Starfleet's Response to Assimilation

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  • Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
  • When the Borg assimilate a person or vessel, they gain the technology and knowledge that officer knew. Starfleet therefore needs to have protocol's in place to deal with a lost vessel or officer so let's speculate on what those might be.
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  • @jacara1981
    @jacara1981 День назад +55

    A few books have the "Borg Protocol" where the ship itself will cause a high energy warp core breach that can cause a subspace tear to hopefully destroy the Borg ship with it.
    Another book from the early 2000s had the Federation losing to the Borg, so to save everyone they used the Omega molecule to destroy subspace in the Alpha and Beta quadrants, it sent everyone back to prewarp but without subspace even the borg couldn't get anywhere.

    • @Domjot5569
      @Domjot5569 18 часов назад +10

      Yeah but now they doomed the entire half of the galaxy because while the borg cant get anywhere fast they have the ability to just cruise forever till they get there

    • @Maksa-cb4os
      @Maksa-cb4os 7 часов назад +1

      ​@@Domjot5569Right but they bought the other half time to advance tech beyond Borg capacity. Borh rarely innovate so by the time a Cube gets to a couple of planets which could take decades the galaxy is ready to defend itself.

  • @TheGuardianofAzarath
    @TheGuardianofAzarath День назад +115

    It still boggles the mind that the crew of voyager didn't even think that when they agreed to send their captian, chief of security and chief engineer on to a cube to get makeovers, that there wasn't a posssibility that the borg would get their access codes eventually. Which they did. As soon as the doctor said there was a problem with Tuvok, the _FIRST THING_ Chakotay should have realised was "Oh shit, he knows our command codes. Wipe them!"
    But _no_ his first order to Paris is "Get us into their weapons range."

    • @williamgeorge2580
      @williamgeorge2580 День назад +35

      I adore the show but "Didn't think it through" was always Voyager's M.O.

    • @SuperGamefreak18
      @SuperGamefreak18 День назад +14

      ironcially I think because of how issolated they were actually played to their advantage, at best their codes would have been outdated by the time the borg could have used it, cause star fleet was advancing past the point they were at.

    • @mrsamaritan6881
      @mrsamaritan6881 День назад +13

      Voyager has its good point, but strong writing wasn't one of them.

    • @SuperGamefreak18
      @SuperGamefreak18 День назад +5

      @@mrsamaritan6881 yeah remember when voyager was seen as bad or weak… I miss those days the standard has dropped

    • @mammutMK2
      @mammutMK2 День назад +8

      ​@@SuperGamefreak18 I guess the codes where all deleted immediately by SF command....as she was lost without a trace, there's the possibility that she fell into the wrong hands

  • @mittensfastpaw
    @mittensfastpaw День назад +35

    A nice little overview!
    Considering how broken my brain is I'd give a whole cube crippling depression.

    • @stankythecat6735
      @stankythecat6735 19 часов назад +3

      If they assimilated me , the entire cube would have an instant cocaine addiction

    • @timezerohour8864
      @timezerohour8864 6 минут назад

      Believe it or not A romulan did just that with there fear and depression about artifical life in the Picard series.

  • @Etrune
    @Etrune День назад +90

    The most important information a captain has is the number of lights there are.

    • @Gatekeeper201
      @Gatekeeper201 День назад +17

      There are four lights!!

    • @TheDarkestSmurf
      @TheDarkestSmurf 21 час назад +1

      47 likes. NOBODY. TOUCH. THE. LIKE. BUTTON.

    • @Pendragon667
      @Pendragon667 13 часов назад +4

      Sokath, his eyes open

    • @Crimson_Hawk_01
      @Crimson_Hawk_01 6 часов назад

      99% of people are like ( what does this even mean )?

    • @522steven
      @522steven 6 часов назад +2

      Move along home

  • @baystated
    @baystated День назад +30

    The Battle of Earth Space Dock in Picard S3 will need lots of therapists. The fleet's older commanders summarily xcuted by surviving younger officers during their temporary assimilation, traumatized officers who need to step into those open command roles. Not to mention un-portrayed atrocities on other Sol system worlds' surfaces and facilities.

    • @Virgil38
      @Virgil38 23 часа назад +4

      But they renamed the Titan, so they can move forward just fine...

    • @newprophet2011
      @newprophet2011 3 часа назад +1

      There will be big time scars and trauma to sort through. I would imagine Admiral Crusher to update the fleet's medical protocol to accommodate mandatory psychological screening, treatment, and separation from duty (if needed) for the whole fleet. The Borg did not just assimilated the entire fleet without anyone noticing, they seriously tanked ESD and almost assimilated Earth. No enemy, in the history of Starfleet, did so much so quickly.

