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  • Spacedock delves into a detailed breakdown of the intimidating Borg Cube and it's counterpart the Tactical Cube. #StarTrek
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 662

  • @Spacedock
    @Spacedock  3 роки тому +275

    Why not allow us to inject our crowdfunding nanoprobes into your bloodstream and join our Patreon Collective?
    Resistance is Futile.
    www.patreon.com/officialspacedock

    • @hamishsewell5990
      @hamishsewell5990 3 роки тому +3

      Love what you do! Maybe a Sci-Tech vid on the Borg nanoprobes or transwarp hub?

    • @tristanmitchell1242
      @tristanmitchell1242 3 роки тому +3

      There is one method to resist your nanoprobes, fiend! Being Poor!

    • @lastechocorp1841
      @lastechocorp1841 3 роки тому +2

      WAIT the borg essentially had stargates????

    • @patryn36
      @patryn36 3 роки тому +1

      Which track of battlezone II did you use? Have not been able to find it yet on youtube.

    • @chriswatkins8711
      @chriswatkins8711 3 роки тому +2

      Why don't you check into the fact that the Hansen's were abducted by the border making 7 of 9 but also Admiral hansen was Killed by the Borg and the battle of Wolf 359 on the Melbourne.
      Were they related? Was Admiral Hanson 7 of 9's Grandfather

  • @schwarzerritter5724
    @schwarzerritter5724 3 роки тому +499

    Borg only send one single Cube at the time, because that way, they always win.
    -If the Borg win, they win.
    -If the enemy wins, either through superior firepower or exploitation of a weakness, sending only one Cube prevents the loss of an entire fleet and the collected data is worth the loss of the cube.

    • @thepartydontstoptilliwalkin
      @thepartydontstoptilliwalkin 3 роки тому +55

      And then Species 8472 became a thing

    • @thundercactus
      @thundercactus 3 роки тому +63

      And the military pressure to advance only increases the value of their inevitable victory.
      The federation lost 39 ships to a single cube at Wolf 359, and still lost at least 30 ships in the battle of sector 001 despite having made incredible advancements in both weapon systems and employing actual warships dedicated to fighting the borg.
      All they need to do is send TWO cubes.

    • @Grizabeebles
      @Grizabeebles 3 роки тому +40

      When you really stop and think about it, the Borg are just a vinculum building more of itself out of available materials using nanomachines.
      I think they count as a superorganism.

    • @beaney56
      @beaney56 3 роки тому +19

      Infinite adaptability. The first cube failed but the second would be tailored to fight that target. The federation actually defeated this tactic by adapting and creating true warships with variable frequency weapons instead of the half arsed "starships" they had at wolf 359. I think this is why by voyager you see borg ships using conventional yet extremely powerful shields. The federation showed the borg their subspace defences were useless when species used these variable frequency weapons.

    • @DavidKnowles0
      @DavidKnowles0 3 роки тому +6

      @@thundercactus That only a fraction of the Federation fleet through. The federation were deploying a thousand strong fleets during the Dominion war.

  • @Megalesios
    @Megalesios 3 роки тому +143

    "Uncontrolled unpowered atmospheric entry" - that's a fancy way of saying "crash into the planet"

  • @DrownedInExile
    @DrownedInExile 3 роки тому +459

    "You can't outrun them, you can't destroy them. If you damage them, the essence of what they are remains. They regenerate and keep on coming. Eventually you will weaken, your reserves will be gone. They are relentless!" - Q

    • @cmdraftbrn
      @cmdraftbrn 3 роки тому +15

      they are the ultimate user.

    • @priest2001
      @priest2001 3 роки тому +30

      Yeah but that's pre nerf

    • @AtomskTheGreat
      @AtomskTheGreat 3 роки тому +35

      "If the Continuum has told you once, they have told you a thousand times: DON'T PROVOKE THE BORG!!!"

    • @DrownedInExile
      @DrownedInExile 3 роки тому +24

      @@priest2001 Is it really surprising though? How do you write an antagonist as powerful as the Borg, that your protagonists can still credibly win against? The writers had no alternative but to nerf them, or introduce gimmicks like Species 8472.
      Doesn't mean I don't miss the implacable menace that was TNG's version of the Borg.

    • @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623
      @chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 3 роки тому +15

      Until they come up against ethnically diverse female space Jesus. Mikey Burnhan wil defeat the Borg and forever end them in the first act of an episode. And then the Discovery crew will have a good cry about it for the next two acts.

