#borg collective

[isagrimorie]

I'm so curious about the Borg Queen's (or Borg Queens, plural) relationship to Seven of Nine.

The Borg is a Collective but there is a Queen.

There's no Hierarchy, supposedly, and yet.

There are no specials and favorites and yet.

There is the Borg Queen's special interest in Picard and Seven of Nine.

Since Dark Frontier the Borg Queen has made a special effort to single out Seven.

Was it always the case? Or did it only start when the Borg chose Seven to be the singular representative of the Borg at Janeway's request in Scorpion II?

This is a similar reason the Borg Queen told Picard.

But also it's not stated enough that the Hansen family, Seven's family, are the first Humans ever Assimilated by the Borg.

Her parents wanted to be pioneers so much they disregarded every safety warning, and trailed after the Borg as if the Borg were some non-sentient new life. They're no better than the scientists in the season 4 episode, Scientific Method.

Also, a curious thing is that the Borg Queen wanted Seven to retain her individuality.

BTW it's really horrifying that in Dark Frontier, Seven lays eyes on her father for the first time since she became an individual and Seven didn't even know it.

It's interesting that Seven doesn't make an effort to rescue her father after this.

And she remains angry at her parents, also Seven says in Picard that the Borg killed her parents when they, or at least as far as Seven last saw, her father was still alive. Assimilated but alive.

It's also interesting how the Borg Queen tried to sell the lie that she let Seven regain her individuality as if there was some grand plan.

No wonder it stuck in Seven's head in The Voyager Conspiracy but at this point, Seven knew the Borg Queen was selling a bag of goods. There was no 'let' in Seven becoming an individual, Janeway took Seven from the Collective and gifted Seven with her individuality.

But if there is one thing I am sure of is that Seven is or was the Borg Queen's favorite.

In Endgame the Borg Queen outright makes it text:

And then to outright say that the reason why Voyager was still around was because of her benevolence. Someone is trying to sell a bridge in Brooklyn.

My working theory is Seven of Nine has shown some personality and dedication and the Borg Collective probably noticed, filtered to the Borg Queen, and then has slated Seven of Nine to become the new Borg Queen body and her personality, whatever was left of it, be joined with the file that says: Borg Queen.

(I've always been puzzled why the writers never used the 'We/Us/Our' pronouns for the Borg Queen. The Royal We is a thing).

I know that Hugh said any Borg/Former Borg can fly the Artifact.

But there's something fitting and Right that it was Seven who does fly the Cube.

(Also, bullshit Hugh died from a carotid artery wound, he is as filled with millions of nanoprobes as Seven is, a wound like this shouldn't have been life-threatening. It should have healed Hugh. If Seven's nanoprobe could revive Neelix from the dead, Hugh's nanoprobes should have done a lot more for Hugh).

If there's someone I want to return to in Star Trek Legacy, it's Hugh.

The Collective has always planned for Seven to assume being Queen in the event the Borg Queen dies.

And she briefly fulfills that plan.

But also as horrific as it was, it's probably a good thing majority of the Borg were spaced because it seemed to have countered the euphoric, brain chemistry-altering functions of rejoining a Collective again.

And with Elnor there to remind Seven why she shouldn't give in.

As much as Seven prefers 'Seven of Nine' as her name it seems that 'Annika' is her shibboleth to bring her individuality back to the forefront.

Being part of the Collective and leaving it seemed to really cost Seven, and that might be why piloting the Artifact was erratic.

WAIT.

Hugh just said to activate the Queencell, he didn't say anything about forming a mini-collective and controlling it!

This seems to be a specialized skill Seven has. See Survival Instinct when she re-assimilated her rogue Unimatrix.

#six years old and all queen annika got was assimilated #seven of nine #elnor (star trek) #the borg queen #borg collective #star trek voyager #star trek: picard #picard s1

[generalstarkiller]

If you feel alone.

#seven of nine #borg trek #borg collective #star trek voyager #star trek

[ambassadortotrilliusprime]

Please settle this debate, my partner and i are fighting about this hard. I will refrain from saying some of his comments about Star Trek, but he's CONVINCED that Vader would win, on his own, against the entire Borg Collective.

#star trek discovery #star trek voyager #star trek #star trek picard #the borg #borg collective #star trek next gen #star trek reruns #star wars #darth vader #the empire strikes back #i don't know #its impossible #he can't win #the borg queen #anakin skywalker #the sith empire #jedi

[idol--hands]

“Drinking buddies” (translation: PLEASE let me stay in my bod.)

#Just what we need...drunken Borg #lore soong #lore star trek #star trek lore #star trek defiant #star trek deep space nine #st ds9 #ensign ro #b’elanna torres #klingons #klingon #klingon women #borg king #brent spiner’s butt #androids #borg collective #soong family #soong #data/lore

[lesbian-of-nine]

the inherent transgenderism of xBs

#i could elaborate but im working off of 4 hours of sleep rn #xbs #xb #exborg #the borg #ex borg #the borg queen #seven of nine #hugh borg #jean luc picard #star trek tng #star trek voy #star trek pic #icheb #borg collective

[frecklenog]

if yes, pls note which one(s) in what form(s) in the tags! 💖

#star trek #st the next generation #st tng #star trek tng #tng #star trek the next generation #the borg #borg collective #hugh tng #hugh borg #hugh of borg #third of five #jonathan del arco #← tangentially #hugh star trek #gay #queer #resist #resistance #shut up emrys #art time

[googlekins]

Personal head canon: Annika Hansen and Jean Luc Picard share a common ancestor. This fact leads to the discovery that a special gene mutation has the ability to set distinction when introduced to electromagnetic energy known to be used by the Borg collective, therefore explaining the collectives importance towards one individual drone when 99.99999999999999% of the time, they’d have cared less about the uniqueness available to them.