  • @CristySFM1234
    @CristySFM1234 День назад +26

    A giant middle finger to the assimilating threat...
    Perfect line

  • @johntauren
    @johntauren День назад +8

    Talking about needing therapy and rehab after being assimilated, I adore what happens in the last episode of Picard, when the junior officers are freed from the collective, the first thing is that Seven immediately hugs Sidney LaForge. The one person there would who understand the trauma and helplessness.

  • @williamgeorge2580
    @williamgeorge2580 День назад +31

    Adding Borg tech to their ships.... I know Picard had a couple of decades of untold tales behind it, but maybe Starfleet should have focused on advancing that Borg one-shot-kill tech Janeway brought back with her instead.

    • @hollismccray3297
      @hollismccray3297 23 часа назад +3

      They did. Project "Full Circle" was dedicated to the analysis of the advanced tech given to them by future!Janeway. I don't know how much of it was in widespread use by the time of the Picard series though.

    • @jayrabbitgamingproductions7335
      @jayrabbitgamingproductions7335 23 часа назад

      Wouldn’t using the tech Janeway brought be violating the Temporal Prime Directive?

    • @shauntempley9757
      @shauntempley9757 23 часа назад

      @@jayrabbitgamingproductions7335 Yes. The Department Of Temporal Investigations would have taken all the tech and classified it from the records, then destroyed, and it would have started the very moment Voyager docked at Earth Space Dock.

    • @3Rayfire
      @3Rayfire 22 часа назад +3

      @@shauntempley9757 In theory DTI would've just classified the tech until the appropriate time. Considering that Voyager didn't take 70 years to get home in the original timeline, by the dawn of the 25th century that information would've been released to Starfleet's development facilities. In the novels Transphasic Torpedoes were held as a last resort stand off weapon since deploying them as regular weapons would've created a possibility that they would've been proliferated to their enemies or worse assimilated by the Borg.

    • @shilohlee4332
      @shilohlee4332 20 часов назад +1

      @@3Rayfire I remember hearing that given the Borg Threat & shorter timeframe involved, Starfleet waived the TPI and gave contemporaries, including the Klingons Transphasic Torpedoes. The Tech existed for Transphasic Phasers & Shields, but they were massive energy hogs enough to not really be practical. Starfleet was VERY careful with Transphasic tech, and the Klingons, less so. Eventually the Borg adapted.

  • @Stikkelsbær
    @Stikkelsbær День назад +29

    I wonder if assimilating Klingons is harder, given that they would likely just start committing kamikaze level suicide by ramming a cube with birds of prey. We see evidence of this with Worf in First Contact. A bunch of ships warping into a cube seem like they would be pretty effective.

    • @Firecul
      @Firecul 22 часа назад +7

      Yeah I'm always confused why they always seem to ram at impulse speed. Warp engines would give one hell of an increased impact.

    • @valeon7303
      @valeon7303 11 часов назад +2

      ​@Firecul probably because warp is in another dimension, and can't hit anything unless it has MASSIVE gravity.

    • @Firecul
      @Firecul 3 часа назад

      @@valeon7303 I've never seen warp described as being in a different dimension before. Do you have a canon reference I can watch about that?

    • @alduintheanti-dragonborn
      @alduintheanti-dragonborn 59 минут назад

      @@Firecul I honestly thought it was so they could more easily detonate the warp core while lodged inside the enemy ship, thus dealing more damage.

  • @samfowler2073
    @samfowler2073 День назад +11

    Remember when the Borg got Voyager's access code after assimilating Tuvok and then installed a sunroof in the saucer? I think you just put more thought into this video than the Voyager's writers ever put in to any of their scripts.

  • @CosmicOutpost
    @CosmicOutpost День назад +12

    Great vid! I would have thought the Chief Medical Officer relieving the assimilated crew members of their duties or command and entering that in their log would be swift way to shut down codes etc. from compromised crew?

    • @chan742
      @chan742 День назад +5

      I had a similar thought. Listing a crew member as KIA or some other state should deactivate their authorizations? At least for future systems access?

  • @josephmassaro
    @josephmassaro День назад +18

    "Admiral, what is the first thing you do if you lose a starship to the Borg?"
    "Well, the first thing I do is cancel my credit cards and then change my passwords to my email accounts."

    • @Meritania
      @Meritania 23 часа назад +2

      Dude, you’ve got to get your safeguarding report in. Worry about the legal ramifications first.