  • @ArcaneAzmadi
    @ArcaneAzmadi 3 роки тому +310

    The cube remains one of the most unsettling spacecraft designs in the history of sci-fi. It's the quintessential example of Sinister Geometry- just a huge, regular shape that moves around on its own. Other examples include the cylindrical 'Whale Probe' from Star Trek IV, the Doomsday Machine, the angel Ramiel from Neon Genesis Evangelion, Khaak ships from the X Universe and so on.

    • @gregorioe.perezrodriguez3496
      @gregorioe.perezrodriguez3496 3 роки тому +3

      What is the doomsday machine?

    • @steemlenn8797
      @steemlenn8797 3 роки тому +12

      I see you are knowledgable Sir ;) But I always considered Ramiel to be the least fear-inducing one since it does not look organic. I mean Lilith, that one is creepy as hell!
      And I do liek the Khaak.

    • @romeodavis1052
      @romeodavis1052 3 роки тому +6

      some more examples of disturbing starships from sci fi universes would have to be the reapers and collectors from the mass effect series.

    • @SoullessOO1
      @SoullessOO1 3 роки тому +5

      Add the pyramid ships from Destiny, always give me a bit of a chill.

    • @rexthewolf3149
      @rexthewolf3149 3 роки тому

      @@SoullessOO1 I was going to mention those

  • @Synthmilk
    @Synthmilk 3 роки тому +409

    God those high definition phaser beams from First Contact are gorgeous, as are the Torpedo effects. Absolute Titanium standard in Star Trek weapons effects.

    • @martinjrgensen8234
      @martinjrgensen8234 3 роки тому +27

      Even the modern series can’t match First Contact for weapons effects, or weapons sound effects.

    • @antinewtypenewtypeclub3428
      @antinewtypenewtypeclub3428 3 роки тому +14

      They don’t do practical model work anymore…it’s a lost art

    • @gelgamath_9903
      @gelgamath_9903 3 роки тому +16

      I'm not going to lie "First Contact" is my favorite star trek movie. Although that might be because I saw it in theatre when I was like 12

    • @logion567
      @logion567 3 роки тому +15

      And that quantum torpedo volley from the Enterprise-E

    • @blackc1479
      @blackc1479 3 роки тому +9

      Yeah, theres various bits i like over the whole series, but that battle was the single best looking, balls out fight i think has been put to film. And the E swooping in....👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @ethenallen1388
    @ethenallen1388 3 роки тому +239

    Perhaps the single scariest thing about the Borg when I first learned about them was that there were no individuals, no egos to trick or blind spots to exploit and nothing to relate to, all identity had been removed long ago. The introduction of a "Borg Queen" destroyed that image and lessened them in my eyes.

    • @imadrifter
      @imadrifter 2 роки тому +11

      That's true, I hadn't realized that at the time

    • @thedefenestrator2994
      @thedefenestrator2994 2 роки тому +41

      I agree. Having a Queen makes them too understandable and “natural.” We know how animals work which have queens, we know and can appreciate that system. It’s familiar, maybe even comfortable. They have a moral to serve. But the borg before the queen were super scary as you said. They were completely pitiless and ruthless, truly monsters.

    • @evalramman7502
      @evalramman7502 Рік тому +7

      Think someone at Paramount insisted on a Queen for First Contact. Studios, they have the money. They have the power.

    • @fightingfalcon777
      @fightingfalcon777 Рік тому +9

      @@evalramman7502 yeah, that was more or less it. They felt that while having the Borg be this leaderless collective worked for TV, for a movie, they would need some kind of main villain to confront

    • @Chrisc2024
      @Chrisc2024 Рік тому +3

      Perhaps they had to use the borg queen to understand and abatp to federation unique and willpower

  • @idvhf
    @idvhf 3 роки тому +236

    This and the Shadow vessels from Babylon 5 have my vote for scariest enemy ships in sci-fi!

    • @MagnanimousEntropy
      @MagnanimousEntropy 3 роки тому +23

      Indeed, that scream is unforgettable. There are not many other ships in science fiction i can think of that instil such fear.

    • @Coolman13355
      @Coolman13355 3 роки тому +27

      Even later in B5 the Shadow vessels never lose that mystique.

