What if.........

[Mark]

Suppose for a minute, that in The Best of Both Worlds that the deflector pulse had succeeded in destroying the Borg cube, and Captain Picard along with it. How would the universe under Captain William T. Riker of the Starship Enterprise have differed from the one that we know. We got a little taste of this when Worf did his little dimensional hopping, but let's take it to the next level. Share your thoughts...........

[Aaron]

The entire crew perish as slaves in the Feregni mines in Rascals cause little Picard isn't there to bail them out.

[Blackstar the Chakat]

Well, we know in one reality Worf gets promoted to first officer, Wesley becomes the tacticle officer, a cardassian takes the helm, and Worf marries Troi.

But if FC still happened they might not be able to stop the cube, the Ba'ku incident would have ended with a few QT's being used as the universal sign of protest, and Shinzon would've gotten a severe beating.

[Teaos]

I think Riker might have done ok. FC would have been a loss though.

Over all up until some point were Picard dues ex machina'ed the solution to a big problem Riker would make a fine commander.

[Monroe]

One thing about TNG is that if you took any of them out of the equation all woulda died at one point or another. Whereas ENT if you took say.. Mayweather out of the equation who would notice?

[Mikey]

One thing about TNG is that if you took any of them out of the equation all woulda died at one point or another. Whereas ENT if you took say.. Mayweather out of the equation who would notice?

Not the scriptwriters!

But seriously, folks... I agree with some here that FC would be the reals rumbling block. The E-E would have been at the battle from the beginning, and could very easily have been pulverized by an undamaged cube

[Deepcrush]

Or the added fire power of the Sov could very well have tilted the battle in SFs favor.

[Mikey]

With "Look at Me" Riker in charge, she would have been the first and largest object in any Borg crosshair.

[Deepcrush]

Is it me or did the QTs do a nasty taste of hurt to the Borg Cube?

[Mikey]

Is it me or did the QTs do a nasty taste of hurt to the Borg Cube?

Sure did, when fired into an already-injured location on a weakened cube. I wouldn't guarantee that the effect would be the same on a cube that hadn't yet been fired upon.

[Deepcrush]

Shows a strong improvement on SFs weapons as a larger fleet at 359 did no damage at all.

[Mikey]

Shows a strong improvement on SFs weapons as a larger fleet at 359 did no damage at all.

Yes it does. And... ?

[Deepcrush]

Just thinking out loud is all.

A few years ago SF couldn't hurt a Cube no matter what they did. Now they have weapons strong enough even to hurt a Cube even if its adapting to their weapons. On the top of that the E-Es QTs seemed to be a huge cut against the Borg. As if the Borg couldn't adapt to them. Why is it that Earth still doesn't have a ODP network?

[Mikey]

Because Starfleet still runs things like that.

[Deepcrush]

Well, atleast this time there were ships in Sol, and not just a few probes.