    • @josephmassaro
      @josephmassaro 23 часа назад +5

      @@Meritania My Ferengi broker at the Latinum exchange takes care of that and as for legal issues, I have the best Vulcan law-firm on retainer.

    • @jannegrey593
      @jannegrey593 23 часа назад +1

      "Sponsored by incogni"

    • @ChrisCooper312
      @ChrisCooper312 7 часов назад

      And change the code on my luggage!

  • @GleefulNihilism
    @GleefulNihilism 17 часов назад +5

    Had a Star Trek TTRPG game once where the captain was an Andorian who survived the Battle of Wolf 359, served for a long time on a classified joint Federation-Klingon Anti-Borg task force, then when given the Captain's chair told his senior officers that he voluntarily had a device implanted in his head that if it detects the Borg are trying to assimilate him will activate and wipe all potentially dangerous intel from his mind and prevent such a breach of sensitive information to the Borg.
    The CMO was the first to figure out that the "device" was basically just a grenade...

    • @EGRJ
      @EGRJ 9 часов назад

      "Yes, my description was still correct."

  • @Mastari
    @Mastari День назад +8

    Yes. You delivered!

  • @laggybum3218
    @laggybum3218 День назад +10

    You would think that abandoning ship would make it easier for the Borg to get the crew from the ship. Just use tractor beams to pull the pods in.

    • @ikrIkarus
      @ikrIkarus День назад +4

      Though when the Auto Destruct is enabled, which the Borg will probably realise, they probably would deem the cost of hanging around to be to great, same with hunting down individual escape pods and shuttles that would in an optimal way, fly in pretty much all the available directions at once. Unless they have a very specific target, they probably won't go around hunting down every single last escape pod and such for what little gain is to be had from scooping up mostly low tier crew members.

  • @guyvanarsdall7686
    @guyvanarsdall7686 День назад +8

    Seems like the first course of action by a federation ship after a Borg ship is sited would be for all that ships crew members to remove the pips from their uniforms. No pips, no way the Borg know the ranks😅

    • @EGRJ
      @EGRJ 9 часов назад

      Unfortunately, Borg have those scanners so they can detect the pinholes and/or adhesive.

  • @Ramschat
    @Ramschat День назад +10

    Borg: "New protocol: target first officer for assimilation"

  • @andylongman355
    @andylongman355 5 часов назад

    This has quickly become my favourite Trek channel. Great knowledge, but some really interesting, unique subject matter too.

  • @Hrafnskald
    @Hrafnskald 18 часов назад +2

    Great video :)
    It's interesting considering what Starfleet hasn't done. For example, in The Expanse, the MCRN Donnager illustrates a different approach via Condition Zero. Ships set in this manner would automatically self destruct, with no time delay or override, if any of three critical areas was compromised. Likewise, Starfleet appears to have decided not to widely distribute the various anti-borg nanoviruses they developed, or that weird geometrical paradox thing they decided not to try. Given how the Borg can only grow through assimilation, making every ship or colony assimilated a potential weapon or pathogen unleashed inside the Borg would be quite effective, if likely too dark for the TNG era Noblebright Federation >:)

  • @glennlaroche1524
    @glennlaroche1524 День назад +10

    3:00 that poor lil Oberth tho.....

    • @GSBarlev
      @GSBarlev День назад +4

      Honestly, I'd rather be on an Oberth than a Galaxy up against the Borg. The Borg ignore ships that pose no threat, and an Oberth is primarily a threat to *itself.*

    • @Meritania
      @Meritania 23 часа назад +2

      That ship had its hull-plating vapourised.

    • @GSBarlev
      @GSBarlev 23 часа назад +1

      ​@@MeritaniaI know it looked that way, but if you look closer, the Borg clearly just performed an active scan on the vessel, which, due to a structural flaw, caused the ship's drive to go critical. 😢
      /j

  • @DiehardMechWarrior
    @DiehardMechWarrior День назад +6

    In regards to Halo’s Cole Protocol, I believe it was primarily enacted to hide the location of *Earth,* not simply the rest of the UNSC’s colonies, from the Covenant.

    • @jannegrey593
      @jannegrey593 23 часа назад +1

      Primarily Earth, then colonies with very big importance to Humanity (Reach), then inner colonies and then the rest. Protocol also stated that returning to earth was prohibited if you weren't absolutely certain you weren't followed etc. But the same was also true for Reach for example (I am not including Onyx - I hope I got correct planet, I always confuse it with different one - because basically no-one knew where Onyx was and it was removed from charts long time before Human-Covenant War). It was just more important to protect Earth.
      Cole protocol is presented as "Protecting Earth", but some of it's parts (like the example given in this video) protected all planets. It's just that many planets didn't have "no returning" and "no travelling to" in case you're compromised protocols like Earth had. But at least other key world did also have such rules, though they were slightly more relaxed.

