Origin of the Borg

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Recommends Brian Ortiz · 2011-03 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “What was the origin of Star Trek's Borg?”

There's an interesting theory involving the Voyager 6 probe (V'Ger) mentioned on Memory Alpha: [LINK] "Star Trek: Legacy" presented the theory that the 20th century Borg civilization was a peaceful race. When V'Ger encountered them, they studied its programming, repaired the probe, and sent it on its task. When V'Ger returned to the Sol system it could not find its creator, but "a biological infestation." The probe returned to the Borg homeworld and joined with them, and its programming propagated throughout the Collective. Something of a civil war broke out. Massive amounts of knowledge, including the location of Earth, were lost in the resulting conflict, and the Borg of the 24th century w

Cites got too much free time · 2012-02 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Who are Species 125?”

Here is my guess about species 125. The Queen probably didn't exist until species 125 was assimilated, but given what is stated in Star Trek Legacy (they don't identify them as species 125, but it's pretty clear that they are 125) they were assimilated into the collective to give the Borg more extended control due to their mental abilities of only the females. From the sounds of it all of species 125 was assimilated, and they might have been what formed the collective how it is in the story today. Now for the guess: Now the Borg Queen is seen as a single entity, but apparently all of species 125 that is shown in the game all are female (or more to the point the Borg were only interested in t

Cites Valorum · 2014-06 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “What species is the Borg Queen?”

In VOY: " Dark Frontier [LINK] ", the Borg Queen states that she comes from Species 125 [LINK] , a species that is presumably (given their low numbered designation) one of the earliest species assimilated by the Borg and possibly now extinct: QUEEN: We all originated from lesser species. I myself came from species one two five, but that's irrelevant now. We are Borg. The (non-canon) Computer game " Star Trek : Legacy [LINK] " suggests that the Borg favour this species because " the females...displayed a mental prowess enabling them to sift through thousands of thoughts and bring order to chaos "

Cites Valorum · 2014-08 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Was T'Uerell ever mentioned or appeared in any other Star Trek storylines?”

According to Star Trek : Legacy, T'Uerell isn't credited with having created the Borg. Within that particular canon [LINK] , that honour goes to V'ger [this video] . A later origin was discovered by the Vulcan scientist T'Uerell during her attempt to become the new controlling entity within the Collective in order to mold the galaxy into a realm of pure logic. After entering a deep meditative state, she mind melded with the Borg Collective consciousness and discovered that the origin of the Collective lies with the human-built machine probe that would be known as "V'Ger." As regards further appearances of T'Uerell [LINK] in the Star Trek EU, there haven't been any. They did at least leave the doo

Cites Valorum · 2016-08 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Was Seven on her way to becoming a Borg Queen?”

Assuming you take the cut-scenes from Star Trek Legacy as canon, and why wouldn't you :-) then being a queen is a matter of species; [this video]

Cites Valorum · 2017-10 · Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange · on “Why are the Borg unable to remember their own history?”

The early days of the Collective are shrouded in mystery and largely contradictory [LINK] . What we do know is that at some point in the Collective's life, a species was discovered [this video] that had a special ability to "bring order" to the chaotic thoughts of the various lifeforms that made up the Borg hive-mind. Given that the species designation of the Borg Queen is relatively low ( Species 125 [LINK] ), it's certainly plausible that during the early chaotic portion of the Borg's existence, records were patchy and not shared across the Collective in an orderly fashion until her/their assimilation took place. BORG QUEEN: You imply disparity where none exists. I am the collective. DATA: Perh