In all of Star Trek, we have never been to . . .

[vogon13]

A Borg planet.<br /><br />So far, all Borg interaction has been in cubes, conquered worlds, space structures, etc. but never a world thoroughly and totally assimilated by the Borg.<br /><br />Enterprise D was briefly hurtling towards one in ST: First Contact, but with all the time line adjustments, we never got to the surface.<br /><br /><br />Might be a movie here . . . .<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Ant Colony with speech... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

And would the planet have a fast food chain selling hamborgers? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[Boris_Badenov]

How strong would their limborger cheese be <img src="/images/icons/laugh.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>

 

[vogon13]

What would a Borg world be like ??<br /><br />Do they flatten all the mountains, pave over the seas ??<br /><br /><br />Do they put implants in animals ??<br /><br /><br />A Borg octopus would be pretty creepy . . . <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[docm]

<font color="yellow">A Borg planet.</font><br /><br />In "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" it was the world of living machines that built V'GER. You saw it on the flight through V'GER to the Voyager 6 spacecraft. Roddenberry said so in "The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future". It was also referenced in several of Shatner's Trek novels. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">Do they put implants in animals ??</font><br /><br />Now THERE'S an interesting question. Makes me sort of sad, though, thinking about poor ol' dogs and cats festooned with Borg implants. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[docm]

If they have any that corks their excrement until they're all the way out of the house I'm all for them <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[jmilsom]

If they watch human movies, I'm sure their favourite actor is Ernest Borgnine <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

Can you imagine the Borg homeworld with ants on it AND Borg? The Borg would be too busy running around, staring at the pavement and screaming "RESISTANCE IS FUTILE." <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Unless it was the ants in "Them", in which case they'd be looking up and saying "AAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!" <br /><br />Which brings up an interesting point. Ever notice that all the creatures they run into on Star Trek ar human sized? or at least animal sized?<br /><br />Other than "energy beings"<br /><br />Why no nano beings (i.e. ants) or mega beings (the ants in Them)???<br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[a_lost_packet_]

There have been several episodes IIRC of "nano beings" or the equivelent in ST:TNG. There were also a couple of giant organisms in TNG and TOS. The big amoeba thing in TOS and there was some huge cloud too IIRC. In TNG the black pudding thing that killed Tasha Yar (bow head in rememberance of yet another great ST rack..) actually occupied most of the planet I think. The crystal entity is another.<br /><br />However, mostly, Star Trek is about "Forehead of the Week" as far as aliens go. I suppose it's so the audience identifies more with the character since they only have an hour to build them up. I would have loved to see some BEMs or giant spaghetti monsters crewing huge, moon sized spaceships. <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> Better yet, give me a nice totally insectoid race. I think ST:Enterprise encountered one of those but you didn't see them alot. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font size="1">I put on my robe and wizard hat...</font> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Yes in Enterprise there were several non human species (As was the TOS Gorn, cute ******, looked like a bipedal annual cicada) of insectoid and other origins.<br /><br />The amoeba is an exception, I had incorrectly counted it in the "energy being" category.<br /><br />Still, never any battles against creatures 4 times the crew size in "hand to appendage" combat.<br /><br />Now that you got me thinking (congratulations!) I think in TNG there was a nanobot attack. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[docm]

My recollections;<br /><br />1. several episodes with the "crystaline entity" that scoured planets of their lifeforms. It was eventually destroyed by causing it to resonate.<br /><br />2. TNG episode "Home Soil" where they encounter light powered "microbrains" who collectively can take over the ship systems, at least until someone dims the lights.<br /><br />3. TNG episode "The Child" where Troi is impregnated by a small energy being so it can learn what it's like to be a humanoid.<br /><br />4. Several episodes in TNG & Voyager involving Borg nano-tech.<br /><br />5. TNG "Identity Crisis" where Geordi is transformed by a parasite.<br /><br />6. TNG episode "Evolution" where medical nanobots evolve into sentient beings and are eventually given colonization rights on Kavis Alpha IV. <br /><br />7. TNG "Skin of Evil" where Tasha gets wasted. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[yevaud]

Odd. No one mentioned the creatures from STNG's Pilot episode, "Encounter at Farpoint."<br /><br />For that matter, the Voyager Pilot episode, "Caretaker."<br /><br />The giant God from STOS, "Who Mourns For Adonis."<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">We know who their favorite tennis player is [was]. </font><br /><br />Yeah... my sister's favorite tennis player, too. When I was a teen-ager, we'd watch Bjorn Borg in the Wimbledon finals just so that she could sit and admire Borg's butt. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[lampblack]

I remember reading an interview in which someone asked Gene Roddenberry about the "forehead of the week" phenomenon.<br /><br />He said, "It's limiting, I know. But unfortunately, the only actors we can find happen to be human." Or words to that effect. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[hracctsold]

Since we are rehashing old thots, you did know he retired and opened his own burger stand, and called it the Bjorn Borgie Stand?

 

[vagueship]

I was thinking your posted referred to why the borg didn't assimilate other sized beings.

 

[lukman]

I think borg will only assimilate something usefull for their collective, borg will not assimilate non intelligent life form like me for example. information in my brain will be useless for them. -P<br /><br />But it will be cute if there are koala bord, crochoaches borg, worm borg.... <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[vogon13]

ST : Voyager almost derisively revealed that while the Borg were aware of the Kazon, they had deemed them unsuitable for assimilation.<br /><br /><br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>TPTB went to Dallas and all I got was Plucked !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#339966"><strong>So many people, so few recipes !!</strong></font></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>Let's clean up this stinkhole !!</strong></font> </p> </div>

 

[yevaud]

In the Book ST "Federation" (not precisely canon, but written by the best writing team in the ST world, IMO), the probe last seen speaking to Whales had encountered a vicious race of biological/technological people in "square bubbles," 187,000 years before. A reference to the Borg? <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><em>Differential Diagnosis:  </em>"<strong><em>I am both amused and annoyed that you think I should be less stubborn than you are</em></strong>."<br /> </p> </div>

 

[barf9]

Wow no one mentioned "No Kill I" while talking about non humanoid aliens... That's blasphemy

 

[lampblack]

Cuing off your screen name... Federation vessels have also never visited the Space Balls home world. I'm surprised nobody has mentioned it. <img src="/images/icons/tongue.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[vagueship]

What happens if you cut a borg flatworm in half? Does it assimilate itself?