    • @shauntempley9757
      @shauntempley9757 22 часа назад +2

      Yes, but the Cole Protocol also included ship board A.I as well.
      They were considered as critical to secure as Earth was, so it also had in place what happened if the ship was under attack, and about to be boarded, then the ship's A.I was to be dispatched with a crew member and kept out of Covenant hands as long as possible.

    • @spartan078ben
      @spartan078ben 21 час назад +2

      My one question about the Cole Protocol is: If it was enacted and then they won, how do they get back home? Are there protected backups to reload that information? I can't see a purpose for that. Probably, they'd have to wait for a friendly ship to come guide them home.

    • @jannegrey593
      @jannegrey593 21 час назад

      @@spartan078ben It would be hard to "win" honestly in circumstances in which Cole protocol applied. Although it had 2 parts: Part about not going back to Earth - which was always in effect when there was suspicion that enemy might follow them. In this case if they won the battle they would make sure no-one from Covenant survived and then they would return. Though usually not to Earth itself - that was rare.
      And the other part was when they were being boarded.
      And yes in such case they wouldn't have backups or anything. They would be stranded or forced to make their own calculations. Which wouldn't help them getting back to Earth - at least not soon (those calculations are very complicated).
      Better to lose a ship/fleet rather than expose cradle of humanity to the enemy.

    • @shauntempley9757
      @shauntempley9757 7 часов назад

      @@spartan078ben I do not know.
      I know that all critical information on the ship is contained in the ship's A.I.
      The Cole Protocol was made because Covenant ships were faster in slipspace, and could track the energy a UNSC ships slipspace drive gave off when in use.
      It is how the first Halo game happened the way it did.
      The Covenant fleet tracked the Autumn from Reach and basically made a jump further along their course and ambushed the ship when it dropped out of slipspace.

  • @johnathan651
    @johnathan651 День назад +34

    Has the "bullets vs Borg" question ever been officially answered?

    • @Paddyman8869
      @Paddyman8869 День назад +5

      Bow and arrow or just a rock

    • @Paddyman8869
      @Paddyman8869 День назад +5

      Didn't John luke shot em on the hollow deck

    • @TheGuardianofAzarath
      @TheGuardianofAzarath День назад +4

      @@Paddyman8869 yeah, with the safety systems turned off.

    • @MIMALECKIPL
      @MIMALECKIPL День назад +3

      @@Paddyman8869 or swords

    • @captianmorgan7627
      @captianmorgan7627 День назад +6

      It seems to me that using physical weapons are your best bet for fighting drones (guns/arrows/blades/large rocks). Even if they 'adapt' to physical attacks they've now adapted to stop all physical objects from passing through their personal shields..... So now they can't interact with anything unless they turn off their protections and make themselves vulnerable to physical attacks again.

  • @Phil-D83
    @Phil-D83 День назад +27

    Carry old style kinetic firearms when engaging the borg. If they beam on board, adapt to hot lead.

    • @xxsw4yxx
      @xxsw4yxx День назад +6

      Could they adapt to kinetic damage at the drone level? I beleive ships yeah, but the single drone?

    • @Cdr2002
      @Cdr2002 День назад +12

      @@xxsw4yxxforcefields block physical non-energy matter in Trek literally all the time, so yes. Picard got lucky once. This idea that the key to defeating Borg is ARs is ludicrous and people should stop pushing it. Even if their shields somehow can’t adapt to conventional projectiles (I call bullshit), they can start making drones with thicker armor.

    • @michaelfederico2873
      @michaelfederico2873 День назад +1

      Then develop tau style rail guns can't adapt to that.

    • @yobogoya4367
      @yobogoya4367 День назад +3

      Technically every bullet is different. Unlike particle beams.

    • @Cdr2002
      @Cdr2002 День назад +4

      @@yobogoya4367 I think thousands of assimilated cultures can figure out slight differences in the contouring of hot metal

  • @dariustiapula
    @dariustiapula День назад +4

    Terran Empire response: We can weaponize it or terminate with extreme prejudice.

  • @paulaburrows8660
    @paulaburrows8660 21 час назад +1

    The original idea behind the Borg was very interesting. An enemy that can adapt to all attacks and situations. Unfortunately, over time, the only way for your "good guys" to beat them is plot armour and the Botg (more so the queen) making dumb decisions and moves.

