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mirror univers borg.
While the Borg in the Mirror Universe have the same hive-like mentality, the same assimilation methods, and the same advanced technology as their Federation universe counterparts, the similarity ends there. The Borg of the mirror universe are proactively nonaggressive and will not attack any race. the Borg will use every diplomatic resource at their disposal to convinc the race to assimilate in to the collectve . In addition, while the Borg of the Federation universe move in a jerky, stiff-legged fashion, those of the mirror universe are much quicker thanks to advances made in nanoprobe technology. Borg ships also differ in the mirror universe, as they are much larger. The cubes measure 10 kilometers or more on each, and they are equipped with a vast array of weapons that could easily destroy a Vor'cha class cruiser with a single shot. only if attked
dont know who came up with this but it may work
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Borg_(mirror)
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Do not make Borg a playable faction. Ever.

    Individual liberated Borg are one thing. The Collective is another.

    The Borg are the Enemy. Period.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Jobe00 wrote: »
    Do not make Borg a playable faction. Ever.

    Individual liberated Borg are one thing. The Collective is another.

    The Borg are the Enemy. Period.

    I agree....the same for the Undine,they also should NEVER be a playable faction...EVER! We need our enemies!:D
    Besides that,a common foe is what we need if we ever want cross faction team up.:p
    And to Cryptic,you might be against the whole idea of cross faction team up,but in a way it already happens...DSE in Borg space.Yes,I've been bad-mouthed for showing up as a KDF Klingon in those DSE's by some idiot Fed player,but most gladly accept my help against the Borg!And Fed players have returned the favor by helping me when needed.This is what Star Trek is about,not willingly create animosity between players of different factions.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Jobe00 wrote: »
    Do not make Borg a playable faction. Ever.

    Individual liberated Borg are one thing. The Collective is another.

    The Borg are the Enemy. Period.



    indeed, seconded.


    Making them a whole playable faction would ruin the cosmic horror aspect.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Said in a previous thread.

    With the whole hive mentality... How will missions work?
    Another player is closer to the mission you have... With the hive mentality going on that mission will be given to that player and you... Will never leave the starter area.


    It just doesn't make sense on how a playable borg could work.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Chat wrote:
    Said in a previous thread.

    With the whole hive mentality... How will missions work?
    Another player is closer to the mission you have... With the hive mentality going on that mission will be given to that player and you... Will never leave the starter area.


    It just doesn't make sense on how a playable borg could work.

    see thats the thig it would be mirror universe borg .that leaves it open . they would be the opposite of the other Borg
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    IMO, one Mirror Universe factions is enough (Terran Empire). I like the MU, but they belong only as an occasional adversary, not as a playable faction (especially the Borg, whose MU counterparts never appeared on any of the series).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    John0901 wrote:
    IMO, one Mirror Universe factions is enough (Terran Empire). I like the MU, but they belong only as an occasional adversary, not as a playable faction (especially the Borg, whose MU counterparts never appeared on any of the series).

    exactly thats y it would be so open to interruption
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    see thats the thig it would be mirror universe borg .that leaves it open . they would be the opposite of the other Borg
    Very non canon MU borg.

    Yes yes we got plenty of non canon stuff here... But Borg is Borg and should always be Borg.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    exactly thats y it would be so open to interruption

    How so? If they are a playable faction, they would cease to be an occasional adversary, and Mirror Borg is a huuuge stretch canon-wise, something CBS would more than likely shoot down( I am assuming you meant "open to interpretation"?).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Chat wrote:
    But Borg is Borg and should always be Borg.

    Like Hugh's Borg? :D

    So much for Rodenberry's parallels about human redemption and looking forward to a bright new future.

    I mean, there were children sleeping on those cubes that Picard blew up.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Like Hugh's Borg? :D
    He was more like a liberated Borg like we have already have... Kinda.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    John0901 wrote:
    How so? If they are a playable faction, they would cease to be an occasional adversary, and Mirror Borg is a huuuge stretch canon-wise, something CBS would more than likely shoot down( I am assuming you meant "open to interpretation"?).

    yup. and you got to remember one thing . its about the buck now if CBS thinks they can make good money off of something they will do it just look at JJ film case closed lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Borg as playable.. Do not want :( Please no.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Jobe00 wrote: »
    Do not make Borg a playable faction. Ever.

    Individual liberated Borg are one thing. The Collective is another.

    The Borg are the Enemy. Period.

    Agreed. Again.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Jobe00 wrote: »
    Do not make Borg a playable faction. Ever.

    Individual liberated Borg are one thing. The Collective is another.

    The Borg are the Enemy. Period.

    This for the truth of it. The Borg should not, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be a playable faction.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    I have an idea? Buy the LTS before the game launches and save $60

    :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Jobe00 wrote: »
    Do not make Borg a playable faction. Ever.

    Individual liberated Borg are one thing. The Collective is another.

    The Borg are the Enemy. Period.