Which would also explain Jack a little more!!!!!!!

#star trek voyager #seven of nine #jeri ryan #jean luc picard #Picard #star trek picard #Borg #locutus #Annika Hansen #Borg collective #head canon #jack crusher

[uss-exile-ncc-440548]

This has probably been done at some point but...

#commander's log #borg #borg collective #star trek #borg cube

[girlofvancouver]

Borg Eyeshadow Circuit Veins WIP

I have almost no experience with eyeshadow, but have started playing around with it lately. This specific style isnt really working yet, but hopefully I can get it somewhere.

𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙂𝘼 & 𝙎𝘼𝙂-𝘼𝙁𝙏𝙍𝘼 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙄𝙋 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙈𝙏𝙋𝙏 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

#star trek #sci-fi #cosplayer #Borg #borg drone #borg collective #borg queen

[zmyaro]

The Ethics Of The Jurati Collective

(⚠️ Star Trek: Picard S2 spoilers)

Once again, a season of Star Trek: Picard introduces an interesting concept with moral questions and gives me no faith it will be properly discussed or acknowledged going forward.

Jurati's proposal was to build a new Collective out of people in distress who have no one else to save them. The show seems to treat that as good…but really only because it is more voluntary than the forced assimilation by the Borg up to that point.

But how voluntary is a choice you make when it is the only one available to you? Jurati's proposal did not sound like dispensing the “no strings attached” help the Federation provides, where they will fix your geomagnetic compensators, drop you some dilithium, and leave you be until/unless you later approach them after deciding you want to be a part of what they do—and can leave again if you feel it no longer acts in your best interests. It sounds like a cult some would join in a moment of desperation when they have no one else to turn to and then not feel they could ever leave—joining the Collective is not easily or entirely reversible, and on top of that, most of the known galaxy being prejudiced against xBs only increases the chances they would run back to the support network they have: the Collective.

Obviously I expect none of those moral questions to be addressed in S3 any more than S2 addressed the S1 finale, where the writers took a man who had multiple traumatic experiences that involved replacing parts of himself with cybernetic components, transferred his consciousness into a synthetic body, and then decided there were no moral or psychological issues to explore with that and they could basically act as though it never happened.

#Star Trek: Picard #Star Trek Picard #Star Trek #Hide And Seek #Farewell #Agnes Jurati #The Borg #The Borg Collective #Borg #Borg Collective #Cults #Assimilation #Manipulation #Cyborgs #Consciousness Transfer #Cybernetics #Robot Clone #Robot Duplicate #Uploaded Consciousness #Sorry for those extra tags only related to the last paragraph but I know at least one person who wants to avoid reading stuff related #to that because of the whole existentialist aspect of it which honestly valid

[isagrimorie]

I wonder if Starfleet dismantled Seven’s Borg alcove and gave it to her to use… or did they keep it? I doubt they would allow it to remain on Voyager when it became part of the Fleet Museum.

Also, Michael Chabon says Seven still regenerated, I want to see what that’s like in the Picard era. Seven was able to jury rig a portable Borg regeneration machine for Icheb with the 20 year technological developments I wonder how portable Seven’s Borg regeneration device is.

Edited to add: Also, how is that installed in her quarters? What is Seven’s attitude towards regenerating with Raffi in the room?

I feel Bjayzl had done a lot of damage to Seven regarding that but we won’t know because they barely touched on Jay in s1.

So many things I want to know about Seven in between Voyager and Picard.

#seven of nine #questions i want to know #star trek #star trek voyager #star trek: picard #borg collective

[fantasyview]

Philosophical Basis of the Borg Collective

Star Trek’s Borg have a very interesting philosophy. Individual is meaningless, and everything is subordinated to the collective. There is no free will – anyone who attempts to escape the Collective’s will is forcibly reintegrated. There is no enjoyment – everything is done for the betterment of the Collective. All other species are to be integrated into the Collective so that they can achieve…

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#Borg #Borg Collective #philosophy

[robbiebear540]

#star trek #borg #farts #collective #smell it #borg collective #Borg drone

[idol--hands]

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#no eyebrows #lore tng #lore soong #lore star trek #borg collective #borg cube #star trek tng #star trek #st tng #star trek the next generation #datalore #data soong #data x lore #data/lore

[dragonkingancalagon]

Philosophical Basis of the Borg Collective

Philosophical Basis of the Borg Collective

Star Trek’s Borg have a very interesting philosophy. Individual is meaningless, and everything is subordinated to the collective. There is no free will – anyone who attempts to escape the Collective’s will is forcibly reintegrated. There is no enjoyment – everything is done for the betterment of the Collective. All other species are to be integrated into the Collective so that they can achieve…

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#Borg #Borg Collective #philosophy

[frecklenog]

considering the canonical immense trauma and identity issues that come with being assimilated by the borg (sometimes as a child or even an infant) and then living the life of a drone in a hive mind i think it’s a definite that there are xbs with some form of multiplicity/plurality or another

#like. a sizeable chunk of them #shut up emrys #uhhh should i tag this. devil on my shoulder says yes <3 #star trek #borg #the borg #borg collective #st tng #the next generation #tng #st voyager #st picard #what else have the borg been in. uhhhhh #actually ive had this open for 20 mins bc i keep getting distracted. take it