Borg Cube
The Borg Cube is a type of vessel that features in Star Trek.
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History
The Borg Cube was a large cube-shaped craft that was operated by the Borg Collective. (TNG: Q Who)
In 2353, human researchers on-board the USS Raven conducted a civilian-led research mission on the Borg with this being headed by Magnus Hansen and his wife Erin Hansen where they were accompanied by their daughter Annika Hansen. On stardate 32623.5, they came to finally encounter a Borg Cube and were later drawn into the wake of its transwarp conduit. This led to them conducting months long research into the Borg as they remained undetected by the cube due to a kind of shielding that they used that masked their presence. However, in the third year of their study in 2356 the shielding was damaged thus alerting the Borg Cube of the ships presence where its crew were then assimilated into the Collective. (VOY: Raven)
In 2365, on 42761.3 the entity known as Q appeared on the U.S.S. Enterprise where he attempted to humble Starfleet Captain Jean-Luc Picard who claimed that they were ready to meet any threat in space. He sent the Galaxy Class vessel spiralling thousands of light years away to System J-25 where they crew found a world that formerly had a habitable civilization but no longer had any life on its surface. It was then that they encountered a Borg Cube and made contact with the Borg Collective where the craft transported a Drone onto the Starfleet ship to probe its computer systems. (TNG: Q Who)
On stardate 43989.1, the Borg Cube re-entered Federation space and immediately demonstrated its overwhelming power by completely obliterating the New Providence colony on Jouret IV, leaving nothing but a massive crater where the settlement once stood. As the USS Enterprise-D moved to intercept, the Cube relentlessly pursued the starship, eventually trapping it in a tractor beam and using a cutting beam to breach its hull. The Collective soon shifted its priorities from technology to the human element, specifically targeting Captain Jean-Luc Picard for abduction. After beaming Picard aboard, the Borg forcefully assimilated him into the hive mind, transforming him into Locutus of Borg, a mouthpiece designed to facilitate the rapid assimilation of Earth. Utilizing Picard's intimate knowledge of Starfleet tactics and defense codes, the Cube advanced toward Sector 001 and encountered a massive Federation armada at Wolf 359. In a one-sided massacre, the Cube single-handedly destroyed 39 out of 40 starships, resulting in the deaths of approximately 11,000 personnel. Continuing its trajectory toward Earth, the vessel ignored further Starfleet resistance until the Enterprise crew managed to recapture Picard and use his remaining link to the Collective to transmit a 'sleep' command. This forced a massive power feedback loop within the Cube’s regeneration systems, causing the vessel to self-destruct in Earth's orbit and ending the immediate threat. (TNG: The Best of Both Worlds)
On Stardate 50893.5, a single Borg Cube was dispatched with a Borg Queen on-board as part of a new attempt at assimilating Earth. Starfleet had assembled a fleet to combat the vessel but these suffered heavy casualties with the Admiral's ship being destroyed. It was only the intervention of the USS Enterprise was a coordinated assault made that destroyed the Cube but not before it launched a Sphere. The Borg Sphere travelled back in time to the year 2063 following World War III to stop First Contact with the Vulcans. The Enterprise had followed the Sphere back into the past to stop the attempted assimilation of the planet and restore the timeline. (ST: First Contact)
By 2373, the Collective had managed to discover Fluidic Space and attempted to assimilate the native lifeforms. However, the extradimensional race were resistant to assimilation and engaged with hostilities against the Borg. The Borg Collective designated their foe as Species 8472 and suffered heavy losses in the war against them as their weapons dealt minimal damage whilst their foe were able to destroy entire cubes with ease. (VOY: Scorpion)
One Borg Cube was detached from the Collective where it became a derelict and fell into an inactive state. It was discovered by the Romulans and the Federation who launched a secret project to study it. The Reclamation Project was thus established where they began to study the Artifact and went through its advanced technology. (PIC: Maps and Legends)
Overview
In appearance, Borg Cube were large vessels that stood much larger than the ships belonging to other races where their distinctive cube-shaped form was covered in a dark material covering the hull. (TNG: Q Who) Such was their power that they were considered among the most destructive weapons ever known with even inactive ones being considered potentially dangerous. (PIC: Maps and Legends)
These vessels were massive in size, measuring over three kilometers across and having an internal volume of 27 cubic kilometers. (Episode: Dark Frontier) Within the craft, a set environment included high level of humidity of 92% with an atmosphere of 2 kilopascals and a temperature of 39.1 degree Celsius. (Movie: First Contact) A cube was said to be constructed of tritanium that was an alloy known for its extreme hardness. (VOY: Endgame)
It was stated that a cube was capable of still being functional even if 75% was no longer operational. (TNG: The Best of Both Worlds)
In terms of weapon systems, the cubes were able to project tractor beams that locked starships in place even against their own warp drives. (TNG: Q Who)
A cube was able to achieve both warp and transwarp speeds with the latter done so by the Borg Collective's use of transwarp corridors along with hubs. Upon entering a transwarp conduit, a cube projected a structural integrity field ahead of itself in order to compensate for the extreme gravimetric shear. (Episode: Inside Man) A chroniton field was also projected through specially designed conduits in order to cope with the extreme temporal stress inflicted during the journey through the corridor and also used to remain in temporal sync. (Episode: Shattered)
Vessels
- Cube 461 :
- Cube 630 :
- Cube 1184 :
Notes
- The Borg Cube was created by Maurice Hurley and Richard James where they featured in the setting of the Star Trek universe.
In other media
Video games
- In Star Trek: Elite Forces, a Borg Cube appeared in the setting of the FPS video game.
- In Star Trek: Armada, Borg Cubes appeared as a unit within the setting of the RTS video game. It was the largest vessel and battleship of the Borg Collective that was available to the players when choosing the Borg. A special ability of theirs was projecting a tractor beam to grab onto nearby enemy vessels in order to assimilate them.
- In Star Trek: Armada II, Borg Cubes were once more playable for those that chose the Borg Collective faction in the setting of the RTS video game. In addition to the tractor beam, a new ability once researched allowed eight cubes to merge into a massive vessel known as a Fusion Cube.
- In Star Trek: Starfleet Command III, Borg cubes appeared as a playable ship in the setting of the video game.
- In Star Trek Online, Borg Cubes appeared as antagonists in the setting of the MMORPG video game.
Novels
Appearances
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: "The Best of Both Worlds"
- Star Trek: Voyager: "Dark Frontier"
- Star Trek: Picard:
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