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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: [QB] [QUOTE]It's worth noting here that although the Borg are often viewed as having all the stealthiness of a bull in a china shop, this actually isn't the case at all. For instance, in 2364 the Borg probed the Federation-Romulan Neutral Zone, perhaps some of the most well-defended and well-monitored real estate in the Alpha Quadrant. There, they destroyed or assimilated bases and outposts on both sides. Neither side had the first clue who did it. Compare that to "Balance of Terror"[TOS1], in which Earth outposts, even under devastating attack by a Romulan ship armed with weapons of extraordinary power, had sufficient time to send distress calls and telemetry. [/QUOTE]Possibly, the Borg took not only the colonies but also the various satelites, communications systems and monitoring devices. Kind of as a cross-section of the culture's tech level. By TNG, the taken colonies might have been considered low security by both Federation and Romulans- as they had no contact for 30(?) years. Heck, the colonies night not have been actual parts of either empire, but protectorates claimed when both powers were trying to grab as much territory as possible. So- it's not stealth as much as it's a lack of vigilance on the Fed/Romulans' part. But thats' just my notion- we'll never really know. It may be Borg policy to nab colonies in disputed areas- both as a gauge of the powers' defenses and (possibly) to have them remain at conflict with each other as a means of improving the species prior to assimilation. All that is assuming that the Borg are only one collective and that it's run by the scheming petty Queen from Voyager (and not the unstoppable force from Q who? /BOBW) Also, [quote]For the Borg to have only encountered 250 species over 670 years is remarkable. By the time the Federation was 200 years old, for instance, an individual like Data could encounter 1754 "non-human" species in his lifetime ("Darmok"[TNG5]), and members of hundreds of humanoid species reside on Earth per Harry Kim in "Hope and Fear"[VOY4].[/i] Hmmm...they might have spent all that time assimilating a few (or single) interstellar cultures that fought back bitterly (resulting in that whole "fragmentary history" from biological or computer systems attack). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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