Borg Collective
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- Appearance: Collective organism formed of trillions of individual assimilated beings
- Homeworld: Arehaz (Star Trek: Destiny)
- Cultural notes
- Operations directed by Borg Queen (Star Trek: First Contact; VOY: "Unity", "Dark Frontier", "Unimatrix Zero", "Endgame")
- Instantiated avatar of the will of the collective as a whole (Star Trek: First Contact)
- Construction tends towards massive geometric forms
- Operations directed by Borg Queen (Star Trek: First Contact; VOY: "Unity", "Dark Frontier", "Unimatrix Zero", "Endgame")
History
- 4527 BCE: Formation of the Borg Collective (Novel: Lost Souls)
- c.early 2nd millennium: Extended war with unknown creators of the planet killer weapon (TNG Novel: Vendetta)
- Date presumptive as potential explanation of lowered presence c.15th century
- c.15th century: Minor presence in Delta Quadrant (VOY: "Dragon's Teeth")
- c. 18th to 20th century: Attack on Shgin homeworld (TNG Novel: Vendetta)
- 2260s: Attack on El-Auria (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)
- By c.2300s: Early rumors of Borg begin spreading through Federation space upon arrival of El-Aurian diaspora (VOY: "The Raven")
- By early 2350s: Borg advancement reaches deep Beta Quadrant
- 2354: First recorded assimilation of a Human (TNG Novel: Vendetta)
- 2364: Undetected scouts first reach near-Alpha Quadrant space, attacking and assimilating outposts in Romulan Neutral Zone (TNG: "The Neutral Zone")
- 2365: First identified by Romulan deep-Beta listening posts (TNG Short Story: "Suicide Note")
- 2365: First direct contact with Federation (TNG: "Q Who")
- Direct encounter between Borg Cube vessel, USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) at system J-25 in deep Beta Quadrant (TNG: "Q Who")
- January 1-2, 2367: Attack against core Federation territory (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds")
- October 15-19, 2367: Attack against outlying Beta Quadrant Federation territories (TNG Novel: Vendetta)
- Near-destruction of Penzatti homeworld interrupted by destruction of Borg cube by Delcara's planet killer (TNG Novel: Vendetta)
- December 8, 2369: Starfleet encounter (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- Uridi'si (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
- October 1, 2373: Attack against Earth (Star Trek: First Contact)
- Near-Earth space (Star Trek: First Contact)