Effective Anti-Borg Weapon
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I agree with Edit. The time saved is worth the time "wasted"....
I believe I have stumbled upon the secret ultra-effective Borg defense. 
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railgun
At Mach 7 - Mach 10, it's much to fast for the Borg to adapt to quick enough. It also drops them in one shot.
http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RailgunAt Mach 7 - Mach 10, it's much to fast for the Borg to adapt to quick enough. It also drops them in one shot.
They should shoot that warp core coolant at the Borg. That seemed to work pretty well that one time.
I find it hard to believe that the Borg can't adapt to physical attacks such as knives or bullets. If it's so trivial for them to adapt to energy attacks (phasers, disruptors), then how can it not be possible to adapt to attacks that are much less technological in nature?
I mean, wouldn't it be pretty much self-evident that a shield designed to block phaser fire would also block attacks that are more 'primitive', like guns or knives? Assuming that phaser fire is, by definition, more powerful than a bullet. It'd be like putting up a solid wall that will block a car smashing into it at 100 mph but be ineffective against shots from a BB gun. Doesn't make much sense, does it?
I mean, wouldn't it be pretty much self-evident that a shield designed to block phaser fire would also block attacks that are more 'primitive', like guns or knives? Assuming that phaser fire is, by definition, more powerful than a bullet. It'd be like putting up a solid wall that will block a car smashing into it at 100 mph but be ineffective against shots from a BB gun. Doesn't make much sense, does it?
Or maybe the Borg want people to get close to them - via a knife attack or other such physical confrontation - because it makes targets easier to assimilate.
As for bullets? No idea.
As for bullets? No idea.
Phasers fire energy, not matter. The Borg drone shields are meant to block energy attacks, as that was there victims primary defense for hundreds of years.
It would take to long to re-adapt there shields to matter-projectile weaponry in the heat of a battle. Although the Borg drones are viewed as expendable, they don't waste them without any gain.....
As I said earlier, a railgun would be perfect....
If the Borg can adapt instantly to energy, I would think they can adapt to projectile attacks as well. A starship's shields can block pretty much anything, and since the Borg have assimilated Starfleet technology, they must be able to duplicate it on a small scale.
The borg would adapt quite easily to a rail gun. All it would take is for a few drones to be destroyed. They'd quickly figure out that it was a projectile of such and such mass moving at such and such speed, and from there it would be an easy thing to figure out how strong a forcefield needs to be to stop it from penetrating and disperse the energy of the impact.
Starfleet/etc shields or forcefields can stop projectiles.
But they cannot be miniaturised enough for a single person to be protected without becoming unstable/weak. Which is why red-shirts are not forcefield protected.
Drone forcefield technology is miniaturised enough to protect single drones and strong enough to neutralise very large amounts of energy weapons fire - once it has adapted to them.
But it can't stop effectively physical attacks - just because a technology can neutralise certain forms of energy does not mean it can magically stop all other forms of energy that have the arbitrary trait of being more primitive according to a culture.
In conclusion:
Completely different technologies.
And if the drones try to switch to starfleet forcefields, they'll end up with an all but useless defence.
The only thing not established in canon star trek is whether drone shields eventually adapt to physical attacks (if this is the case, they do so FAR harder than against energy weapons) or don't adapt at all to such attacks.
The rest (starfleet forcefield tech and drone tech being different; starfleet tech being unsuitable for personal shielding, etc, etc) IS established canon.
Fuzzy logic in order to further one's pet theory won't change this.
The rest (starfleet forcefield tech and drone tech being different; starfleet tech being unsuitable for personal shielding, etc, etc) IS established canon.
Fuzzy logic in order to further one's pet theory won't change this.
Well I don't see why we'd assume Borg forcefields are based on SF tech in any case. Given how vast their space was even at the time of "Q Who" it's safe to assume they already had the technology. Though maybe they released a patch after getting a load of SF tech.
I don't see any good reason to assume they couldn't adapt to physical attacks, though I may revise my opinion if I hear a theory I find compelling.
I don't see any good reason to assume they couldn't adapt to physical attacks, though I may revise my opinion if I hear a theory I find compelling.
http://www.trekbbs.com/showpost.php?p=8576551&postcount=76
And that would be starfleet/klingon/romulan/etc forcefields are different from drone shields.
The two types of technology have completely different attributes (the only thing in common is that they're defensive and energy-based).
And that would be starfleet/klingon/romulan/etc forcefields are different from drone shields.
The two types of technology have completely different attributes (the only thing in common is that they're defensive and energy-based).
