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I'd like to see one of STO's more prominent NPC's Assimilated by the Borg

erraberrab Member Posts: 1,434 Arc User
edited May 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Greetings All,

How would you feel about having one of your factions more prominent NPC's Assimilated by the Borg?

It would have to a an NPC that has some kind of importance in STO and a Character that would be missed IMO.

We could later Liberate the Character from the Borg in some type of story mission or arc.
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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    While interesting, don't see it happening for a while. The Borg's arc is pretty much done.
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  • erraberrab Member Posts: 1,434 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    ashkrik23 wrote: »
    While interesting, don't see it happening for a while. The Borg's arc is pretty much done.

    There's still the possibility that it could happen in season 9.5 when we delve deeper into the Delta Quadrant which is pretty much the Borg's back yard ;)
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I doubt anything like this would happen for a while. People have dealt with the Borg for years and are just flipping tired of them. More likely we'll see *shudder* Kazon before we revisit the Borg again...

    I vote for Obisek. :P
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,897 Community Moderator
    edited May 2014
    When we get to the Delta Quadrant, I vote we see Neelix having been assimilated by the Borg. :D
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    We already lost Egg to the Undine. Do we need to lose someone to the Borg too? :)
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  • peregryperegry Member Posts: 102 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Well, there's Domtara who's been assimilated, does she count?
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  • chiyoumikuchiyoumiku Member Posts: 1,028 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Doctor Cooper. Nuff Said.
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  • quintarisquintaris Member Posts: 816 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    We already lost Egg to the Undine. Do we need to lose someone to the Borg too? :)

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  • nobletnoblet Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    hypl wrote: »
    I doubt anything like this would happen for a while. People have dealt with the Borg for years and are just flipping tired of them. More likely we'll see *shudder* Kazon before we revisit the Borg again...

    I vote for Obisek. :P

    Kazon? Cryptic should give us Vidiian. The Leaper Colony Carrier, launches 3 Organ Harvesters, 20% chance of stealing your liver.

    I vote for Shon, getting his blue tentacles harvested.
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  • kojirohellfirekojirohellfire Member Posts: 1,606 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Can't we give the Borg a vacation for a while? There's other species in Star Trek, y'know. Star Trek is not about Borg.
  • paxfederaticapaxfederatica Member Posts: 1,496 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Given the direction the STO storyline is going, we're more likely to have a main character* turn out to have been an Undine sleeper agent all this time than to have one get assimilated.

    * No, Egg doesn't count.
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,897 Community Moderator
    edited May 2014
    chiyoumiku wrote: »
    Doctor Cooper. Nuff Said.

    I was thinking the same thing. The real Cooper gets assimilated and then replaced by the Undine.
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  • psiameesepsiameese Member Posts: 1,650 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I wouldn't mind liberating Donatra from the Collective. Would make for an interesting dynamic between her and D'Tan once she got her wits about her.
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  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    We kind of already did this with Egg. RIP.
  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,162 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    hmmm.... Tovan... wanna finally be discharable... I mean... uh... useful?

    Borg... take him... I hear his clothes are made of omega particles!!!!!!

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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    No thanks. I'm sick and tired of the Borg. They've been overused and need to all die in a fire.
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  • notapwefannotapwefan Member Posts: 1,138 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I'd like to see Xenomorph assimilated by Borgs
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    We already lost Egg to the Undine. Do we need to lose someone to the Borg too? :)

    Depends. Do you think we can maintain the impact of a long-trusted and known character being turned against us?


    I think for new players, something like this can now happen - they first play that mission where Rebecca Simmons (was that her name?) decides to analyze the Borg subspace technology and gets lost, and then they'll see her again when she's assimilated. That could work for new players. (And on new players, Egg is lost - they don't know the old Starbase and his position there.)

    It might have more impact if she was brought up more often in earlier missions? Say, integrate her in the first mission around the Devidian Comet as part of the Starfleet task force?
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  • starswordcstarswordc Member Posts: 10,963 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    We already lost Egg to the Undine. Do we need to lose someone to the Borg too? :)

    I'm sorry, was I supposed to care about Egg getting replaced? Because I didn't even remember that the guy existed.

    EDIT: And that, I think, is a bad thing. If Cryptic expects us to care that so-and-so gets assimilated or replaced, they need to actually develop the character before killing them off.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Captain Rebecca Simmons of the USS Venture.
    Commander Donatra of the IRW Valdore.
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    these are pretty big fish, but if you are asking for the likes of Tuvok being assimilated during a mission, the answer is most probably no. i dont think CBS would approve or Tim Russ himself, to see his on screen character turn into a mindless drone, again.
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  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    starswordc wrote: »
    I'm sorry, was I supposed to care about Egg getting replaced? Because I didn't even remember that the guy existed.

    EDIT: And that, I think, is a bad thing. If Cryptic expects us to care that so-and-so gets assimilated or replaced, they need to actually develop the character before killing them off.

    e'genn was in the middle of the previous esd near the respec trainer, from e'genns prospective the respec trainer was on the left of this large circular console. when you first get the mission to goto memory alpha, your contact is e'genn. its been such a long time ago, im surprised anyone remembers such an interaction.
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  • damienvryce2damienvryce2 Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    I vote for Slamek just....because. (will he ever catch a break?) :D
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  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    damienvryce2 wrote: »
    I vote for Slamek just....because. (will he ever catch a break?) :D
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    We still need to find *SPOILER COMING* Egg... Where did he go?
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  • dragonsbrethrendragonsbrethren Member Posts: 1,854 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    psiameese wrote: »
    I wouldn't mind liberating Donatra from the Collective. Would make for an interesting dynamic between her and D'Tan once she got her wits about her.

    I keep hoping they'll actually go somewhere with this one day. I really doubt it'll happen, though.
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    edited May 2014
    Do I want to see a major NPC assiamalted?

    I don't know...



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  • qjuniorqjunior Member Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    artan42 wrote: »
    Do I want to see a major NPC assiamalted?

    I don't know...



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    Hmm, maybe just a little :D.

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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    We can do a tribute to Best of Both Worlds


    Have Quinn assimilated , and we go save him.
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    --Obisek should be assimilated but then liberate himself like Shevet's character Ronnie Grau did because Obisek's just that badass.

    --Admiral T'nae and Ambassador Suighara should be assimilated because the one is a Romulan-hating racist moron and the other is a long-winded bore.

    --Neelix should be assimilated, and we have to kill him. Over and over again.
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