cybermen, CyberTelosian Controller and CyberMondasians.

External links

• Borg (species) at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek canon wiki
• Borg (species) at Memory Beta, the wiki that covers all licensed Star Trek works