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The probes maintain the Borg cybernetic systems and repair damage to the organic parts of a Borg. They generate new technology inside a Borg when needed and protect them from many forms of disease. Borg nanoprobes, each about the size of a human red blood cell, travel through the victim's bloodstream and attach to individual cells.
[16] [17] The Borg cutter weapon is a laser, as mentioned in the TNG episode "Q Who" and is capable of quickly disintegrating the hull of a Federation starship, as seen in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, "Emissary". At lower power levels, it is capable of making "surgical" incisions into a ship's hull.
Notable Star Trek races include Vulcans, Klingons, and the Borg. [1] Some aspects of these fictional races became well known in American pop culture, such as the Vulcan salute and the Borg phrase, "Resistance is futile." Star Trek aliens have been featured in Time magazine, which described how they are essential to the franchise's narrative. [1
The Delta Quadrant is home to the Borg Collective, [11] the Kazon, the Vidiians, the Talaxians, the Ocampa, the Hirogen, and the Malon. Star Trek: Prodigy, which takes place several years after the end of Star Trek: Voyager, also explores the Delta Quadrant.
The Borg Queen was a challenge because she had to be unique among Borg but still retain human qualities; Westmore was conscious of avoiding comparisons to films like Alien. [20] The final appearance involved pale gray skin and an elongated, oval head, with coils of wire rather than hair. [ 52 ]
The probe is later found to contain a flute, which Picard keeps as a memento. The episode is widely considered by critics and fans as one of the best episodes of the entire Star Trek franchise. In 1993, "The Inner Light" won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.
After Voyager manages to destroy a Borg probe by beaming a photon torpedo aboard, Seven of Nine finds data nodes filled with tactical information among the debris. With it they locate a heavily damaged sphere nearby, and Captain Janeway decides to plan a "heist" – invade the Borg vessel while its defenses are down and take its transwarp coil ...
The Borg ship suddenly reactivates and begins pursuit, gaining on the Enterprise. Picard attempts to outrun the Borg by ordering Lt. Commander La Forge (LeVar Burton) to engage maximum warp, but the Borg are able to keep up. Q appears on the bridge and warns Picard that the Borg will never stop chasing them, and cannot be defeated.