    • @darthXreven
      @darthXreven 3 роки тому +18

      even when they used telepaths to scare away shadows those ships were still taken seriously....
      the awesome thing about the shadows is no words had to be spoken, they appear and attack then leave, the borg actually tell their prey they're coming lolz but the borg are still a fate nobody wants

    • @DrownedInExile
      @DrownedInExile 3 роки тому +15

      Whoever designed the art for the Shadow vessels, I'd love to know what Eldritch nightmares inspired them!

    • @matthewcaughey8898
      @matthewcaughey8898 3 роки тому +3

      @@darthXreven and sometimes the intended Borg victim resists, then after beating the Borg back they come in search of retribution.

  • @the_snobot
    @the_snobot 3 роки тому +135

    They have no centralized systems. Except the vinculum. And the central plexus. And the queen chamber. And...
    The TNG writers knew how to keep the Borg scary. Too bad the Voyager writers didn't.

    • @ShiftyMcGoggles
      @ShiftyMcGoggles 3 роки тому +17

      Picard writers seem to be doing the same...But that might be down to them hating the franchise more than voyager's less than stellar writing talent.

    • @the_snobot
      @the_snobot 3 роки тому +10

      @@ShiftyMcGoggles I got the impression that the Picard writers were trying to frame the Borg more as an advanced, dead civilization rather than an existential threat. And if you ignore Voyager that works well: a single Borg ship that is derelict and an object of intense scrutiny and interest is a really neat take after the events of Descent, especially with Hugh's involvement.
      I feel like there's some neat storytelling to do within that framework, but I'm not sure that's the direction the writers are going in the upcoming season(s).

    • @ShiftyMcGoggles
      @ShiftyMcGoggles 3 роки тому +13

      @@the_snobot To be honest, that summarises a lot of the plot elements of Picard. Interesting ideas, but without the writing chops to properly work it into trek series, or more than a cursory glance at the source material.
      I have a feeling they didn't get the script checked over by other people either, since the issues with it are more egregious that Voyager's torpedo count.

    • @darwinxavier3516
      @darwinxavier3516 3 роки тому +10

      @@ShiftyMcGoggles Neat ideas with no justification for their existence seem to be a running theme in multiple overglorified fanfic stories these days. "Who cares if it doesn't make sense with the established worldbuilding/characters/history, I want more content!"

    • @AndDiracisHisProphet
      @AndDiracisHisProphet 3 роки тому +7

      @@ShiftyMcGoggles To be fair, their writng talent is as low as their hatred for the franchise is high

  • @1BlessEdYou
    @1BlessEdYou 3 роки тому +52

    0:41 The cube looks like the coolest thing ever built exclusively out of what's left over after you pop all the pieces of your model ship/airplane out of the kit.

    • @paullaing5921
      @paullaing5921 3 роки тому +9

      That's pretty much what the models for the Borg cubes were made out of.

  • @antonybullock2240
    @antonybullock2240 3 роки тому +665

    The secret to defeating a Borg cube is to get one side all the same colour and then work your way from there. No wait a minute sorry. I'm thinking of a Rubiks cube.

    • @genericuser984
      @genericuser984 3 роки тому +7

      to be fair, if the color was "Core of Sun" i'm sure this still applies

    • @genericuser984
      @genericuser984 3 роки тому +1

      to be fair, if the color was "Core of Sun" i'm sure this still applies

    • @GldnClaw
      @GldnClaw 3 роки тому +5

      Get rid of that last sentence and the comment is perfect.

    • @darinbauer8122
      @darinbauer8122 3 роки тому +1

      Using Transformer technology as a virus to expose onto individual cubes in order to change a Borg cube into a Rubix will likely ruin the cube's defensive integrity. Always use this tactic to destroy Borg cubes!

    • @pbxn-3rdx-85percent
      @pbxn-3rdx-85percent 3 роки тому +5

      Just peel the color stickers and stick them back one color to each side. Just don't let the kid who owns the cube see you.

  • @Novarcharesk
    @Novarcharesk 3 роки тому +74

    I love the Borg. Even with a few of the changes Voyager made to them, I still think they're awesome.
    The one main thing I detested about the usage of the Borg was when Janeway, Tuvok and Torres were assimilated. The way this panned out totally undercut the severity of what assimilation is. They had no idea if their bodies were going to be mutilated to the point of amputated limbs, yet it was all like 'we'll just get Doc over here to fix us up.'

