Wolf 359: The Massacre (part 1)

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• stevecrox@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have always had 1 question.

  In voyager we see the Borg have thousands of ships of varying sizes and control a vast area of space. Voyager is able to take down spheres and small cubes.

  Yet in Wolf 359 a single cube attacks and destroys hundreds of star fleet vessels. If a single cube is able to have that level of effect why didn't the borg commit a larger fleet?

  You have the same issue in First Contact, they only commit 1 cube.

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  • Ragnell@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They would have to call cubes back from where they are pushing territory on the other side of their territory.

    The Borg were not just fighting one species when they came to get the Federation, they were expanding outwards on all sides. So they committed the lowest level of resources they believed were necessary, and because the Queen was an arrogant fool, that was just one cube.

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  • Ragnell@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not if Wolf 359 motivated Starfleet to vastly improve their weaponry on their ships specifically to engage the Borg.

    For example, if frequency changes on the phasers weren't standard prior to Wolf 359 but were after, then a single Federation ship has a much better chance against the Borg.

    Voyager was the first of her class, and she launched shortly before the Sovereign class and the Defiant class which were ships designed SPECIFICALLY to take out Borg. Voyager was designed and built while they were building their escorts and tanks to hold up against the Borg, so it would have had a number of defense advances leading up to that level. And nearly every species Voyager encountered considered it a tank and a warship rather than a science ship, and most were in awe of the level of firepower it held. (They'd have probably turned tail and run if they saw the Enterprise E.)

    The Federation, like they did between Discovery and TOS because of their war with the Klingons, tanked up their ships and loaded them with new firepower after getting their asses kicked and getting reminded that exploration can be a dangerous endeavor.

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• adam@kbin.pieho.me ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Guess I'm missing some lore. Where can I find out more about Q's involvement (also, why was the footage so... different)

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  • Wooster@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Q’s involvement is from the computer game Star Trek: Borg. It’s a fun, if mostly linear, Choose Your Own Adventure type game shot on the Voyager set.

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  • JuicyShaqMeat@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The FMV PC Game Star Trek BORG. Here’s a video edited down to a movie format: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi2HO5e_oeM

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• thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Awesome.

  If you get inspired to keep going after Wolf 359, I’d love to see the Battle of Chin’toka get this treatment.

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• SeeJayEmm@lemmy.procrastinati.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Looking forward to part 2.

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