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Borg Cube

A massive cube shaped spacecraft that was first encountered on Stardate 42762.2 near System J-25 in the Beta Quadrant by the USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D, thanks to Q. The Borg cube was one of the most formidable technologies known to the Federation in the late 24th century. Its lack of identifiable functional spaces, such as a bridge, engineering, or personnel quarters, revealed the hive-like Borg collective consciousness and its drones. It not only carried “smart” weaponry that adapted, but it could analyze an opponent’s weapons systems and adapt defenses within seconds.^[1] On Stardate 43989.7, another Borg cube—sent to assimilate Earth and its technology—traveled to the Alpha Quadrant using a transwarp conduit to make their journey and was briefly led by Locutus, the assimilated Captain Jean-Luc Picard.^[2] Another cube tried to assimilate Earth in 2373, but was destroyed by a concentrated barrage from a Starfleet armada. It ejected a smaller sphere which created a time vortex in an attempt to travel back in time and assimilate Earth in 2063, preventing First Contact between Humans and Vulcans.^[3]