BORG (Collective)

Borg are cybernetically-enhanced humanoids from somewhere in the Delta Quadrant. Technological implants make them into a cyborg-type race, with all the advantages and disadvantages that implies. All Borg are linked together through cybernetic networks on board each Borg mothership. The motherships are presumed to maintain a link to the homeworld.

There are no individuals (per se) in the Borg Collective. Borg are very intelligent and highly adaptable. Each Borg is specifically modified to perform a specific task. All Borg have had one arm replaced with a multi-purpose socketable implant onto which many different devices can be placed. The usual devices carried by exploration teams are a beam weapon of some type, along with equipment similar in nature to Tricorders.

Borg spend most of their time exploring the galaxy looking for new material for their worlds. They take any type of technological devices they can find, and adapt it for their own use. They also take intelligent species and assimilate them into Borg culture by adding cybernetics to the captured beings. This electronically takes away the free will of the individual and replaces it with a dedication to the Borg.

Borg generally cannot survive for long if separated from the controlling influence of their mothership. The mothership is connected through subspace communications to the homeworld.

Borg are so linked to each other that they are rarely surprised by anything, and are considered to be unfazeable for this purpose. The cybernetic implants also grant Borg the ability to make mathematical calculations with ease.

Borg (whether or not they are converts) are also unaging, immune to poisons, and immune to disease. Borg can be damaged by electromagnetic pulses, but they are -very- adaptable, and can adjust themselves to any form of attack quickly; so much so, that they soon can be virtually immune to that form of attack.

The Borg Bionic Reconstruction gives them several advantages, including a built-in weapons link, an implanted communicator, an interface jack, a cybernetic eye and a cybernetic ear.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard proved that the bionic reconstruction can be reversed, but his operation for reversal occurred very soon after his capture and assimilation. It is not known how long a captured race could remain a Borg and be converted back to natural successfully.



BORG (Non-Collective)

These Borg are the same as the regular Borg except that they are individuals that have broken off from the Collective and have free will. One such group of these are "Hugh's" Borg. These are the Borg that were given emotions by Lore, Data's "Brother". There is only one group of these Borg known to exist, although it may be possible for many such Borg to exist with the help of other individuals that have the technology to remove the Borg cybernetics. Captain Picard could be considered a Non-Collective Borg who has regained all his past memories. Other than the above, the description is the same as for the standard Borg.

The Borg were encountered several times in the UCIP. For more information regarding some of these encounters, click here.