Borg assimilation racial technology

[Matryx]

If my memory serves me correctly (and it rarely does this) I remember no evidence of the borg ever having researched anything on their own.
They merely assimilate other cultures and gain technology that way.
In this way perhaps it would be better to start them off with -100% to research ability but still give them all of the functions you outlined below.

Comments people?

[capnq]

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If my memory serves me correctly (and it rarely does this) I remember no evidence of the borg ever having researched anything on their own.
They merely assimilate other cultures and gain technology that way.

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Well, at the very least, they had to develop enough technology on their own to assimilate their first culture. Unless it was a barbarians vs. Rome situation, which doesn't fit what little I remember of their origin story.

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Cap'n Q


The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the
human mind to correlate all of its contents. We live on a placid
island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was
not meant that we should go far. -- HP Lovecraft

[Suicide Junkie]

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Well, at the very least, they had to develop enough technology on their own to assimilate their first culture. Unless it was a barbarians vs. Rome situation, which doesn't fit what little I remember of their origin story.

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I would think that it would be easiest to start them with no research ability, but already have basic assimilation techs.

If you copy most of the components and "borgify" them (improve their performance slightly, make them regenerate and only available to borg), then you would have a really neat system.

The borg would capture a shield generator I, and they would analyse to get a Borgified Shield Generator I, which fits in with the rest of their tech.

[God Emperor]

Has anyone checked out my Borg mod at all? - interested in feedback you may have.

I set up a Borg Technology group to overcome the racial trait problems, which incorporates many of ther features being discussed.
eg Regenerative structure, self repair systems, a Borg boarding component (went for this over the Allegience Subverter to reflect the effect of shields), a transwarp conduit generator (emergency propulsion 10 movement points!), neural interface, etc.

[Atrocities]

Your mod kicks arsse.

[Q]

Suicide_junkie wrote: "I would have to suggest that you give the borg organic-style regenerating armor. Allegiance subverters are IMO too powerful, instead, think about using boarding parties that regenerate via the organic armor ability."

The boarding parties can made ineffective or even harmful, if the enemy ships use self destructing devices. There is no weapon and no ability until now for a weapon, that could destroy selectively the self destructing device. You are right the allegiance subverter is powerful but so are the Borg!
Organic armor is very good unless the enemy has crystalline technology with the shard cannon. Therefore I would prefer strong shields, which is also in line with the Borg in Star Trek. And it would make the shield ignoring weapons like null space projector more important.



[This message has been edited by Q (edited 27 May 2001).]

[Q]

I posted a first modification with the new assimilation racial technology in the Mod section. For the description of the new components see my first message of this topic.
Please report the feedback here in this topic.