This opens them up to the chance of violence. They had weapons aplenty, and were not shy about using them - they'd had plenty of practice.Įventually, to conquer the planet, the Borg would have to land and/or transport. The humans on the planet were recovering from a war.

There were very few drones and the Borg Queen. You could change things to make the future significantly worse for you.Ĭonsider the Borg that visited the past - they were in a single Borg Sphere. Time travel is dangerous - you run many risks in attempting it. This also would explain why the Borg in Regeneration didn't stay on Earth and try to assimilate the planet.) If there was overlap between Voyager's assistance and First Contact, their primary goal would've been to destroy the Federation after Voyager arrived in the Delta Quadrant. (Aside, preventing humans from reaching space before the Federation was created would have been quite a bad mistake on the Borg's part, since their conflict with Species 8472 would likely have already started by that time ( Scorpion takes place on Stardate 50984.3, and First Contact on Stardate 50893.5). This (non-canon) quote provides a possible reason - although it's not clear whether or not the sphere that Memory Beta refers to is the one from First Contact, or another one the Queen was testing the technology on.Ī couple days may well have been the intent of the Sphere from First Contact it could have contacted the Cube before it was destroyed and altered the outcome, without major changes to the timeline, which wouldn't necessarily have been a desired outcome for the Borg considering the numerous conflicts they've already had.

The Sphere detaches and goes back in time as a last-ditch effort as the Cube is destroyed. The movie First Contact opens with a battle against a Borg Cube, which is destroyed. After this, the Queen decided that she would only utilize it in an extreme emergency, as to prevent further malfunctions. From Memory Beta on Species 1429:įrom 1429, she gained the time travel technology that she utilized aboard the Borg sphere that traveled back in time however, the device malfunctioned - where she had set it to take her only a few days in the past, it returned her several centuries. The novel Engines of Destiny provides a possible reason.

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