Borg ships are in a cubical shape and carry tractor beams, phasers, and proton torpedoes. Their shields are extensively advanced and are impossible to destroy. Any damaged areas when encountering resistance is instantly re-absorbed. There are no bridges, or other specific rooms in a Borg ship. All controls of the ship are connected to the Borg's conscious. Allowing them to have quick maneuvers and defensive procedures. They scan their victims with a polarone beam which gives tactical information on the victims defence capability. Individual life signs cannot be registered by the victims scans. There are also two other ship designs that the Borg use. One is a Borg sphere, which is used as a general purpose shuttle craft. It is also used as a escape craft when resistance is met. Each Borg is responsible for certain tasks and therefore equipped with the proper hardware. Each Borg finishes tasks quickly and efficiently. If there is resistance from the species that is being assimilated, another Borg is sent in to continue the task.
The "First Contact" between the Borg and the Federation occurred in 2365 on stardate 42761.3 when the mischievous entity known as Q transported the U.S.S. Enterprise-D seven thousand light years across the galaxy into the Delta Quadrant. It is here that the Enterprise-D confronted the first Borg cube. Guinan who is an El-Aurian, warned Captain Jean-Luc Picard that the Borg were responsible for the destruction of her peoples home world in 2265, and countless other worlds. Only a small group of survivors were able to escape. Now they are spread throughout the galaxy, with no home. The Borg began sending survey drones to the Enterprise to analyse the Enterprise's defence and weaponry capability. The Borg carved a piece out the of Enterprise's hull, causing damage to the Enterprise and the death of eighteen crew members. The Borg concluded that the Enterprise and its crew were inferior to their technology and would be assimilated. The Q intervenes once again and sends the Enterprise back to the Alpha Quadrant. Star Fleet Command began designing top secret strategies and top secret weaponry and defence technology from the information they obtained from their encounter. This would help prepare them against Borg incursions in the future.
In 2366, on stardate 43989.1, Starfleet Command got disturbing information of a possible Borg presence when they received news of the destruction of the New Providence colony at Jouret IV. The Borg were also responsible for the destruction of the starship Lalo near Zeta Alpha II and have also annihilated several outposts on both sides of the Neutral Zone. The Borg proceeded on a direct coarse toward sector 001 at high warp. The Enterprise-D, which was the first ship to encounter the Borg, were sent to delay the Borg, so the Federation could organize a defence strategy. Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge and Lt. Commander Data had discovered a plan to destroy the Borg cube by using their deflector dish. On stardate 43997, the Borg abducted Captain Jean-Luc Picard and implanted him with cybornetical devices and linked him to the Hive Mind. Picard was given the designation, Locutus. Locutus was a liaison to bridge the gulf between humanity and the Borg. He was also a counterpart to the Borg Queen. The Enterprise's attempts to delay the Borg failed, since Locutus retained full knowledge of the Enterprises tactical strategies. The Borg cube continued its coarse to sector 001. A Federation and Klingon armada of forty ships engaged the Borg at Wolf 359. The armada was defeated swiftly, with 39 ships eliminated and 11,000 lives lost. The Enterprise-D successfully captured Locutus, which Locutus considered an "incorrect strategy." Locutus remained on the Enterprise while the Borg cube continued on its original coarse. Lt. Commander Data linked up with Locutus and discovered that the Borg commands were divided into sub-commands. The Borg realize a danger and change their coarse to intercept the Enterprise-D. Seeing no other option, Commander Riker orders the Enterprise to crash into the Borg cube, in order to save Earth. Just in time, Lt. Commander Data inputs a command into the Borg collective. He puts the Borg to sleep and the Borg accidentally self destruct from the unauthorized command.
In
2368 on stardate 4584.2, The Enterprise-D discovers a Borg scout wreckage
that crash landed on a small moon in the Angolis Cluster. Four Borg
drones died, and one drone was severally damaged. The drones designation
was three of five, but was named ‘Hugh' by Geordi LaForge. The crew
wanted to unleash a invasive program into the Borg collective that would
destroy the entire race. Influences from the crew began changing
Hugh character. He displayed more and more signs of individuality.
It was later decided by Jean-Luc Picard to not proceed with the original
plans because it seemed unethical to use a young adolescent as a weapon
of mass destruction. The crew returned Hugh to where they had found
him, and was rescued by another Borg scout ship. Hugh's individuality
was then passed on to the other Borg drones. The drones could not
comprehend this information and became disorientated. The collective
disconnected the drones from the Hive Mind, so that the error would not
continue.
Descent
Data's evil twin brother, Lore manages to locate the Rogue Borg and makes
himself leader. Lore gives the Borg a new sense of direction.
Lore sends the Rogue Borg attack the Federation science outpost at Ohniaka
III, in 2369 on stardate 46982.1. The Rogue Borg have designed a
new type of Borg vessel, which is no longer cubical in shape. a Borg
drone designated as Crosis is captured by the Enterprise crew. Crosis
persuades Lt. Commander Data to escape with him to a planet in the Delta
Quadrant. Activating a Borg transwarp conduit, Data and Crosis disappear
with a stolen shuttle craft. The Enterprise crew manages to duplicate
the procedures to activate the transwarp conduit. When the Enterprise
crew finds Data, they also find Lore who has control over the Rogue Borg
and is seducing Data with a emotion chip. The emotion chip was created
for Data by Data's inventor Dr. Noonien Soong, but was stolen by Lore.
Lore plans to rule the galaxy, but his plans are ruined when Hugh resists
him. Lore is dismantled and Data saves the emotion chip to use one
day when he is prepared.