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If the Borg were unable to grow babies outside of an actually living drone, I think they just wouldn't bother. They'd see it as more trouble than it was worth. That why you'll never see a pregnant Borg.
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That is illogical. Even though the Borg assimilate other races, their biological components will require replacement at a rate that might possibly exceed the rate at which they can "harvest" new races. There is also the necessity to establish an infrastructure to distribute new biological units to where they are needed.
It would be more efficient to produce more biological replacement parts wherever they were required, to avoid the possibility that new "recruits" might not be readily available precisely when required. Assimilation, no matter what rate at which it is occurring, will not always result in the desired amount of good replacement biological units when and where required.
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I don't think that TSN is arguing with you. He's just saying that, while the Borg might use such artificial wombs as have been postulated in this thread, they are unlikely to waste a whole drone for that purpose. Which means we all agree, yes?
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Yes. And they should really have harnessed the whole invitro-concept, as it would be in their interest!
And if extensive cloning makes borg-DNA degenerated after a thousand generations like the marisposans, they could just assimilate someone and have a new fresh batch of DNA to spoil! They should have quiet a lot of alternatives to "fill their ranks", seeing as Borg ethics is just about nil.
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