    QFT /10char
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    FoxCDN wrote:
    Borg as playable.. Do not want :( Please no.
    Roach wrote: »
    This for the truth of it. The Borg should not, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be a playable faction.
    Agreed. Again.
    Zutty wrote: »
    QFT /10char
    So much for Rodenberry believing that all cultures could one day find peace and redeem themselves.

    Or the episodes where Borg were freed and still managed to be less annoying than Wesley:
    http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/I_Borg_%28episode%29
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    just rember one thing . they were included in the poll for the next playabel race:eek:
    and they cam e in second:D
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=153818:cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    So much for Rodenberry believing that all cultures could one day find peace and redeem themselves.

    Or the episodes where Borg were freed and still managed to be less annoying than Wesley:
    http://memory-alpha.org/wiki/I_Borg_%28episode%29

    Honestly its a pretty dream, but a non-realistic one none-the-less.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Jobe00 wrote: »
    The Borg are the Enemy. Period.

    Hugh, Seven of Nine and all those effected by Unimatrix Zero may disagree with you there...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Hugh and Seven of Nine may disagree with you there...
    Seven of Nine - proof the Borg can use spandex better than Deanna Troi.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Seven of Nine - proof the Borg can use spandex better than Deanna Troi.

    I dunno about that... was just watching First Contact and Nemesis last night. Deanna is like a fine wine... she got better with age. Personally, I think she's one hot number in uniform vs. Seven of Nine in the spandex.

    I still wouldn't let her pilot my ship though :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Hugh, Seven of Nine and all those effected by Unimatrix Zero may disagree with you there...

    Yeah, and I'm sure there were some really nice TRIBBLE too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Hugh, Seven of Nine and all those effected by Unimatrix Zero may disagree with you there...

    And all of those were "liberated" ( meaning no longer part of the collective) Borg.... :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Ashur1 wrote:
    And all of those were "liberated" ( meaning no longer part of the collective) Borg.... :p

    Not entirely true. Those impacted by Unimatrix Zero were still part of the Collective.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Well, if you make a playable Borg faction/race, then at least this would stop players from complaining cannot get their hands on a Borg Captain (exclusive benefit of early Lifetime Subscription, offer now closed)...

    I personally predict that after the Klingons, Romulans, the next playable race would be the Borg faction...

    And STO/Cryptic would probably place this Borg faction under a new STO Expansion, where everyone have to pay extra to play (even Lifetime Subscribers will have to pay more)...

    Just my 2 cents...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    I still say they should just open up the Borg Tech for the "Alien" character type.

    Then you can have a character that looks just like a Borg!

    Of course, this requires you to have a "backstory" for your character. For instance:
    Assimilated when he was a baby, Anthony grew to know the Borg as his only family. Upon exiting his maturation chamber, the queen knew he was more than an average drone. Assigned directly to Unimatrix One, he was given the designation One of Ten, tertiary adjunct.

    Liberated by a Starfleet vessel at age 23, he quickly adopted a solitary life. Even after the 5 years free, he still has a difficult time fitting in with "free minds". Preferring solitude, his friends are little to none.

    Anthony joined Starfleet shortly after being liberated. He breezed through the courses with no difficulty; however, the same could not be said of his transition to humanity.

    Written up on more occasions than can be counted, Anthony has the distinction of being the most penalized student ever to attend the academy. Even now, he frequently receives complaints about his lack of 'understanding' and 'empathy'.

    Once free from the academy, he was given a small position on the U.S.S. Khitomer as a team leader to the night shift security team. Once the Borg attack, he was quickly given a field commission of Lieutenant, and subsequently promoted and given a command of his own.

    Now he complies with his superiors, regardless of his thoughts. And no longer is he troubled by what he calls "humanities shortcomings", though mild frustrations surface from time-to-time. His crew has grown to accept his "eccentric" behavior, to a point where they will fight tooth and nail against a transfer. Due to this, and other important factors, whatever ship is being commanded by Anthony that ship is the "place to be".

    This is my character's back story, of course he is a liberated Borg but if the implants were open to the "Alien" then, just like magic, my "Alien" is a Borg!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Borg faction: take all races from all current factions, and all non-faction races as well, and make assimilated Borg versions that are highly customizable. Missions? To assimilate! The races you assimilate become you BOs. Heh.

    I'd rather see Romulans, Cardassians, and Ferengi factions first. And I'd really love a Dominion faction.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    yup. and you got to remember one thing . its about the buck now if CBS thinks they can make good money off of something they will do it just look at JJ film case closed lol

    Nice try. CBS made zero dollars on JJ Trek, because Paramount does the movies, not CBS. CBS has the shows, not the movies.

    The Borg Collective should never be playable, mostly because they cannot be playable in a way that would be enjoyable for the person playing them, without devastating canon or making them very overpowered in PvP. Borg are not only told what to do, but how to do it, every step of the way. Nobody would want to play that.
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