They're frustrated with a (real or perceived) lack of foresight by the politicians, who hold back resources which could quickly lead to a true collective. Of course, there are more radical factions, who want to push into a full collective as soon as possible. Regardless, the answer she gives in First Contact for her own existence, despite it largely being a retcon of previous portrayals of the Borg, does practical sense. You don't lose it, you just lose the ability to express it. To be honest, I've always felt her sole purpose was to enforce consensus. Like all large political movements, it has various factions. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own.
That's exactly how I saw her too. sfseriesandmovies.com is your first and best source for all of the information you’re looking for. Can we really expect fearsome, brutal force like the Borg to run every single decision through the thoughts of billions of minds for consensus in real time throughout half the galaxy? The queen is a representative but still technically subservient to the collective, or to borrow a term from politics referring to a prime minister, the queen would be first among equals. She is literally manifested from the collective. #STARFLEET INTELLIGENCE: #Borg_Collective | #StarTrek. Seven of Nine: Comforting words. It's not a bad idea, except that we know Locutus and the Queen were in direct contact. If take the Borg as a warning against allowing ourselves to stop individual thinking and become homogeneous, then the Borg Queen makes sense as a further critique of radical collectivism. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. Jewelry. If the Queen dies for whatever reason new Queens are developing until one becomes the new leader. Explore our collection of motivational and famous quotes by authors you know and love. The Borg, then, represent the pitfalls of gross collectivism – what happens when allow ourselves to completely sacrifice individuality for some greater community?
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Their skulls are plugged directly into their version of the Internet, they can see light waves well outside of what their species evolved to see, and nanites keep their biological bodies in top physical health. I almost like to imagine her as a sort of parasite on the collective, and would love to see that played out in universe. We didn't encounter the queen until the consciousness became aware of the Federation because they were important enough to be aware of. Problem with the Queen being Dominant is that she outright rejects that notion herself. In BoBW (and maybe I, Borg) a large flaw is discovered in the borg, they could be disabled by a sleep command or have someone like Hugh cause dissent on a ship, realising this problem they created a semi-independent entity that could take control of a ship from onboard or a distance if such an issue arose again. New episodes are being added to the game for higher level players to take on the collective. I always thought the queen was a manifestation of the Borg's collective consciousness. From general topics to more of what you would expect to find here, sfseriesandmovies.com has it all. The picture at the top of the wikipedia article on Beowulf cluster is a cluster named The Borg. It makes sense then, that after some point, the Borg would start to have fractured internally. If enough Borg are seperated they might create a new hive mind (no wait, that's wrong. Like all villains on Star Trek, the Borg are used as mirror for negative qualities in humanity itself: Klingons represent clannishness and unchecked aggression; Romulans represent our suspicion and xenophobia amplified to the extreme; and Cardassians show us the downsides to fascistic militarism (as if we needed reminding, but given the events of today, perhaps we do…). I believe the Queen was created to resolve this. Discover and share Borg Quotes. Observing any odd situations that arise (like an attacking ship suddenly going to sleep) and taking control when that observation shows it be required, kind of like a borg sysadmin with root access. Share. There's a brief period of resistance (insert zombie movie tropes here), but it's futile. So, I’ve been considering her existence, and I see her as serving two unique roles: *1) In-universe, the Queen serves, like she says in First Contact, as the force that “bring[s] order to chaos”. There is no "consensus" amongst the Borg, any more than there is consensus amongst the neurons in your brain. Press J to jump to the feed. Like many societies, this species has political factions.