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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Futurama Guy: [QB] I thought I would bring this up as syndication just re-ran "Dark Frontier" and I caught something about 'Starfleets concern about security' while watching part of it. Upon further investigation, I noticed on the "official website" a somewhat plausable explaination as to why the Borg were not more common-knowledge during the 24th Century despite the El Aurians and everything else ("Regeneration" events aside).... [QUOTE][qb] Re: U.S.S. Raven.... At least 10 years prior to the U.S.S. Enterprise-D's first encounter with the Borg, the Federation had some knowledge of the existence of the Borg, based on encounters with species who had been affected by them (such as the El-Aurians, whose homeworld was destroyed 90 years before). [i]However, such knowledge was not made public among the Federation because information was too sketchy and unconfirmed to hold briefings with Starfleet personnel. (For example, there were descriptions of cube-shaped vessels, but no information on what Borg individuals looked like, other than rumors that they were cybernetically enhanced.)[/i] Two of the people privy to these rumors were Magnus and Erin Hansen, who petitioned the Federation Council on Exobiology to let them travel deep into unknown space on the U.S.S. Raven to observe and study the Borg. Their petition was granted ca. Stardate 32611, [i]in spite of Starfleet's concern about security issues,[/i] and the Raven departed from Deep Space 4 toward the Delta Quadrant. [/qb][/QUOTE]I know it sounds like the writers trying to weasle their way out of Voyager totally fucking up Borg continuity (or the web content advisors covering the writers asses), but I think I can almost buy this as an explaination for the consistant 'fallback' of the date of 'first contact'. Obviously this was writted before "Regeration" but this seems to sum it up pretty well..."not made public among the Federation because information was too sketchy and unconfirmed". I guess that leaves us to ponder that perhaps Starfleet either was not overly concerned about a threat located so far away with localized (of the time) threats like the Klingons and Romulans. Or, maybe it was just something they didnt feel they needed to worry about, and treated it skeptically like current governments do regarding UFOs! :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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