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Messages - THE BORG COLLECTIVE

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U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 13: "The Heist"
February 16, 2008, 11:29:07 PM
OOC: http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> Haven't ya noticed? The one thing people don't call the Borg...is nice! http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':D'> http://www.expansionfleet.com/ikonboard/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/borg3.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':borg3:'>

The seven Borg Cubes had destroyed the Heraani Cruisers in a short period of time, but it was apparently long enough for the small fleet to protect lead vessel allowing it to escape.
What was left of the Heraani vessels was then tractor beamed, or transported into the Cubes for recycling and storage.

The seven Borg Cubes then opened a transwarp conduit and returned to the Unicomplex for a resupply of drones. Seven other Borg Cubes, advanced prototypes, entered Quantum Slipstream. The term prototype cubes isn't exactly an accurate statement, as there is more than one, in fact there are one thousand of these new Quantum Slipstream powered vessels. So far they have performed within expected parameters, but the transwarp hubs and vessel mounted transwarp drives have not yet become redundant.

The Borg Collective considered Quantum Slipstream to be the perfect form of faster-than-light travel. But having transwarp technology for so long, it was hard to part with a tried and true method of interstellar travel. But perfection is perfection, so here they are.

The destination of the Cubes, is spacial grid: 4152-6914-1365, the Dantor System, location of Avalon Station.
#2
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 13: "The Heist"
February 15, 2008, 01:29:45 PM
Seven Borg Cubes exited transwarp just outside the sensor range of the Heraani Cruisers, but within sensor range of Borg Technology.

Still in the UNICOMPLEX, the Borg Queen scanned the telemetry data from the seven cubes in the vicinity of the USS Rivendell. The seven cubes, the Borg Queen was going to present to Captain Taurik and Expansion Fleet as a sign of good faith and would be under their command.

The Borg Queen didn't foresee this eventuality during her machinations and thought for a moment of what her next course of action would be.

Deciding to see what events would fold, the Borg Queen commanded one of the cube's to move into sensor range and stop 500,000km from the USS Rivendell. commanding it to give the usual Communications Hail.

<Borg Cube 23-958>

@"WE ARE THE BORG. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."@

The Queen watched the visual interlink, to assess this new species and to see if they were afraid of the Borg or not. As the cube caught the lead Heraani Cruiser within a tractor beam.
#3
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 13: "The Heist"
February 16, 2008, 08:16:03 AM
The six other Borg Cubes moved into position around the Heraani Cruisers and all locked on to the cruisers with tractor beams.

CENTRAL PLEXUS: "ASSESS BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES FOR ASSIMILATION. ASSESS TECHNOLOGY FOR ASSIMILATION."

Three drones materialized onto the bridge of the lead ship and prepared to grab several of the crew. Two more drones materialized in the engineering room, to assess the technology and to download the Heraani database from the main computer.

CENTRAL PLEXUS: "ASSESS TACTICAL ABILITIES. TACTICAL ASSESSMENT COMPLETE. PRIMARY WEAPONS OF ALIEN VESSELS PLASMA BASED. INFERIOR TO BORG TECHNOLOGY."

The two drones in engineering went straight to a computer console and accessed the ships data banks. The data transfer nodes attached to the cybernetic replacements that used to be arms of the drones, bypassed the computer's security system and began transferring the data back to their cubes Central Plexus.

One of the drones on the bridge was not so lucky, being dispatched by a Heraani Plasma Sword. It's transport node implant registered the drone's offline status and beamed it back to it's cube.

Another drone had actually caught one of the Heraani Officers by surprise and before he could react, assimilation tubules were stuck in his neck. With Borg nanoprobes coursing through his bloodstream, the first stage assimilation process had already begun. The drone then touched the stricken Heraani and beamed both of them back to its cube.

