Expansion Pack Borg

[Cataclysmic.Alluvium]

The Borg have become shattered. Imperfect. With the main junction of the collective destroyed, every Borg ship has been disconnected from the hive mind. The Borg are in chaos.

After the event, most Borg were hunted down and destroyed before they had time to adapt. Very, very few ships are left - those that are have attempted to build makeshift collectives of their own. However, some refuse to join a collective, the manifesting post-seperation individuality causing certain ships to pursue illogical means of perfection, competing with the other Borg in their belief that only they know the true path.

We are one of these ships, stranded and derelict. A cube with a single functioning disruptor bank and a semi-functional adaption module will have to start small on the route to perfection - more ships need to be assimilated to provide enough materials for repairs and improvements to make the ship a match for any of the major race fleets. Even then, a single ship will not be enough - we must establish our collective, assimilating any Human, Klingon, Romulan or Borg in our path.

[Collective = clan of borg

Just an idea.

[mwood1387]

This picture (http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/265.jpg)successfully illustrates how I feel about this idea.

To be more concise the Borg just aren't game mechanic-friendly. The idea that the Borg cube would ultimately be available to a player is frankly nuts . They're 100 times bigger than any other ship, they're much more powerful than any other ship (barring fluidic aliens). They're the kind of ship that needs to be taken on by a fleet.
Also, compared to the other factions the Borg only have about 5 classes of ship which would make playing as them pretty lame.

IMO its far more likely that the remnants of the Romulan Star Empire and the Dominion will be in an expansion pack.

[Father_Origin]

isn't there a borg thread somewhere already?

[Zepath]

Every story (game) needs an arch nemesis ... that guy (or group) that just won't die because they are too big and too powerful. In this game, that's the Borg or Species 8472.

You just don't let players play the arch nemesis bro, you just don't. Yes, there are games that have tried ... and they have failed.

I'm fine with you being able to create your own Seven of Nine type character, but you just need to leave the villain alone and let them be the villain.

Just my opinion.

[knightofhyrule730]

cryptic has already said that the borg will never be a playable race. they do not have individuality, so unless you like not being able to control your character, you will not enjoy being a borg.

now that does not mean to say that there cannot be ex-borg players....

[Captain_Smith]

There is nothing interesting about being a borg. I rather shoot at a npc borg.

[spiderdude1]

If i was to create a borg character, it would have to be a seven of nine type character, not an actual drone