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[QUOTE]Originally posted by MinutiaeMan: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Peregrinus: [qb] No, I mean: "They're not interested in you, only your ship - its technology. They've identified it as something they can consume."[/qb][/QUOTE]One could possibly argue that Q was speaking at this point simply concerning the Borg's [i]immediate[/i] interests -- specifically, just how much they might be able to resist. After all, since we know that the Borg already have other Humans assimilated into the Collective, grabbing a few more bodies from the Enterprise doesn't have to be a huge priority. Getting examples of the latest and greatest of the Humans' technology, however, [i]does[/i]. [QUOTE][qb]"When they come, they'll come in force. They don't do anything piecemeal."[/qb][/QUOTE]This from the woman whose entire race was virtually wiped out by the Borg. Perhaps for whatever reason the Collective decided to launch a single, sudden offensive against the El Aurians for whatever reason, just like they did in "Dark Frontier." I somehow doubt that Guinan's one point of reference must absolutely be the only way the Borg operate. [QUOTE][qb]The whole notion of "assimilating" other species popped up out of nowhere in "Best of Both Worlds", along with all the other continuity violations.[/qb][/QUOTE]Yes, I can't deny that as the writers' intentions changed, it did represent a continuity violation with respect to their original intentions. However, I don't think that it has to STAY a contradiction -- we can have explanations for various changes. Just like I suggested above. [QUOTE][qb]They went from relentless to brainless and slimy.[/qb][/QUOTE]Oh, agreed. But IMO that was Voyager (and "First Contact" to a lesser extent) that made that change, not TNG. Remember that in TNG, "I, Borg" showed just a SINGLE drone, separated from the Collective. That has absolutely nothing to do with how the Borg operate as a whole. And then "Descent" shows what happens to GROUPS of drones when their collective mind is eliminated. Neither of these two episodes have anything to do with the Collective itself. It's only when we start having the Queen and Seven of Nine that they start looking a lot more incompetent. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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