CENTRAL PLEXUS: "TACTICAL ASSESSMENT OF PERSONNEL. ELECTROMAGNETICALLY ENVELOPED HIGH ENERGY PLASMA BLADE. ADAPTING DRONE SHIELD NODES. COMPUTER DATA BANKS OF ALIEN VESSEL INDICATE SPECIES NAME. PLURAL: HERAAN. SINGULAR: HERAAN. POSSESSIVE: HERAANI. NO VOCAL CHORDS DETECTED. ENLARGED PITUITARY GLAND INDICATES TELEPATHIC ABILITIES."
#4
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 13: "The Heist"
February 16, 2008, 05:36:19 PM
CENTRAL PLEXUS: "STRENGTH ASSESSMENT FORMIDABLE. ANALYSIS OF HERAAN BRAIN INDICATES LOW INTELLIGENCE.  RECYCLING LATEST BORG DRONE AND DISCONNECTING IT FROM THE COLLECTIVE. RECALLING ALL DRONES. ASSESSMENT, UNWORTHY OF ASSIMILATION. MATERIAL OF HERAANI VESSEL TO BE RECYCLED AND STORED."

Although it isn't exactly like the Borg to give up on assimilating a new species, that species must be deemed worthy of assimilation and be able to contribute to the pursuit of perfection, the Borg's Holy Grail so-to-speak.

The Borg Queen sent a directive to each cubes' Central Plexus to destroy the Heraani vessels and terminate the assimilation protocol. The Heraan that was assimilated was destroyed and recycled. The Borg Cubes then deactivated their tractor beams, raised their shields and charged all disruptor banks and cutting beam weapons simultaneously.

CENTRAL PLEXUS: "TACTICAL ALERT. FIRING ALL WEAPONS."
#5
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 11, 2007, 04:28:54 AM
"Indeed Three of Twelve, bioenergy beings can not be assimilated. Your pathetic, small minded attempts to constantly belittle the Borg are irrelevant." The Borg Queen frowned. "We have adapted."
#6
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 11, 2007, 05:31:11 AM
The Borg Queen stopped walking around her chamber and came up to Taurik, bending closer to him on the assimilation table.

"Oh I am sorry Three of Twelve, I thought I made it quite clear, you are bate."

The Borg Queen smiled sardonically. "I was merely filling in time, with polite conversation. Tell me, how did you come about such a fascinating weapon and abilities beyond that of your species?"

The Borg Queen acted sincere, whether she was or not would have to be left to the observer. She could easily just assimilate Taurik or Three of Twelve, as the Borg Queen constantly reminded him. But that wouldn't be indicative to her real objective, which thanks to centuries of practice, from the machine side of her at least, would never be obviously apparent.

As much as anyone thinks they know of the Borg Queen's objectives, there was always a deeper one that meant more to her. No other species really did know the true origins of the Borg, but thanks to the Machine Intelligence, the Borg Queen did.
All that really is known, is that the Borg in one form or the other are old, quite possibly as old or older than the universe itself.
#7
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 11, 2007, 07:32:28 AM
"Yes I know, SPECIES 0002, they call themselves the Gallifreyans. We have known of Gallifrey for millennia, it was a lonely Galaxy back then." The Borg Queen smiled.
#8
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 12, 2007, 08:29:17 AM
The Borg Queen realized that in her arrogance she just gave away a little too much information and decided best to take a diplomatic approach.

"Assimilation was not a priority for the Borg at that time."
#9
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 22, 2007, 12:47:22 PM
@@SHIP TO SHIP@@

"WE ARE THE BORG. LOWER YOUR SHIELDS AND SURRENDER YOUR SHIPS. YOUR UNIQUE BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS SHALL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."
#10
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 21, 2007, 05:09:42 AM
The Borg Queen looked at Taurik almost pityingly.

"What you see here is a simple build up of strength, nothing more, nothing less."

"DESTRUCTION OF BORG SPHERE DETECTED. STARFLEET INVOLVED. DESIGNATION OF LEAD STARFLEET VESSEL: USS RIVENDELL. TRANSWARP NODE DISCONNECTED FROM DRIVE SYSTEMS BEFORE DESTRUCTION."

"It seems your subordinates are quite resourceful Three of Twelve."
#11
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 13, 2007, 06:00:45 AM
"Optimism is irrelevant, Three of Twelve, we are quite safe."

