1996 (2063)

We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile

• Cyborgs linked in a hive mind called “the Collective”
  – linked to the collective by a sophisticated subspace network
• both mechanical and biological body parts
• Individual Borg are referred to as drones
  – almost zombie-like
  – Individual Borg rarely speak
• commonly have one eye replaced with a sophisticated ocular implant
• usually have one arm replaced with a prosthesis
• drones have different roles

“Resistance is futile”

Star Trek: First Contact (1996)