SPECIES: BORG

The Borg are an immensely powerful race of cybernetically enhanced humanoid from the Delta Quadrant. In an area of space between the Federation and the Necrid Expanse, the Borg rule a vast space consisting of thousands of solar systems, most with more than one occupied planet or moon. The Borg exist as a collective consciousness in which individuality has no meaning, and for whom freedom and self-determination are irrelevant. They travel through the universe in their hive cubicles seeking new civilizations to assimilate into their own consciousness, or in their words, "add the biological and technological distinctiveness of to their own".

All Borg are linked together in a giant subspace communications network called the Borg Collective. Mechanical transceivers imbedded within the machinery of each assimilated drone provide the link that negates the need for an established government system. Critical information can be relayed to each Borg through this network, allowing the instantaneous adaptation and reaction to any outside factors. Efficiency is the prime concern of day-to-day operations, and the drive to attain perfection never ceases. It is this driving force that guides the Borg's actions and sets their course towards new worlds. Assimilation for the alien species encountered is swift if they present distinctiveness in technology or behavior.

In their ageless attempt at striving for physical and mental perfection, they've also perfected the means with which to subdue hostile worlds. By broadcasting repeatedly in the species' language the familiar "Resistance is Futile" message, the Borg can dispassionately subject their targets to the depths of hopeless despair, thereby making the process of assimilation even more efficient. This method has been overwhelmingly successful in the thousands of systems that have been encountered by the Borg. All have been included into the vast area of territory known as Borg Space.

Individual Borg have no sense of a separate consciousness apart from the hive mentality. Within the collective, the
concept of an individual with autonomous thought and action is meaningless. All Borg are implanted or absorption,
with various cybernetic devices which integrate them into the group and adapt them to their function. The cybernetic devices give the Borg highly advanced technological and combat capabilities; different groups of Borg are equipped with different hardware, each designed for very specific tasks. Each Borg is linked to the collective via a sophisticated
subspace network that ensures each member is given constant and immediate supervision and guidance by the whole. The Borg exhibit a high degree of intelligence and adaptability in their tactics against other lifeforms. The most successful forms of offensive or defensive manoeuvres used against them are usually effective only once, since the Borg have the capability to implement effective countermeasures almost immediately, such as phaser fire.

No governmental system applies to the Borg. The actions of each Borg is constantly being monitored and controlled through the subspace link of the Collective. No hierarchy of representatives is needed in this system, in which all individual Borg share the same status, except the Queen, whose function is as a central reference point around which the collective will and purpose of the hive revolves.  The immense knowledge of all the assimilated Borg minds function as one, and each Borg is part of a giant subspace communications network called the Borg Collective. All critical information is relayed to each Borg through this network, allowing instantaneous adaptation and reaction to any outside factors.

The Borg travel in ships which are also described as Borg hives. Because of the collective nature of the Borg consciousness, these hives can almost be considered to be single organisms. On encountering other starships, the Borg may try to assimilate the entire vessel as well as the crew, turning conditions on the inside into those found on their own ships; hotter and more humid than is comfortable for humans. The Borg appear to pay little attention to the aliens they encounter, often walking past without even seeming to notice that others are there. Until they are ready to assimilate, they simply pay other life forms no heed. They will only attack when they perceive threat. But this apparent lack of
interest can be deceptive; the Borg are a deadly race. They have destroyed whole worlds and assimilated whole cultures in their attempt to make the Galaxy more like them.