  • @Hrafnskald
    @Hrafnskald 18 часов назад +2

    It's also fascinating considering what the Borg did not do with assimilation. Can you imagine the havoc that strategically assimilating Romulan or Cardassian vessels would do, if the Borg cared for infilitation, propaganda, or straight up messing with their enemies? Just the contents of a few Tal Shiar, Obsidian Order, or Section 31 brains could do wonders in spreading havoc, if the Borg were capable of thinking in that way. It's a good thing for the Alpha Quadrant the Dominion couldn't assimilate, and the Borg couldn't do subtlety :)

  • @BNuts
    @BNuts 20 часов назад +1

    I'd think Starfleet would be tired of being hacked / controlled / assimilated by now, and just have an entire protocol launched with a voice command similar to the Omega Protocol: scan for Borg lifesigns and seal them down, maybe by transporting them into sealed, tech-free cells; seal the ship's systems so they can't be hacked or assimilated; secure communications to point-to-point beam microburst transmissions, so viruses cannot be spread among the ships; collect the intruders, and space them if necessary; sample the virus from an infected system to immediately develop a vaccine, and immediately purge the sample to prevent spread. Something like that.
    Starfleet personnel have also been assimilated often enough you'd think they'd be implanted with crippling viruses that would spread once they're assimilated. This would, of course, teach the Borg that assimilating Starfleet is dangerous, so they'd switch to killing, but that would also eliminate the threat of security leaks.

  • @leighrate
    @leighrate День назад +6

    The short version is when boarded, the ship immediately self destructs. And it's a one button self destruct that can be initiated by any crew member or the ship computer.
    If ships and crews don't permit themselves to be taken the Borg will eventually loose interest.

    • @PatGunn
      @PatGunn День назад +2

      Bad plan; one person who develops a cognitive fault should not be able to destroy any ship

    • @jimmyseaver3647
      @jimmyseaver3647 День назад +1

      @@PatGunn Hence why nukes require two people with their own keys to actually _launch._

  • @daryld4457
    @daryld4457 12 часов назад +1

    I've always wondered whether ship shields, including the Borgs, would be able to protect against a starship engaging warp and kamikazing the opposing vessel. You wouldn't even have to sacrifice a crew, just automate one old starship and watch it go, saving hundreds of other vessels and thousands of lives.

  • @GraniteGhost778
    @GraniteGhost778 20 часов назад +1

    Everyone raise a glass for that poor Oberth!

  • @reddyredwolf3931
    @reddyredwolf3931 23 часа назад +1

    Funnily enough the Lower Decks Opening where the Cerritos runs away from the Borg is the correct action.

  • @RockRedGenesis
    @RockRedGenesis День назад +2

    I wonder what the protocols or plans would be in the event of an overwhelming Borg invasion, like what could depicted in the Star Trek: Destiny novels. I mean like the event that thousands of Borg ships have arrived, they've adapted to the Transphasic torpedoes, and are moving on the core worlds of the Federation and the worlds of the surrounding superpowers.

    • @midniteoyl8913
      @midniteoyl8913 20 часов назад

      I mean, thanks to Dr. Soran, we know how to blow up stars and thus whole systems..

  • @Wzrd8
    @Wzrd8 17 часов назад

    Trek online gets points for that Epic Maneuver. Well played.

  • @Blutwind
    @Blutwind 5 часов назад

    A thing Starfleet should do when encountering the Borg is.
    Immediately put everry crewmember and pasengers in sensor lock the moment one of them disapears or has fluctuating lifesigns similar to assimilation inform security teams and automatically revoke all access.
    Next all tubes,maintanace shatfs and turbolift tunnel access door should be physically locked and maybe flooded with something like the warplasma (if possible not damaging to the systems)
    Yes repairs become harder but that way you prevent stowaway problems like in First Contact

  • @EricRuskoski
    @EricRuskoski 18 часов назад

    How intriguing! Thanks! Super interesting subject, really annoying to have to be on the team that assesses that! So much information to pour through!

  • @dennisud
    @dennisud 6 часов назад

    I'd LOVE to see the Universe class Vs. the Mega-class Star Dreadnought head to head!

  • @afterglow-podcast
    @afterglow-podcast 21 час назад

    I would imagine Starfleet has something similar to the "Cole Protocol" used in Halo, where any ship in danger of enemy takeover scrubs their data banks of certain information (in Halo, that would be Earths location). I'd also think any officer level crew member could activate Starfleets version of the protocol. Granted, this won't work on an individuals personal mind.

