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hmmmm...mabye he mentioned the idea to Picard (during their discussion while the others played cards)and via Locutus, thr Borg knew where the fleet would be?
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Occam's Razor - (dictum of logic) states that the simplest explanation is usually the best.
The simplest explanation is that W359 was on a direct line between Earth and the cube flightpath - and that the fleet could reach it prior to the cube passing that point.
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Uhhh... guys? I think you're forgetting an important point -- that the Borg wanted Picard specifically. Doesn't it seem possible -- even likely -- that the Borg were snooping around the outskirts of the Federation to find out where the Enterprise was? We already know that they were hanging around the Neutral Zone for a while -- probably the most heavily fortified region of space in the quadrant at the time, and still no one saw them.
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Plenty of folks probably saw them in the Neutral Zone....but noone ever saw them again.
Occam's Razor was used on the Borg in their first appearance and was quickly adapted to. That principle of science nolonger has an effect on hem.
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I think Dan's got it there. The cube was not necessarily heading towards Earth at first. Wherever New Providence was may not be relevant - it's where the USS Lalo was that may cinch it. The cube destroyed/assimilated the Lalo, and the Enterprise went after it. Cube meets Enterprise, gets the idea of assimilating Picard. They get Picard, and THEN start heading towards Earth. I believe it's at that point that Worf reports that they're heading towards Sector 001. This difference in original locations may help determine why Wolf 359 is on the way.
Or, they simply had to divert around something. Maybe the Delphic expanse.
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Of course, I suspect the real reason is that Wolf 359 is the closest star with the coolest name that isn't way too common. (Alpha Centauri.) Barnard's Star sounds a bit too pedestrian. And who can pronounce Procyon? Sirius would lead to wacky mixups. "Prepare to rendezvous with the fleet." "Where?" "Sirius." "Yes, of course I am." It writes itself!
Uh, yeah. Anyway. Once I saw a car parked at Taco Bell with a custom liscence plate that read "WOLF359."
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As you can see, Mars is very CLEARLY outside of the direct line from Saturn to Earth.. but it's also not a huge detour if the Borg wanted to take the scenic route and go through the thickest part of the Sol System's defenses.
'Course, if those three pods were the strongest part of the defenses for Earth, then they deserved to get attacked anyway.
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Speaking of Wolf 359, I have the Celestia 3D astronomy program and I cannot find Wolf 359 in it. I wonder if it's got an alternate name (Munich 15040 is an alternate name for Barnard's Star if I recall). Anyone else use this program and have any ideas?
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quote:Originally posted by Sol System: Uh, yeah. Anyway. Once I saw a car parked at Taco Bell with a custom liscence plate that read "WOLF359."
yeah, while driving through Kalamazoo, I saw a Ford Explorer (this was the 4-door 'pick-up' style Explorer) that had a customized "Borg" paint job...complete with "resistance is futile" and the red Borg 'claw'/symbol on the tail gate and some pretty slick pinstripes. I actually tried to take a picture of it, but i was going 80mph and i haven't had the film developed yet, so it will be interesting to see how that turned out...
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Try searching that site more often -- it's a pretty cool reference.
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I saw an old Plymouth Relient with the plates reading NCC-1864
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at school i saw a SUV with the reg '74205' .. i wanted to leave a Defiant note or something, but seeing as the owner probably knew nothing of trek since it was a generic truck registry, not a vanity, i decided against it
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