"DETACHING ROYAL TRANSPORT FROM THE UNICOMPLEX."

Sounds of disconnecting umbilicals, could be heard through the Central Plexus which was aboard what many of come to know as a Borg Diamond, in reality it was the Queen's own personal transport. The Gravimetric Engines could be heard powering up, as the Queen's Transport was no longer connected to the UNICOMPLEX.

"I am not really interested in Chaya Sar anymore, I have changed my mind."
#12
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 23, 2007, 12:30:03 PM
@@THE BORG COLLECTIVE - OPEN CHANNEL@@

"SPECIES 3259 DESIGNATION TAURIK, SUB-DESIGNATION CAPTAIN, IS NOT APART OF THE BORG COLLECTIVE. LOCATION OF FORMER DRONE THREE OF TWELVE, ROYAL TRANSPORT ZERO ONE. SPACIAL GRID 0285 BY 0995 BY 0000."
#13
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 24, 2007, 07:12:38 AM
"SETTING NAVIGATION, UNICOMPLEX, ENGAGING TRANSWARP DRIVE."

Royal Transport 01 engaged it's transwarp engines for the Borg Unicomplex, exiting transwarp a few moments later.

Once at the unicomplex, the Royal Transport reconnected with the unicomplex, attaching it's umbilicals and powering down it's Gravimetric Engines and Transwarp Drive.

The Borg Queen looked at Taurik, "An alliance between the Borg and the lesser species would be difficult. Our vast superiority can be intimidating, I know. But I do believe that an alliance with you lesser species and your federations and empires, would have a better chance of success against the Na'Jigat. So your suggestion does have merit, or as you species 3259 are fond of constantly saying, it is quite logical."

The Borg Queen continued, "So yes, the Borg Collective accept your alliance. You may return to your vessel."

The Borg Queen directed one of her drones to remove the neural suppression device from Taurik's temporal lobe.

"Bare in mind Three of Twelve, once the Na'Jigat have been neutralized, the alliance will be dissolved. If we meet again, you and yours will be assimilated."

With that said, the Borg Queen beamed Three of Twelve - Taurik - back to the USS Rivendell.
#14
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 10, 2007, 09:18:41 AM
The Borg Cube intensified it's Neuralitic Field and while Taurik was regaining his strength, a drone placed a Neural Inhibitor near Taurik's Temporal Lobe.

<UNIMATRIX 01>

The Borg Queen was watching and analyzing the playback and telemetry from the events on the USS Rivendell. The Borg Queen was fascinated by it all. She wasn't afraid, worried or anything like that, she was simply fascinated. With this fascination, came a plan.

<BORG CUBE 3933723>

An image was projected into Taurik's mind, via his Neural Implant, the image was of Chaya Sar and what she had done to the drones.

"THIS SPECIES IS UNKNOWN TO US, WHAT IS THIS BEING'S DESIGNATION? YOU WILL COMPLY."

While the Hive-Mind was speaking to Taurik, the Borg Cube activated it's Transwarp Drive, headed for Unimatrix 01. The Borg Sphere still had the Rivendell in a tractor beam.

Taurik has been granted an audience with the Borg Queen.
#15
U.S.S. Rivendell / Mission 12: "When It Rains..."
November 10, 2007, 06:31:04 PM
The Borg Queen snapped, "What a small minded being you have become, Three of Twelve."

The Borg Queen made a point of saying Taurik's Borg designation, sensing his fear through the Neural Implant.

While she spoke the Borg Queen linked a directive to two of her personal drones to grab Taurik, forcing him onto an assimilation slab, that was rising out of the floor of the Central Plexus.

"Bring back memories for you Three of Twelve?" The Borg Queen asked sadistically.

The drones forced Taurik onto the slab, where a static field held him in place. The drones were then directed to back away and the Borg Queen stood over Taurik, in all her hellish glory.

"You fascinate me Three of Twelve, I had thought of assimilating you again, I still might. But this Chaya Sar is the one I am after. She may have destroyed several of my drones, but will she do so with you as my...guest."
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