Guinan was on Earth then left only to head back during the events of Generations. I always thought she was on Earth because of the Borg, but if the Borg assimilated El-Auria after "Times Arrow" and she and other El-Aurians were coming to Earth because of the Borg in the 23rd century instead of 19th century, then why was she on Earth in the first place?
My guess is that during our 19th century and possibly eariler the El-Aurians were exploring space far before humans did. Using their advanced warp technology they could of been exploring most the Delta, Beta, and Alpha quadrants and nobody knew it. And that's why they might of been targeted by the Borg, for their advanced technology. The El-Aurian's might of even invented trans-warp which explains how they ventured so far into space, and how the Borg got trans-warp technology too. Since the Borg don't develop their own tech, they assimilate it from other races.
This is one possible pov, which can relate the Borg, El-Aurians, and trans-warp.
Hobbes
9906.14
[This message was edited by Hobbes on June 14, 1999.]
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My main problem is what role did the Nexus play for the El-Aurian people? How did they get there? If it's so nice there, did they still need a homeworld? The Nexus being omnipotent, how could the Borg expel the El-Aurians from there? Why don't the Borg use the power of the Nexus then? Are there still El-Aurians in the Nexus, or doesn't that matter anyway, since time is abandoned inside? If so, how can one leave the Nexus at all? Why don't the El-Aurians being in the Nexus (past or present) use the Nexus' power to fight the Borg (past, present or future), having all time of the world? El-Aurians live in the Nexus, are 500+ years old, can perceive parallel realities, what else?
Not to mention the problems with paradoxes of Nexus time travel...
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Brnd: I think the El-Aurians just kind of ended up in the Nexus by accident. It just happened across their path as they were on their way wherever they were going. As far as being aware of what was going on in the Nexus, I don't think we were given any reason to think that EVERY El-Aurian knew what it was, just possibly those who had been pulled back from it and suddenly were aware that it was a dream, more or less. Those inside might have gone on pretending that it was the real world and wouldn't have any reason to want to go after the Borg if they didn't even know they had been pulled in.
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Secondly, no-one ever said El-Auria was in the delta quadrant. Granted, it's almost certainly closer to there than the Federation, but it's probably located in a section of the beta quadrant between Earth and the DQ.
Thirdly, Guinan wasn't on a research mission to Earth in the nineteenth century. She was just there to listen. Remember how she told Data, if he was sent by her father, to tell him that she wasn't finished listening? That's just what El-Aurians do. They like to listen to people.
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