I’m seeing some strong parallels to Star Trek: First Contact so far this series.
The first time that the Borg Queen travelled back in time she/the collective was intent upon assimilating earth. Now, she is travelling back in time along with our hero’s to save Earth’s future as a part of Picard’s rag tag crew.
Or, once again does the Borg Queen have a dastardly plan, with her eventually pulling that old ‘First Contact’ chestnut out of her handbag and thinking that this is a convenient opportunity to travel in to the past so that she can once again attempt to assimilate the future? Surely she doesn’t care which future is assimilated as long as the Borg survive? Picard should know better really from past experience, though I understand that he has a lot at stake and is under quite a lot of pressure at the moment - potentially he could also be be suffering from mild concussion after Q’s left jab. I hope that the Queen genuinely does have good intentions as she is really quite adorable in this iteration… but as already mentioned, there was a whole movie about this lady epically destroying an entire fleet of starships along with hundreds of lives for this kind of opportunity to travel back in time and change Earth’s history. It looks to to me that the Borg Queen doesn’t need a cube and sphere this time if this is indeed her plan… she has Picard and the La Sirena ready and willing to take her along for the ride.
Thinking more positively, perhaps this collaboration between Picard and the Borg is what leads to an eventual peace treaty/non aggression pact with the Borg, as the ‘prime’ Queen can sense this alternate personification of herself and experience the benefits of friendship and collaboration with other species instead of blatantly assimilating them? Perhaps the Borg do eventually join the Federation, allowing all species to be linked in to a peaceful collective consciousness, similar to how all of the Borg survivors were linked in the Voyager episode ‘Unity’. Imagine the benefits to the Federation from a technological perspective, and from a social and political perspective how a collective consciousness (not assimilation) could bring benefits to universal peace as long as individuality, freedom and self determination could also somehow be maintained and preserved. Of course from a cultural perspective, this would allow for the ultimate way of understanding all Federation members and species as they join the Federation; their customs, history and experience could be shared with everyone, enriching Federation society and also allowing for the whole of the Federation collective consciousness to preserve these things and have shared experiences.
This season so far for me seems like a mix of:
All Good Things (TNG)
Futures End (Voyager)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek: First Contact
and possibly Past Tense (DS9)
The first time that the Borg Queen travelled back in time she/the collective was intent upon assimilating earth. Now, she is travelling back in time along with our hero’s to save Earth’s future as a part of Picard’s rag tag crew.
Or, once again does the Borg Queen have a dastardly plan, with her eventually pulling that old ‘First Contact’ chestnut out of her handbag and thinking that this is a convenient opportunity to travel in to the past so that she can once again attempt to assimilate the future? Surely she doesn’t care which future is assimilated as long as the Borg survive? Picard should know better really from past experience, though I understand that he has a lot at stake and is under quite a lot of pressure at the moment - potentially he could also be be suffering from mild concussion after Q’s left jab. I hope that the Queen genuinely does have good intentions as she is really quite adorable in this iteration… but as already mentioned, there was a whole movie about this lady epically destroying an entire fleet of starships along with hundreds of lives for this kind of opportunity to travel back in time and change Earth’s history. It looks to to me that the Borg Queen doesn’t need a cube and sphere this time if this is indeed her plan… she has Picard and the La Sirena ready and willing to take her along for the ride.
Thinking more positively, perhaps this collaboration between Picard and the Borg is what leads to an eventual peace treaty/non aggression pact with the Borg, as the ‘prime’ Queen can sense this alternate personification of herself and experience the benefits of friendship and collaboration with other species instead of blatantly assimilating them? Perhaps the Borg do eventually join the Federation, allowing all species to be linked in to a peaceful collective consciousness, similar to how all of the Borg survivors were linked in the Voyager episode ‘Unity’. Imagine the benefits to the Federation from a technological perspective, and from a social and political perspective how a collective consciousness (not assimilation) could bring benefits to universal peace as long as individuality, freedom and self determination could also somehow be maintained and preserved. Of course from a cultural perspective, this would allow for the ultimate way of understanding all Federation members and species as they join the Federation; their customs, history and experience could be shared with everyone, enriching Federation society and also allowing for the whole of the Federation collective consciousness to preserve these things and have shared experiences.
This season so far for me seems like a mix of:
All Good Things (TNG)
Futures End (Voyager)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek: First Contact
and possibly Past Tense (DS9)
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