galaxy. The Borg implant themselves with cybernetic devices, giving them great technological
and combat capabilities. Different Borg are equiped with diffirent hardware for specific tasks.
Each Borg is tied into a sophisticated subspace communications network, forming the
Borg collective, a shared conciousness in which the idea of the induvidual was nearly a
meaningless concept. This collective consciousness is experienced by the Borg as "thousands"
of voices they are collectively aware of, but not aware of themselves as separate individuals.
Consequently, they never speak in singular pronouns, referring to themselves when required
as merely "Seven of Nine," for instance.
The
Borg operated by conquering entire worlds, assimilating the civilizations
and the technology
thereon.Individual
members of assimilated races were implanted with sophisticated cybernetic
implants,
permitting each individual to perform a specific task as required by the
Collective.
The
Borg have a singular goal, namely the consumption of technology, rather
than wealth or
political
expansion as most species seek. According to their spokesman, in the form
of an
assimilated
Captain Jean-Luc Picard, reffered to as "Locutus of Borg",
the Borg only want to
"raise
the quality of life" of the
species they "assimilate." Androids, for example, they view as
primitive
and obsolete. Thousands of worlds in the galaxy were conquered in this
fashion
The
Borg exhibit a high degree of intelligence and adaptability in their tactics.
Most means of
defense
or offense against them were found only to be used only once, almost immediately
after
which the Borg devoloped a countermeasure. Among
the many advantages their collective
consciousness
affords them, the Borg hive-mind allows for instantaneous adaptations
to shield
and
phaser frequency modulations in combat; they are also able to regenerate
and repair
their
massive
cube ship with the power of their collective thoughts alone.
The
Borg ingest only energy to drive their technological system via an energy
conduit port.
Their
bio-chips synthesize any organic nutrients needed.
The
hive-mind drones do not register as individual life-signs when scanned,
only as a mass
reading
and then at a bare minimum. The sick and injured are not healed but "reabsorbed"
by
the
removal of the receiver piece, which leads to self-destructive dissolve.
When shipboard during
dormancy
in their regenerative mode, power is minimal and the vessel's EM field
cuts off. They
have
a knock-out drug or procedure for humans, using a drill-tap placed behind
the left ear, that
works
immediately but wears off in less than a minute.
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