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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] The Tombaugh was assimilated in 2362, the Raven left the Federation in 2354, I forget the timescale between the Hansons going rogue and the cube catching onto them but it couldn't have been more than 12 months. Since we know that the disappearance of the Hansons was never solved until Voyager encountered Seven and it's quite possible that Starfleet never discovered what happened to the Tombaugh either so neither of these would count as a first contact. At least not a confirmed contact as far as the Federation was concerned. Personally I'm of the opinion that Starfleet had known about the Borg way ahead of time, the Raven and the Tombaugh aside we know that at least 47 El Aurians made it to Earth as early as 2293. One of them must have told someone what they were refugees from, perhaps even given them a description of the cube ships, which would explain how the Hanson's had a description before the J-25 encounter. The fact that Guinan was the only one who had ever heard of them is hardly surprising, I'm sure Starfleet is aware of dozens of potential threats and they're hardly going to brief people who probably don't need to know. As dodgy as "Regeneration" was it dose actually help matters, in my opinion because it gives Starfleet (both of them) a very good reason to keep a tight lid on the Borg threat, that being the Temporal Prime Directive, they would be afraid to alter the timeline and cause a paradox by alerting people prematurely. Indeed it seams that the Borg were well aware of the Federation since we know that in "Neutral Zone" they were probing the borders, the J-25 encounter was probably the only instance when a Federation ship actually escaped assimilation. Which could be the real reason why the Collective decided to attack; they thought their cover was blown and that the Federation would be preparing for them. So Q really did do them a favour, since they were coming anyway. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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