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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] I find it hard to believe that the Borg DIDN'T want to engage the fleet at Wolf 359. Considering the scale of interstellar space and the speeds that the cube was capable of, it would've been a simple matter for them to avoid flying right up to meet the defenders. And seeing as how the fleet was made up of a bunch of older, slower ships too, the would never have been able to catch up if the Borg just warped past outside the system. Therefore, the Borg WANTED to fight the fleet at Wolf 359. They allowed Starfleet to choose the time and place of the battle, because resistance was of course futile. The Borg got the chance to assimilate extra victims, not to mention wiping out the local defense fleet. I'd be willing to bet that the Borg would've been most vulnerable after they started the process of assimilating Earth, when their resources had to be focused on subduing the local population. If the Wolf 359 fleet had been bypassed and then caught up with them in Earth orbit, that might've actually posed a (slightly larger) threat to the Borg. Anyway, I don't see anything wrong with assuming that the Borg took their time in assimilating victims after the battle was over -- after all, the Enterprise caught up to the cube shortly after passing through the debris field. One pet peeve of mine... why does everyone INSIST that the Melbourne was that Excelsior-class ship in "Emissary"? Is it simply the listing from the Encyclopedia that that assertion is based on? I've never, ever been able to read the Excelsior's hull lettering that clearly at all. Or is there some other evidence that I've forgotten about? I suppose I can accept Riker being offered command of the Melbourne if that ship were merely coincidentally commandeered by Admiral Hanson for his emergency jaunt out to Jouret IV, and was not his personal ship. (I wouldn't want to get command of a ship if I was going to get pushed aside every week when the Admiral came aboard!) But then, don't forget that the Melbourne was originally a Nebula-class, too... (One of those old SWDAO's...) Also, don't forget the context of Shelby and Riker observing the wreckage -- Of course it might've been a bit more distant, but I certainly didn't see anything that resembled a standard Excelsior-class starship among the wreckage there. And with one or two exceptions, none of the ships from BOBW were seen in "Emissary," which strongly implies that we saw the portions of two separate groups of the fleet. Therefore, since the class of the USS Gage was never established (aside from the uncertain Apollo-class in the Encyclopedia), perhaps the *Gage* was the Excelsior that bought it? Finally, regarding the issue of the point in which the Saratoga's engagement occurred, I just remembered one MAJOR line from "Emissary"... Captain Storil says, "Load all torpedo bays, ready phasers." That's not something you say in the middle of a battle, it's what you say at the BEGINNING! ;) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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