  • @TimeSpinner
    @TimeSpinner 8 часов назад

    By the time of Prodigy S2, we know that ships have a way to fast-reset themselves. Hologram Janeway uses it to ensure she, herself, does not corrupt the time stream. (In fact, Temporal Investigations' experience in information sanitation procedures probably had a whole lot of influence in anti-Borg information sanitation.)
    This might also be an argument for the ECH, as seen in Voyager and later series. While continuance of awareness is paramount, being able to summon a command officer in seconds who can act in the best interests of the crew and the federation AND who has no knowledge of the current plan that can be exploited or predicted by the Borg, and no secure knowledge that cannot be instantly scrambled or falsified the moment the Borg probes contact the firewalls, was probably a pretty strong argument for bringing back Robert Pica- er, bringing back the ECH project.
    Both of these might have been responses to the Borg, though. A TNG S1 or SNW-era complete reset probably would have taken days, even weeks, and might involve time in spacedock just to keep systems running while core systems are being rebuilt.

  • @makeitcold6649
    @makeitcold6649 День назад +1

    Starfleet needs better IT. How many episodes did crew get kidnapped or non-crew infiltrated the ship and the computer didn’t think to send an email let alone turn alarms on? We got 300-400 years of technological advancement but we can’t program basic threat analysis? If Borg/Romulans/Dominion whatever, even show up on sensors, why does anyone need to order red alert? Why are “shields up” a separate order? “Everyone go to battle stations but don’t, you know, make it look like your going to battle stations”

  • @briang9581
    @briang9581 18 часов назад

    Captain: Randomize...
    Tactical: They're adapting.
    Captain: Randomize the randomization.
    Tactical: We Win!

  • @stevieturner9338
    @stevieturner9338 День назад +1

    Thank you Rick

  • @feralprocessor9853
    @feralprocessor9853 День назад

    Right off the bat, a Borg Cube dwarfing a starfleet Vessel.

  • @Paintedawg
    @Paintedawg 20 часов назад

    Assimilation has to be one of the most horrifying things that can happen to someone that I've ever seen in any sci fi scenario.

  • @Chris_Lohmann
    @Chris_Lohmann Час назад

    I read the thumbnail as “Starfleet’s Anti-Bong Protocol”. 😂 I thought, “Weed is outlawed in Starfleet? What do you think they’re growing in that arboretum?” 😆

  • @ThommyofThenn
    @ThommyofThenn 17 часов назад

    This is really good and nice game footage. Thanks!

  • @stormking6332
    @stormking6332 День назад +1

    Gorilla tactics might work best against the Borg to reduce or eliminate the knowledge that they might gain during assimilation. Keep their operations mobile and random so they can anticipate Starfleet's next move🤔

    •  День назад +1

      Ah, also known as the Pakled method. But gorilla tactics is much catchier.

  • @andrewshearsby8125
    @andrewshearsby8125 День назад +1

    thought the first thing was to call Starfleet and run like hell...

  • @eddiebouchez9615
    @eddiebouchez9615 День назад +5

    Anyone else curious about the future with the "New Borg" from Picard? What does Paramount plan to do with that?

    • @Cdr2002
      @Cdr2002 День назад +2

      I don’t know that they have any plans yet, but that leaves things open for a new story to be conceived

    • @PACABear
      @PACABear День назад +3

      Hopefully the plan is to forget about it.

    • @Cdr2002
      @Cdr2002 День назад

      @@PACABear it’s a little out there but I think it could be made to work. My bet is eventually we have a canon version of the Cooperative from Star Trek Online, just with Jurati also

    • @GlacierMF5
      @GlacierMF5 День назад

      NOPE!!!

  • @NainGeantMiniature
    @NainGeantMiniature День назад +1

    It would be nice if you linked the videos you reference in the description of your videos.

  • @CJP-3LB
    @CJP-3LB 18 часов назад

    To be fair I think completely destroying a starship via self destruction is more effective than deleting a library of information that could potentially be recovered and you still wouldn't have to deal with assimilated crew...assuming the self destruct is working

  • @allistair61
    @allistair61 23 часа назад

    You mention senior officers being high value targets for capture, I do remember hearing rumours that during the Second World War Native American code talkers had the same problem with the Japanese. I remember hearing rumours that officers and senior NCOs on patrol had instructions to shoot their radio operator if there was a chance of either capture or being overrun. It makes you wonder if admiral Hanson's bridge crew had someone instructions.

