Can the Borg adapt to water? That's not energy OR projectiles (in the literal sense), so the Borg might not be able to screen it out. And the water mixing with the cybernetic implants should short them out, correct? They are electronic-based. Picard or Janeway could just beam over an away team with Super Soakers set to soak!!!
Would that work?
Posted by David Templar (Member # 580) on :
Um... No.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
...urge to beat Soark with wiffle bats increasing....
Posted by Toadkiller (Member # 425) on :
Come on man -
If the borg can't get wet - what does that do to all the 7 of 9 fan-fic? Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
I would think the Borg can get wet. If not then they could never assimilate a planet on which it can rain.
Things like water, slippery floors or tripwires are good for comedy value, but I doubt it would really stop the Borg.
[ September 20, 2002, 02:22: Message edited by: Harry ]
Posted by Cpt. Kyle Amasov (Member # 742) on :
The human body is mostly water. If the implanted Borg-stuff can't get wet, how comes those applications work? OK, the Borg could have extracted all the blood and replaced it with some sort of synthetic "blood replacement", but the Drone in FC lost some blood when Worf cut off its arm.
Don't you think the highly-advanced Borg aren't able to develope *something* (shielding, better isolation, whatever) to make them water resistent?
Posted by E. Cartman (Member # 256) on :
They could, unlike those stuuuuuuuuuuuupid aliens from Signs. Which this topic reminded me of.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
If Borg can wander around quite happily in a vacuum, I doubt a little water is going to inconvenience them unduly.
Posted by Cadet Sorak (Member # 874) on :
Ok, ok...
*feels sufficiently chastised*
Thanks for clearing that up, guys!
And don't let that space mucus near a whiffle bat. Posted by EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
you could use a high pressure water hose on them, maybe. speaking of signs, i think i'm going to go conquer a planet where the atmosphere, the people, and the landscape are 75% 18 molar sulfuric acid. that should be fun.
Posted by Cadet Sorak (Member # 874) on :
quote: If the borg can't get wet - what does that do to all the 7 of 9 fan-fic?
Mmmm...good point, though she had most of her implants removed.
"Where no man has gone before," indeed...
Posted by Capped In Mic (Member # 709) on :
Most of her implants... *pffffffft*
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
That was a bionic hand she got, right? So that could suggest. . . other attachments?
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Actually, Edipis' suggestion has got me thinking now. . . We've seen how energy weapons can have the effect of knocking objects flying, suggesting either a kinetic-energy component to the beam, or that on impact some of the energy is converted to same - How much could a Borg's presonal shield take, I wonder? Probably sufficient that any kinetic weapon used against them would have such a muzzle velocity the assailant might also be sent flying by the recoil. . . Heh. The prefect way to kill a Borg - run into them with a bus. 8)
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
The REAL question is, can the Borg assimilate Breen!?!
Answer: *Boorwwaaaareeeerehhhreeeeppp*
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
What about assimilating a shapeshifter species? Would the Borg use the shapeshifting abilities?
Posted by Cadet Sorak (Member # 874) on :
No, probably not. The Borg assimilate technology more than they assimilate people, and they don't retain physical characteristics of the assimilated race throughout the collective. For example, since Borg have assimilated Klingons, they don't all have riged foreheads, or the pointy ears of Vulcans, or the telepathic abilities of Betazoids. So it stands to reason that only the assimilated shapeshifters would have the shapeshifting ability.
If they got assimilated in the first place, that is.
I doubt any would, though...if the Borg invaded, all the shapeshifter would have to do is look like a bulkhead, or a tree, or a rock, or something unworthy of assimilation. I'd be surprised if a shapeshifter ever got assimilated.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Actually, do we know if shapeshifters have cells? Or are they energy-based or what?
If they do have cells, there's no reason why nanoprobes would have any difficulty assimilating them cell by cell. The traditional cyborg attachments might be more troublesome....but hey, the Borg can adapt Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
There are lots of different shapeshifters in town, but if we're talking about the Founders, their exact composition wasn't really delved into, other than the fact that they are, fundamentally, matter.
(Or so it was safe to assume until Odo tried his hand at being fire for awhile. Zuh?)
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Plus the fact that when they(Founders) shrink in size, they don't seem to retain their mass. I.e. Odo flying as a bird, or Quark having no problem carrying him around as a medikit or something in some episode or other.
Hence the qualifiers.
One wonders how a completely energy based life form would evolve anyways, but whatever.
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