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Sorak
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What if...

Can the Borg adapt to water? That's not energy OR projectiles (in the literal sense), so the Borg might not be able to screen it out. And the water mixing with the cybernetic implants should short them out, correct? They are electronic-based. Picard or Janeway could just beam over an away team with Super Soakers set to soak!!!

Would that work?

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David Templar
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Um... No.

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Mucus
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...urge to beat Soark with wiffle bats increasing....

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Toadkiller
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Come on man -

If the borg can't get wet - what does that do to all the 7 of 9 fan-fic?
[Eek!]

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Harry
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I would think the Borg can get wet. If not then they could never assimilate a planet on which it can rain.

Things like water, slippery floors or tripwires are good for comedy value, but I doubt it would really stop the Borg.

[ September 20, 2002, 02:22: Message edited by: Harry ]

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Amasov Prime
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The human body is mostly water. If the implanted Borg-stuff can't get wet, how comes those applications work? OK, the Borg could have extracted all the blood and replaced it with some sort of synthetic "blood replacement", but the Drone in FC lost some blood when Worf cut off its arm.

Don't you think the highly-advanced Borg aren't able to develope *something* (shielding, better isolation, whatever) to make them water resistent?

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Cartman
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They could, unlike those stuuuuuuuuuuuupid aliens from Signs. Which this topic reminded me of.

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Lee
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If Borg can wander around quite happily in a vacuum, I doubt a little water is going to inconvenience them unduly.

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Sorak
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Ok, ok...

*feels sufficiently chastised*

Thanks for clearing that up, guys!

And don't let that space mucus near a whiffle bat. [Big Grin]

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EdipisReks
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you could use a high pressure water hose on them, maybe. speaking of signs, i think i'm going to go conquer a planet where the atmosphere, the people, and the landscape are 75% 18 molar sulfuric acid. that should be fun.

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Sorak
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If the borg can't get wet - what does that do to all the 7 of 9 fan-fic?

Mmmm...good point, though she had most of her implants removed.

"Where no man has gone before," indeed...

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Most of her implants... *pffffffft*

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Lee
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That was a bionic hand she got, right? So that could suggest. . . other attachments?

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Lee
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Actually, Edipis' suggestion has got me thinking now. . . We've seen how energy weapons can have the effect of knocking objects flying, suggesting either a kinetic-energy component to the beam, or that on impact some of the energy is converted to same - How much could a Borg's presonal shield take, I wonder? Probably sufficient that any kinetic weapon used against them would have such a muzzle velocity the assailant might also be sent flying by the recoil. . . Heh. The prefect way to kill a Borg - run into them with a bus. 8)

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AndrewR
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The REAL question is, can the Borg assimilate Breen!?! [Smile]

Answer: *Boorwwaaaareeeerehhhreeeeppp*

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