Borg cube

Borg cube

Service history[]

The Collective began to use cubes shortly after its creation and the cube soon became the symbolic and feared icon of the Collective. (STshort story: "The Beginning"; et al.)

In theyear2367 a single cube was able to defeat a fleet of 39FederationStarfleetstarships. (TNGepisode: "The Best of Both Worlds")

A Borg cube came through theBajoran wormhole in2369. Fortunately, the wormhole was undergoingsubspace compression at the time and destroyed the cube. (DS9novel:The Siege)

Aunusual hybrid starship encountered by theUSSEnterprise-D in2370 included components from a Borg cube. (TNGcomic: "Strategy")

In2380 remnants of the shattered Collective in theAlpha Quadrant created amassive new cube, and grew a new Queen to command it on a mission to destroy humanity. This cube was initially disabled, and the Queen destroyed by the crew of theUSSEnterprise-E. Unfortunately, the cube was not as dead as it seemed, struggling for the survival of the Collective it developed beyond anything any cube had achieved before and independently planned to restore the Collective. It assimilatedKathryn Janeway and made her its new Queen. It then prepared to attack Earth, absorbing, rather than the less efficient assimilation, anything that got in its way and anything it required. It very nearly succeeded, growing to a huge size and incredible power but was stopped by the efforts of theEnterprise crew andSeven of Nine. (TNGnovels:Resistance,Before Dishonor)

Later, in2381, several cubes launched blitzkrieg attacks into Federation space. This was deemed to be the starting point of the 2381 Borg Invasion. During the invasion, several cubes were destroyed by Federation and Klingon forces usingtransphasic torpedoes. Eventually, however, the Borg sent a force of 7000 cubes through the subspace tunnels in theAzure Nebula and into the Alpha Quadrant. Once there, the Borg armada decimated the allied fleet assembled at the nebula, leaving only theUSSVoyager intact. The armada wrecked a path of destruction across the Alpha Quadrant, leaving dozens of worlds destroyed and billions dead. (ST -Destinynovel:Mere Mortals)

When theCaeliar dismantled the Collective, the remaining Borg cubes in the armada were transformed into silver sea urchin-like spheres. (ST -Destinynovel:Lost Souls)

Overview[]

Borg cubes were not constructed as such, but grown, in their own way being a lifeform within the Collective. Prior to2380 no cube had ever been created outside theDelta Quadrant. Cubes could vary in size, but were typically large vessels; several kilometers in each dimension, up to the size of a small planet in exceptional circumstances. (TNGnovel:Before Dishonor)

Features[]

Like all Borg vessels, Borg cubes operated in a completely decentralized manner with nobridge orengineering but duplicated systems all over the cube so that theoretically even if as much as eighty percent of a cube were destroyed it could continue to operate. In fact, cubes did not even have a single unifiedhull but instead feature multipleforcefield projectors which are able to extend and contain theatmosphere in a cube as necessary. The internal pressure aboard a Borg cube was two kilopascals above what would be normal on a Federation starship, humidity was an average 92 percent, and temperature was at 39.1° Celsius. (The Collector's Edition Issue 32: "{{{3}}}"^{[citation needed]};TNGmovie,novelization &comic adaptation:First Contact)

A cube's decentralized systems included extensive weaponry; 36 programmable weapons arrays capable of producingphaser beams andtorpedoes, 12 focusedneutron beams capable of cutting through starships'hulls and 24tractor beam emitters. Cubes are also equipped with 240sensor arrays and a variety of propulsion systems,impulse engines, multiplewarp field conduits capable of propelling the cube in any direction at a cruisingspeed of warp 8 and top speed of warp 9.99 and multipletranswarp coils allowing the cube to enter and traverse the Borg'stranswarp network. Earlier estimates by the Federation hinted at at least warp speeds of 9.9, allowing the vessels to travel 7,000light years in one calendar year. (The Collector's Edition Issue 32: "{{{3}}}"^{[citation needed]};TNGvideo game:Echoes from the Past)

Environmental conditions aboard a Borg cube: average internal temperature of 39.1°Celsius, 92.5% relative humidity, anartificial gravity of 1.098Gs, and anatmospheric pressure of 106.46 kiloPascals. (ST -New Worlds, New Civilizationsshort story: "The Heart of Darkness")

The cubes also had an "unknown projection field" which was capable of blocking Starfleet transporters. (TNGvideo game:Echoes from the Past)

By2377 the Collective had developed a way to join eight cubes together to form a single large vehicle called afusion cube. (STvideo game:Armada II)

Layout[]

Notable locations within a cube included a primary subprocessing matrix as well as numerous assimilation chambers. (VOYvideo game:Elite Force)

Known cubes[]

Borg cubes

Cube 461 •Cube 630 •Cube 632 •C935-15497 •C935-15784 •C935-16448 •C935-16845 •C935-18978 •C935-34632 •C935-38424 •C935-38482 •C935-46818 •C935-48648 •C935-48962 •C935-54891 •C935-54835 •C935-58471 •C935-71967 •C935-73743 •C935-74564 •C935-76119 •C935-79244 •C935-84388 •C935-84487 •C935-86248 •C935-86287 •C935-94684 •Cube 1184 •Cube 19721 •Cube 45208 •Cube 90182 •Borg Queen's cube •Locutus's cube •Supercube •unnamed Borg cubes see also:fusion cube •tactical cube •tactical fusion cube

Appendices[]

Connections[]

Borgstarship classes
	assembler •assimilator •collector •colony ship •command ship •cone •cube •detector •diamond •fusion cube •harbinger •harmonic defender •hypercube •interceptor •obelisk •pyramid •rectangle •scout •sphere •tactical cube •tactical fusion cube •torus •wedge •workbee

References[]

• VOY -Myriad Universes -Infinity's Prismnovella:Places of Exile
• PICnovel:Firewall

External link[]

• Borg cube article atMemory Alpha, the wiki for canonStar Trek.