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Here's a compromise: Q was telling the truth, from a certain point of view.
Seriously. Remember the line from "Dark Frontier," where the Queen said something to the effect that Humanity was a biologically inferior species, "wholly unremarkable." So in "Q Who?" they found this ship with unremarkable beings, but with some cool-looking technology. They sent the scout aboard to check out the technology.
And also remember that EVERYTHING that Starfleet knew was provided by Q. And so the apparently-changed priorities were not changed at all -- the Borg just became more interested in Humanity because of their strong capacity for resistance.
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i agree. when the borg first saw the Enterprise, all they cared about was the tech. once the Federation managed to beat the Borg back a couple times, the Borg started wondering about the biological component, as the relatively inferior Federation tech wasn't winning battles by itself.
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Well, the babies in the nursery still had to be assimilated, yes? Whether or not the Borg were actually interested in "biological distinctiveness" back then is one thing. But it's obvious that they have, for a very long time, assimilated people by sticking cybernetic implants in them, if for no other reason than to increase their numbers.
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Oh, I'm not saying that now it's not obvious that the Borg have always been into the assimilation thing. Certainly every episode post "I, Borg" implies or shows that the Borg have been assimilating for centuries.
All I'm saying is that at the time of "Q Who", I'm sure it was the intention of the writers that the Borg were only interested in technology, and didn't give a jot about assimilating organic life forms.
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Sorry, got too much into the "rationalizing" role again...
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I've never read anything to confirm that. But then, I've never read anything to deny it either. In fact, I never even realised that the Conspiracy aliens evolved into the Borg in the first place until you mentioned it a while back.
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