    • @midniteoyl8913
      @midniteoyl8913 20 часов назад

      Pretty sure that was what the Nic Cage movie 'Windtalkers' was about.

  • @MackeyDeez
    @MackeyDeez 21 час назад

    I think the contigency plan in case a Starfleet vessel get captured by the Borg should be auto self destruction. As for captains and second officers, there's only one action they can take to avoid assimilation.....

  • @Wesley_H
    @Wesley_H 19 часов назад

    Now that we know what happens when the Borg and Founders join forces, I’m curious about the effects of species like the Pakleds, Tamarians and Binars might have on the Collective. Would the Tamarians’ ability for metaphorical interpretation or the Binars’ problem solving abilities have allowed the Borg to circumvent the plan presented in I, Borg (Season 5, episode 23)? Would the incorporation of the Pakleds’ underdeveloped brains cause a lag in the Collective’s overall cognitive ability, leading to a catastrophic collapse of the entire network?

  • @ultramaximusreviews
    @ultramaximusreviews 21 час назад

    What's with the "boots and pants" beat in this video LOL

  • @ianharmon2123
    @ianharmon2123 22 часа назад

    Shelby got what she deserved in Picard Season 3, and no one can argue with that. I made the same noise I made in the theatre in the 90"s, when Kirk Destroyed the bird of prey at Khitomer in 6, YES!!!!!!!!!!

  • @anticarrrot
    @anticarrrot 2 часа назад

    I think you're overlooking the Borg's likely tendency to grab technology as well as people. As well as the Borg's relative lack of interest in things they already fully understand.
    Sure they can learn some new information from a captain, but chances are they can learn a lot more by stealing Starfleet's latest set of gadgets, or that one specialist on board that has exclusively focused on a rare field of study.
    Similarly, if the Borg had a choice between going for the captain, or (say) the central off switch for the ship's gravity, the latter will incapacitate the crew while only mildly inconveniencing the collective. Taking out weak points in Starfleet's far more centralised ship design (important power conduits for example) is going to be far more effective than grabbing any number of bridge crew.

  • @windhelmguard5295
    @windhelmguard5295 3 часа назад

    first response should always be: RAMMING SPEED!

  • @Reoh0z
    @Reoh0z 19 часов назад +1

    The Borg are connected with one another, how is it that nobody spam mailed their message service with popups extolling the virtues of dubious sites.

  • @nickwest1337
    @nickwest1337 14 часов назад

    Hindsight. Wonderful bastard thing.

  • @kevreid82
    @kevreid82 15 часов назад

    Sensitive technologies should automatically self destruct if the ship is about to be captured or destroyed. Crews brains too should self destruct if nano probes are detected in bloid stream.

  • @ShanenWay
    @ShanenWay 18 часов назад

    Send in the Enterprise or Voyager they seem to know how too get rid of the Borg

  • @clintmatthews3500
    @clintmatthews3500 23 часа назад

    The Borg probably just don’t care about most of this information.

  • @TheClintonio
    @TheClintonio 5 часов назад

    Develop borg antibodies that upon detecting borg nanoprobes stop the heart.

  • @TairnKA
    @TairnKA 19 часов назад

    I'm guessing the "S'Dima'Lus" (species 639) were not listed due to assimilation failed, resulting in the loss of seven cubes, three due to insanity, four were self-destructed to stop the spread of the insanity). ;-D
    Bty - This happened 35K (Earth years) after the creation of the BORG (177K Earth years ago, TOS). ;-)

  • @shep9231
    @shep9231 19 часов назад

    So, the Borg wishes to assimilate me. I have A rather large sword in the next room that says otherwise.
    Come at me bro, I'll take you all on!

  • @murrvvmurr
    @murrvvmurr День назад +1

    My fellow trekkies/ers/ites, I have been trying to order the destiny 3i n1 novel for A YEAR. Anyone knows WTF is up with that book?
    Great content, great vid i have done all the things. Do you know what it up with the TNG novels?

  • @jamessnedeker4799
    @jamessnedeker4799 14 часов назад

    If the Borg were smart, they'd assimilate Mot the Barber.

  • @Knuspermonster
    @Knuspermonster День назад

    Correction: Cole was an Admiral and commanded with much succes a whole Fleet

  • @scottwalker6947
    @scottwalker6947 20 часов назад

    Would wiping the computer banks really work? I mean even today when you wipe a computer, all that does is make the information easily accessible. It is still there, and if you have the resources can be recovered.

