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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] Yeah, I know that they MEANT "wormhole," but I was wondering why the Encyclopedia still said the probe was swallowed by a black hole, and then sent across the galaxy. The whole theory behind a black hole is that it's a giant sucker... anything goes in, and it doesn't come back out. Like a giant interstellar roach motel. ;) To comment on the V'ger/Borg theory, I used to like that idea as well. But then I realized a couple of problems:[list] [*]The Borg, as a powerful, interstellar-capable species, would consider the Voyager 6 probe to be completely irrelevant. Primitive technology. [*]Their goal is assimilation, not coexisting with "kindred spirits." If they'd done anything with the probe, they would've used the golden plaque to find Earth and assimilate it before Zefram Cochrane ever even thought of warp theory. [*]Spock spoke of the Machine Planet as a "society" of machines, with nothing approaching the combination of biological and technological components. In fact, the entire point of the climax of the movie was Decker and Ilia merging with V'ger to provide the "organic leap" in consciousness. [*]The power that V'ger wielded is far beyond anything the Borg have demonstrated. A massive cloud some 80 AU's in diameter to surround a gigantic spaceship? Massive plasma-based "digitizing" beams that can wipe out ships with a single bolt? [/list] Aside from the basis of a machine-oriented "society," there's really not much that's similar between V'ger and the Borg. Besides, doesn't the Encyclopedia state that Roddenberry "JOKINGLY" suggested that the Machine Planet was the Borg? I think it was a JOKE! ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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