Star trek fans interesting question… [Archive]

Lynnie_pitch nee Leigh

10-03-2008, 20:38

What would happen if a Borg tried to assimilate a changeling?
I cannot think of this ever happening in any episode, so just wondering what people think?

:D

leowyatt

10-03-2008, 20:41

erm :o what is a change link?

Garp

10-03-2008, 20:43

Urm.. do you mean changeling? As in like Odo?

Lynnie_pitch nee Leigh

10-03-2008, 20:49

Urm.. do you mean changeling? As in like Odo?

Yes sorry :o

Lynnie_pitch nee Leigh

10-03-2008, 20:51

I'm going through DS9 again, just got me thinking :D

petemc

10-03-2008, 21:00

You know thats an interesting question. Its possible a Changeling could get taken over but then when he changes shape all his implants would fall off.

Lynnie_pitch nee Leigh

10-03-2008, 21:04

I would like to see how a Borg and a Jem Hadar get on together ;D

Garp

10-03-2008, 21:07

I doubt it would successfully happen, the dominion can liquidise itself, convert to gasses and solidify at will, so I'd expect it to be able to repel the foreign nanites. I think they'd probably be the only species the Borg would be unable to adapt, though I suspect they'd never cease trying.

MarcLister

10-03-2008, 22:47

Wouldn't a changeling just morph-erate into a Borg so they couldn't tell if it had been assimilated or not? :D

Tak

10-03-2008, 23:28

I thought that when the borg assimilated someone they injected into the "veins" of whatever it was, which changelings wouldn't have...I think...

Its been way too long since I saw DS9 :o

iCraig

11-03-2008, 17:05

During assimilation the nanomachines would control the new drone's behaviour, obviously including any urge to shape shift. Depends how quick they can change shape, assimilation is a pretty quick process, the Borg usually go for the jugular (literally) when injecting billions of those nanomachines. :p

Garp

11-03-2008, 18:01

During assimilation the nanomachines would control the new drone's behaviour, obviously including any urge to shape shift. Depends how quick they can change shape, assimilation is a pretty quick process, the Borg usually go for the jugular (literally) when injecting billions of those nanomachines. :p

What is there to actually interact with? They have no veins, cerebral cortex per se, nothing for the nanites to even deal with.

iCraig

11-03-2008, 18:36

What is there to actually interact with? They have no veins, cerebral cortex per se, nothing for the nanites to even deal with.

Probably immune in that case. Add them to the list of species the Borg can't assimilate, such as Species 8472.

Feek

11-03-2008, 21:54

I'd like to see the bastards try and assimilate me *brandishes keyboard*

Mark

11-03-2008, 21:59

Surely you'd be the type to do what Picard did on the holodeck in First Contact. Fill 'em full of lead. :D

Dymetrie

11-03-2008, 22:55

Surely you'd be the type to do what Picard did on the holodeck in First Contact. Fill 'em full of lead. :D

;)