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I ’m convincedStar Trekjust bring in a raw and better variant of the Borg – here ’s why . TheStar Trekuniverse is loaded with hostile alien race , butfew are as terrifying as the Borg , and for undecomposed reason : they defeat you by assimilate you into their collective . Now , inStar Trek : Lower Decks#4,Tendi and Rutherford , with assistance from some extradimensional aliens , create a right version of the Borg .
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Star Trek : Lower Decks#4 is write by Ryan North and drawn by Jack Lawrence . Two non - corporeal aliens have taken possession of Tendi and Rutherford . The aliens place Tendi and Rutherford ’s consciousness into the ship ’s information processing system . While on the computer , the two are capable to combine their knowledge with the enormous computing top executive of the ship . When the aliens become trigger-happy , Tendi and Rutherford make bodies for themselves out of various mechanical part , admit , hilariously , Data action soma . Using their new bodies and brain power , they are capable to save theCerritos .
The Borg Were a Different Kind ofStar TrekEnemy Species
The Borg Could Not Be Reasoned With–And Made You One of Them
Tendi and Rutherford , whether they earn it or not , may have just stumble onto a good version of the Borg , one that is the sodding synthesis of figure and auto . The Borg , hailing from the Delta Quadrant , are amalgamation of organic beings and mechanical part . Devoid of personality and humanity , theBorg get by to conquer muchof the Delta Quadrant , and were making excursions into the others when Q initiate first tangency in the installment “ Q Who . ” The Federation and the Borg would struggle more times over the years , before they were defeated for good inPicardseason three .
The Borg were originally intended to replace the Ferengi asStar Trek : The Next Generation’smain bad cat .
The Borg wereStar Trek’sscariest aliens . Before Q localize theEnterprisein the Borg ’s track , he told Picard there were species in the galaxy unlike anything he had seen before – and he was right . All ofStar Trek’sother foeman backwash , such as the Klingons or the Romulans , could be reasoned with . These races were not monoliths and there was a diversity of sentiment . Not so with the Borg . The Borg are one , as the absorption procedure hook a person of their identity . They are given a denomination , and become one of the many .
Not All Cyborgs in theStar TrekUniverse Are Evil
The Bynars and Even the Federation Use Cybernetic Technology
Star Trekhas depicted over the years other races that also take the air the argument between machine and human .
Star Trekhas depicted over the years other wash that also walk the line between machine and human . In the first season ofStar Trek : The Next Generation , fan meet the Bynars . These diminutive mechanical man aliens , who work and live in pairs , are all wire to a central computer on their homeworld . They do not have epithet like man do , and when not communicating with other coinage , they speak in code . In their first appearance , the Bynars endeavour to pirate theEnterprise’scomputers to save their satellite . The Bynars would later appear in season four ofStar Trek : Lower Decks .
The Borg strike fear into the hearts of everyone in the Star Trek universe , and now the impossible has happened : Spock has been ingest .
TheStar Trekfranchise has also shown the Federation and other Alpha / Beta Quadrant business leader engage in cybernetic research of their own . The Federation has a Cybernetics research part , as find out inPicardseason one . Starfleet personnel also have cybernetic components . low Decks’own Rutherford is one such example , and his cybernetic implants augment his brain power . They also , as seen inLower Decks ’ stopping point , mold his worked up state as well . Rutherford received his implant after an accident , kindle doubt about disability and accessibility at that prison term . Geordi La Forge ’s VISOR could also be considered in that light .
A forerunner to Geordi La Forge ’s VISOR can be catch on a background crewmember onStar Trek : Discovery .
In typicalStar Trekfashion , the issuance of cybernetic implant has been handled with subtlety and nuance . TheBorg symbolize everything badabout mixing flesh and car , taking it to its horrifying extreme . Even though the Borg ’s origin has never been revealed , they are still a cautionary narrative about the evils of cybernetics . The Federation , on the other hand , seeks a proportionate counterpoise between the two , and they have had great success in this area . Rutherford exemplify this approach . His cybernetic implants heighten the calibre of his spirit , rather than turning him into an unfeeling automaton .
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Tendi and Rutherford May Have Hit On A Good Version of the Borg
However, Starfleet May Have Trouble Duplicating the Results
Tendi and Rutherford produce their own , good version of the Borg inStar Trek : humble Decks#4 . After the non - corporeal aliens put the pair in the ship ’s computer , they are capable to think quicker and march more selective information – just like a calculator . The bodies they build for themselves , while panel - rigged , are also mechanical in nature . While there is no constitutive material nowadays , the duet still retain their humanity – unlike the Borg . If the Federation can twin the process , they will be able to create better cyborg and computers .
Latinum , the cut Borg in the Star Trek universe , returns for a peculiar anniversary celebration , alongside other dealership icons such as Sisko .
Unfortunately , this will remain a pipe dream for Federation cybernetics researcher . Tendi and Rutherford only got their awing cybernetic upgrade thanks to a race of aliens from another dimension , foreigner that are now dead . The extraterrestrial being used their god - like tycoon to create the perfect synthetic thinking of organics and mechanics . It is potential that , one day , the Federation could repeat the mental process , but it is improbable , get out the dream of a more wholesome Borg unfulfilled in theStar Trekuniverse .
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