What was the Klingon's response to the Borg?

goodscotch

If the USS Defiant was intended to be the Federation's Borg killer, did the Klingons ever do anything either in canon or in game? Did any of the other species, Romulan, Cardassian, etc. do anything to help counter the threat? Or were the other races just not as concerned because their home worlds weren't directly attacked?

mondoid

Nothing was really needed for a Klingon response as everything that made the Defiant class so useful to the Federation already existed in the Bird of Prey and later Raptor ships.

Small size, powerful engines, weapons that route power from the warp core, spartan living conditions and a compact bridge design are features that the Klingons have been using for centuries.

Get a copy of the Klingon Bird of Prey workshop manual, it's officially licensed by CBS as cannon and goes into INSANE detail about everything!!

goodscotch

mondoid wrote: »

Nothing was really needed for a Klingon response as everything that made the Defiant class so useful to the Federation already existed in the Bird of Prey and later Raptor ships.

Small size, powerful engines, weapons that route power from the warp core, spartan living conditions and a compact bridge design are features that the Klingons have been using for centuries.

Get a copy of the Klingon Bird of Prey workshop manual, it's officially licensed by CBS as cannon and goes into INSANE detail about everything!!

Great! Thanks for the "heads up" on that book.

captainkoltar

Which Klingon?

warmaker001b

Going by onscreen canon, we see now Klingon or Romulan specific responses with the Borg though its expected that they've had run-ins with them. For example, we have seen assimilated Klingons onscreen.

That said, practically all the Borg-centric episodes had the Borg aiming squarely at the Federation. We don't hear of any serious Borg incursions against the Romulans or Klingons.

kurumimorishita

"Assimilate THIS!"

nightken

decloak unleash hell, preferably while singing or quoting shakespeare in the original klingon. check wreckage for survivors, if found attack again. repeat tell nothing is left then break the bloodwine.

tom61sto

In game canon, they joined with the Federation Special Task Force Omega to fight against the 25th century Borg incursions, because, even when at war with the Feds, the Borg are considered that dishonorable. The conference in "Second Wave" was about the Alpha Quadrant response to the increasing Borg threat, including the Klingon thoughts on the matter (We can stand against them, with or without allies, basically), though the conference got overshadowed with the 2800 coming in.

The Klingons are also mentioned as having fought the Borg Star Trek: Voyager. From Memory-Alpha:
"The Klingon starships mentioned in dialog, specifically, in Hanson's pronouncement, "We've mobilized a fleet of forty starships at Wolf 359 and that's just for starters... the Klingons are sending warships..." [9] were never seen on-screen or mentioned again. According to Startrek.com, these Klingon reinforcements did not arrive in time to join the battle. [10] In "Unity", when Chakotay entered a neural link with the Borg Cooperative, he however witnessed a battle between a Klingon squadron and a Borg cube of the same type that Starfleet engaged at Wolf 359, the squadron faring little better than its Federation counterpart. "

deaftravis05

nightken wrote: »

decloak unleash hell, preferably while singing or quoting shakespeare in the original klingon. check wreckage for survivors, if found attack again. repeat tell nothing is left then break the bloodwine.

pretty much this...

In canon, we do see engagements between the borg and the others, but I suspect those cubes were assimilating the colonies on their rampage toward Earth.

icsairguns

might be a puss as far as Klingons go but in this i liked his attitude.

misterde3

tom61sto wrote: »

The Klingons are also mentioned as having fought the Borg Star Trek: Voyager. From Memory-Alpha:
"The Klingon starships mentioned in dialog, specifically, in Hanson's pronouncement, "We've mobilized a fleet of forty starships at Wolf 359 and that's just for starters... the Klingons are sending warships..." [9] were never seen on-screen or mentioned again. According to Startrek.com, these Klingon reinforcements did not arrive in time to join the battle. [10] In "Unity", when Chakotay entered a neural link with the Borg Cooperative, he however witnessed a battle between a Klingon squadron and a Borg cube of the same type that Starfleet engaged at Wolf 359, the squadron faring little better than its Federation counterpart. "

I hope you're aware that the footage the used in "Unity" for this supposed fight between the Klingons and the Borg was just a reuse of SFX scenes from the DS9 episode "Way of the Warrior" where the Klingons attacked the station...with the station cut out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYePPtRE9eQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-H7uMjCoAs

There were some Kazon in there as well. Did the Klingons fight the Kazon as well?
Did the Kazon fight the Borg? I don't think so. It's all a jumble of unconnected scenes thrown into a blender. To use that as an indicator how well Klingons would fight a Borg cube...is questionable to say the least.;)

drewgreen

There isn't any canon response to the Borg threat. The only measure the Klingons seem to have taken against the Borg is the weapons system on the Qang (Chancellor) class from the IKS Gorkon/Klingon Empire novels.

Qang class vessels are equipped with twelve disruptors, capable of three hundred sixty degree fire, and independently controlled by a gunner. Half of these systems are top-mounted, with the other half being bottom-mounted. All of the disruptors are set for a variable modulation every ten to twelve seconds, designed as anti-Borg measures. These disruptors are augmented by a primary forward facing disruptor cannon in the fore of the vessel.

http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Qang_class

admiralcarter

The I.K.S Kang was the Klingon Response. :P

theraven2378

The Klingons have the advantage that their ships are easier to produce in larger numbers due to their principle of simple standardised designs.

misterde3

theraven2378 wrote: »

The Klingons have the advantage that their ships are easier to produce in larger numbers due to their principle of simple standardised designs.

...which means that if in doubt they can always use the Zapp Brannigan tactic against the Borg.:P

davidwford

misterde3 wrote: »

I hope you're aware that the footage the used in "Unity" for this supposed fight between the Klingons and the Borg was just a reuse of SFX scenes from the DS9 episode "Way of the Warrior" where the Klingons attacked the station...with the station cut out.

My understanding was that those scenes were memory flashbacks, so the fight didn't necessarily have to be Borg vs. Klingon. It could have been memories of a KDF officer's battle with a different foe BEFORE being assimilated(or someone who survived a battle with Klingons before getting assimilated).