Thread speculating on how different species might be be fairing as "XBs" (liberated Borg drones).
A few ideas I'll toss out:
Vulcan: Might seem like they'd handle the situation more smoothly, but would they? Vulcans spend their entire lives learning how to tame their volatile emotions. Imagine a Vulcan spending years in the Collective, not needing any of that mental discipline and effort, only to suddenly be cut off from that easy sense of control and order. Might a Vulcan actually have a harder time un-assimilating than most humanoids?
Joined Trill: Since knowledge is what the Borg are after when they assimilate, they're probably not going to kill or disregard the symbiont. But would they leave it in the host's body? Or would it be more practical to separate them, utilizing the host as a typical drone, and hooking the symbiont up to the mainframe of a cube?
Vorta: Likely would have been replaced with another clone by the Dominion. The liberated Vorta would then have to learn to live without the Dominion, and, after one lifetime of serving the Founders and another of serving the Collective, have to learn to think and live for themselves for the first time.
Jem'Hadar: Like the Vorta, he (I think most Jem'Hadar are "hes") must now learn to think for himself. Might the the knowledge he gained from the Collective inspire him to abandon his warrior upbringing for something else? Or even change his gender identity?
Ferengi: Would waste not time selling Borg scrap, even from their own body, for profit.
Ocampa: Nine-year lifespan might be extended thanks to Borg upgrades.
Let's hear some more ideas.
A few ideas I'll toss out:
Vulcan: Might seem like they'd handle the situation more smoothly, but would they? Vulcans spend their entire lives learning how to tame their volatile emotions. Imagine a Vulcan spending years in the Collective, not needing any of that mental discipline and effort, only to suddenly be cut off from that easy sense of control and order. Might a Vulcan actually have a harder time un-assimilating than most humanoids?
Joined Trill: Since knowledge is what the Borg are after when they assimilate, they're probably not going to kill or disregard the symbiont. But would they leave it in the host's body? Or would it be more practical to separate them, utilizing the host as a typical drone, and hooking the symbiont up to the mainframe of a cube?
- Separation usually kills the host, but that's because the brains are dependent on each other; since a drone is arguably a brain-dead body controlled by the Collective, this might not be an issue...until the drone is liberated.
- If the symbiont hooked up to the cube's mainframe is suddenly liberated, could it control the entire cube to its own will? Or would it just break free and slink away?
- In Unimatrix Zero, might a joined Trill drone (or just the assimilated symbiont) appear as a different host, every time they "log in"?
Vorta: Likely would have been replaced with another clone by the Dominion. The liberated Vorta would then have to learn to live without the Dominion, and, after one lifetime of serving the Founders and another of serving the Collective, have to learn to think and live for themselves for the first time.
Jem'Hadar: Like the Vorta, he (I think most Jem'Hadar are "hes") must now learn to think for himself. Might the the knowledge he gained from the Collective inspire him to abandon his warrior upbringing for something else? Or even change his gender identity?
Ferengi: Would waste not time selling Borg scrap, even from their own body, for profit.
Ocampa: Nine-year lifespan might be extended thanks to Borg upgrades.
Let's hear some more ideas.