    • @ChrisCooper312
      @ChrisCooper312 7 часов назад

      Depends how it's "wiped". Deleting a file simply frees up the space it's taking up to be overwritten. It can be accessed by consumer grade software. Better software can even rebuild partly overwritten or corrupted files. High level deletion makes sure the files are overwritten, usually multiple times with random 0s and 1s. This makes it much harder to recover the data, to the point where for most purposes it's impossible.

  • @NLaertes
    @NLaertes 10 часов назад

    The Transporter DNA takeover is gonna wreak havoc on the mental health of Starfleets under-25year-olds. A complete generation was assimilated, big trauma recovery there

  • @yodaslovetoy
    @yodaslovetoy День назад +8

    "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile"
    Starfleet "hold our beer, we'll do it ourselves!!!!"

  • @Shatterverse
    @Shatterverse 20 часов назад

    I still stuck by my manually guide dumb warp missile fleet strategy for eradicating the Borg.

  •  21 час назад

    For some reason I really wanted to see Shelby get assimilated.

  • @jannegrey593
    @jannegrey593 21 час назад

    Does anyone know when "new" part of the story for STO will be available?

  • @MarK-x9y
    @MarK-x9y 22 часа назад

    Picture Shelby from the Next Generation being captured instead of Picard.

  • @markfergerson2145
    @markfergerson2145 20 часов назад

    The whole “Borg technology” thing bothers me no end.
    The Borg, pretty much by definition, assimilate other species in order to acquire their technology (and more drones). Hence when a Starfleet engineer is drooling over a piece of Borg tech, they’re really drooling over some other species’ tech.
    The danger isn’t in the tech per se, it’s in the future equivalent of the microprocessor running it and providing the interface for drones or a Borg automated system to use that piece of technology. Strip that off, and any nanobots that are part of the Norg “self regeneration” capability, and you have just the weapon, shield, comms device or whatever that can be safely adapted for Starfleet use.
    But for some reason Starfleet engineers can’t figure this out. Well, Star Trek writers can’t, but you know what I mean.

  • @dalakaar1526
    @dalakaar1526 17 часов назад

    *yoink* Seven of Mine!

  • @Luk3us
    @Luk3us 21 час назад

    Common-sense in MY star trek?
    Its more likely than you think.

  • @erickcredidiooliveira201
    @erickcredidiooliveira201 11 часов назад

    7/9 is the best Star fleet answer😅

  • @ricgillingham8056
    @ricgillingham8056 День назад

    Are you an actorr have u appeared in Peep show plebs and Brassic 😊

  • @TomMentch
    @TomMentch 14 часов назад

    What's that music at 6:00

  • @grahamturner1290
    @grahamturner1290 День назад +1

    🖖

  • @christianrissotto.gordohom3478
    @christianrissotto.gordohom3478 День назад +1

    Shelby.... Probably one of the worst admirals i ever seen.
    Marcus, Lorca, maybe picard sometimes ( you just had to listen guinan)
    But what kind of idiot takes assimilated tec inside your fleet?
    You can learn things from the borg but take is a risk you should never have in your mind.

  • @dsb227
    @dsb227 8 часов назад

    Haha nice

  • @MrKevin486
    @MrKevin486 20 часов назад

    The Borg? Sounds Swedish....

  • @kevinpresley3136
    @kevinpresley3136 День назад +2

    I never understood why a "superior entity" would assimilate an "inferior" race to make themseves stronger/ better.

    • @theodoremccarthy4438
      @theodoremccarthy4438 День назад +2

      For the same reason you eat a steak. Raw materials and additional manpower have their uses, even if of inferior quality.

    •  День назад

      The Borg operate on the premise that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
      And just to use another cliche, “quantity has a quality of its own”.

    • @vladdeklitrez
      @vladdeklitrez 23 часа назад

      Because the Borg don't do R&D. Any given race can have a technology that is unknown, different, or even superior in some respects to something the Borg possess. That knowledge makes them more adaptable.

  • @CaptainSeato
    @CaptainSeato 19 часов назад

    ...well, Shelby's a blonde, so... :P

  • @feralprocessor9853
    @feralprocessor9853 День назад

    Resistance is futile.

  • @ChrisParlett
    @ChrisParlett День назад

    RIP Shaw and that Vulcan lady. Everything is Picard's fault. Worst captain ever.

  • @JimmyBellLoyal
    @JimmyBellLoyal 23 часа назад

    Coming from a Trekkie, Star Trek Online is such a poor game. I really want to love it but the graphics are atrocious and way way out of date. The space stuff is fine but the character and planetary is awful. They need to overhaul this game. Trek games don’t get much love at all.

  • @goran2734
    @goran2734 День назад +1

    First!