- Third of Five
- Locutus of Borg
- Seven of Nine
- Borg Queen
- Nanoprobes in the bloodstream
- Physiology varied according to the assimilated species
- Pale gray-blue skin
- Implants were surgically attached or grown internally by nanoprobes
- The nature of these implants varied from drone to drone
- Damaged or dead drones are deactivated or vaporized
- Quick to adapt
- Drones regenerated in Borg alcoves
- Did not procreate; they would add to the Collective's population only by assimilation
- A Cortical Node controlled all of the drone's cybernetic implants
- A neural transceiver kept them connected to the hive mind
- A personal force field protected each drone from most energy-based attacks
- Each drone possessed a pair of assimilation tubules
- A cortical processor allowed a drone to rapidly assimilate visual information
- No individual existed within the Borg Collective; all are linked into a hive mind
- Made decisions as a single entity, Queen was the central processor for them
- Perfection through the forcible assimilation of species & technologies was their goal
- Precise origins were unknown, originated in the Delta Quadrant
- 1484: Had assimilated only a handful of star systems of the Quadrant
- 2063, a Borg sphere traveled back in time from 2373 to the Earth of that year
- 23rd Century: Assimilated the homeworld of the El-Aurians
- 2365: Experienced their first contact with the Federation via the USS Enterprise-D
- 2366-67: Sent a cube to the Alpha Quadrant on a mission to assimilate Earth, it failed
- 2373: Sent a Cube to sector 001, on a direct course for Earth, it was destroyed
- 2373-74: Fought a war with Species 8472, only defeated them with the USS Voyager’s help
- 2378: Infected with a pathogen, almost destroyed the Collective
- 2400s: Joined forces with rogue Changelings, attacked the Federation & were defeated
