Bord history

sunnyside · Post by **sunnyside** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 9:58 pm

I just read the borg history article.

Could a possibility for the information from Enterprise being lost be part of an active coverup?

The reason being the temporal prime directive. From a purely practical standpoint it makes sense to act on the information gained from the time traveling borg.

But it would also makes sense from a purely practical point of view to do the Janeway thing across the whole of starfleet and get Kirk into a Sovereign!

Clearly starfleet proper keeps way away from that. So maybe they took the data from the enterprise and decided that since it was clearly from the future that using it would not only violate the prime directive, but also spin them off into a very different timeline, perhaps one that does not go well for starfleet.

Also is this the right place for something like this? If not shuffle it away.

Granitehewer · Post by **Granitehewer** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:06 pm

I can't readily reconcile 'regeneration' with the rest of none-ENT established trek, but there are Borg threads in tng/voy here and even the 'regeneration' thread in 'enterprise' that might deal with this particular pickle

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:10 pm

In the comentary that comes with that episode on the DvD the writers explain the loss of knowledge as a number of factors:

-The Borg never say "We are the Borg, resistance is futile" in the episode because they don't always say that, they didn't when they first met Picard.

-There are numerous cybernetic creatures in the Galaxy. The Borg are just the most well known now. At the time of Enterprise there were several races that had cybernetic implants.

-The subspace transmision had already reached the Borg when Picard was thrown there. Q wouldn't have started a huge mess that wasn't already on its way. He just wanted to put Picard in the forefront of it all.

-Doctor Crusher used Dr. Phlox's research to help save Picard.

Now clearly the writer's defense has several large holes in it but those are their reasons why they thought it was okay. And personally I enjoyed the episode but thought the Borg should erase all the data about them when they left Earth and again when they left Enterprise.

Post by **Teaos** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:14 am

I personaly hatethe idea of such a huge screw up by Enterprise. It is probably the single worse thing they ever did to continuity.

Those reasons could work but it is severaly straining credability.

Post by **Mikey** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 2:28 am

Yet another example of Enterprise forcing the viewer down a serious stretch of rationality, instead of actually presenting plots that make sense right from the outset.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:18 am

Oh, don't get me started on Enterprise, my problems with it could fill a book.

Post by **Mikey** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:19 am

Rochey wrote:Oh, don't get me started on Enterprise, my problems with it could fill a book.

One which would, I'm sure, embody a good deal more thoughtfulness and care than the actual Enterprise screenplays...

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:43 pm

Well, it's not like it would be difficult...