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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] "The Best of Both Worlds" -- the episode that never grows old! ;) I've looked briefly at the forum archives, finding a few old threads but nothing that discusses this directly. Based on BoBW, I'm starting to believe that the battle took no longer than 15 minutes, total. I'm watching the reruns on TNN... err, that is, SpikeTV. :rolleyes: Anyway, Riker's in Engineering, talking with Shelby. Data comms him from the Bridge, reporting that they got a message that the fleet had engaged the Borg. The scene immediately cuts to the Bridge, with Riker exiting the turbolift in a hurry, and they get Admiral Hanson's message that the battle's gone bad. That means that the battle could've taken no more than fifteen minutes total. Let's assume that the message wasn't sent out the second the battle started, but maybe five minutes after the beginning we saw in "Emissary." Then another five minutes for Riker to take the turbolift from Engineering (Deck 36) to the Bridge. And maybe another five minutes after the comm is cut off, as the Borg mop up the remnants. I also dug up this photo from the Star Trek world tour (or whatever they're calling it these days) from early this year. Although the map is of course non-canon and less than reliable in terms of the ship names, upon close examination I think that the vectors themselves, along with the white spots indicating destruction points, are probably acceptable. I've superimposed my own speculation about the sequence and directions. The fleet was probably marshalled in a single formation at point (1), then the advance wing attacked along vector (2). The Borg blew through them so quickly, then, that the remaining ships had no chance to react aside from reversing course and actually trying to catch up to the cube for a last-ditch assault, which of course also failed. [IMG]http://lobotomy.pleh.net/~flareupload/uploads/444/map_wolf-359.jpg[/IMG] Also, considering the time frame after the battle messages -- in which the E-D crew had time to hold another conference and have Riker promote Shelby to first officer -- I'd say that there were at least two to three hours between the end of the battle and the time the E-D arrived in the vicinity. That would be plenty of time for the few survivors of the battle to be picked up by the one surviving ship, which would then skedaddle in the opposite direction. Dangit, now I'm gonna have to make up a little map of my own here... ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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