    • @RichO1701e
      @RichO1701e 3 роки тому +13

      The way I've understood the whole amputated limb thing, especially if you're referring to that scene in First Contact, is this, they only amputated damaged limbs. Like if the person who was being assimilated already wore a prosthetic or had it damaged fighting the Borg drones to begin with.
      Not every assimilated person had limbs hacked off just for the hell of it. But overall, I agree, that story was one of those Simpsons episodes where nothing that happened had any long term consequences and was never brought up again.

    • @TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA
      @TAKIZAWAYAMASHITA 3 роки тому +6

      Considering the tech they have, in reality if that tech was ours irl people would be biologically immortal, nanobots would render aging obsolete, people would heal like wolverine and all the transportation and matter creation tech would fix any possible disfigurment in seconds. Missing an arm? let me grow that excact one from your dna back on to your body in 0.5 secs from 1000km away, as site to site and very percise transportor tech would allow it, shields/forcefields etc would take the place of any bandage. So it makes sense the crew made light of borg assimilation. Plus writers never think about realism with their tech. In reality voyager on its own isnt handicapped they could have settled a planet and made any ship/station in starfleet databanks in a matter of weeks

    • @seldoon_nemar
      @seldoon_nemar 3 роки тому +1

      @@RichO1701e I'm guessing it was more replacing limbs lost during resistance. battle wounds

    • @ydna
      @ydna 3 роки тому +6

      The story in Unimatrix-zero was cool from an action point of view, but the realism of that plot was so horribly unbalanced that it's considered by many to almost be non-canon. The mission was a purposeful body-mutilation suicide pact at best, or death for everyone at worst... all with no debate (even Scorpion had some discussion on it). Visually it was cool but holy god the writers went nuts

    • @TheotherTempestfox
      @TheotherTempestfox 3 роки тому +10

      @@TheCoolCucumber Pretty much every episode was writted by a different writing team and they were instructed that outside of two parters they had to leave everything pretty much the way they found it for the next episode as they were all being writted in parallel. This resulted in pretty much every episode hitting a reset button at the end of the episode.
      This writing style was fine for TNG where every episode was by and large a standalone adventure. But Voyager needed to be more than just TNG in the delta quadrant. I like Voyager but there were a lot of episodes that would have been improved if there were lasting consequences. Be it unrepairable or lasting damage that leaves voyager in a semi-crippled state for at least a few episodes, key crew members getting killed and so on. They were alone in the Delta quadrant with no logistical support after all. Even if that was somewhat within the Interpid class design.

  • @templarw20
    @templarw20 3 роки тому +87

    Thank you for presenting the borg adaptation as a thing with limits, like it was shown in most places, and not invincible space magic that a lot of Trek secondary and fan media makes it out to be.
    If anything, it's more a problem with Federation phaser tech than it is an invincible shielding...

    • @mryellow6918
      @mryellow6918 3 роки тому +3

      I'm sure rail guns would scrap them so easily

    • @deejnutz2068
      @deejnutz2068 3 роки тому +5

      @@mryellow6918 the borg would struggle with Halo Plasma or MAC Cannons.

    • @templarw20
      @templarw20 3 роки тому +6

      @@mryellow6918 How the drones reacted to kinetic weapons in First Contact, and the anti-borg sniper rifle that Ezri played around with in one episode of DS9 agree with you.

    • @Generalscorpio
      @Generalscorpio 3 роки тому +5

      In the Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force video game there's a weapon called an I-MOD, short for Infinity Modulator, which was specifically designed to get around Borg adaptation. To me the way that game presented the Borg made sense.

  • @sir_chris
    @sir_chris 3 роки тому +151

    The borg are quite courteous in that they announce their intentions first hand. May I ask, has there been any species that actually voluntarily gave up to the borg and let themselves get assimilated? Some thing like, assimilation is the better option, so we surrender?

    • @genericytprofile852
      @genericytprofile852 3 роки тому +60

      That is true, in our history of warfare it was always preferable to have your enemy surrender instead of doing battle. By giving your enemy a chance to surrender you greatly decrease the expenses incurred with battle.

    • @casbot71
      @casbot71 3 роки тому +33

      The Pakled ?
      But then again, the Borg may deem them unworthy of Assimilating…
      Hmm, perhaps it's a way to get the target to _display it's prowess,_ so the Borg can gauge how useful they'll be.

    • @ki8ekm14
      @ki8ekm14 3 роки тому +4

      I would volutarily gave up to the Borg...

    • @pokealex388
      @pokealex388 3 роки тому +19

      @@casbot71 The two main things borg look for is advanced tech and biological distinctiveness. Even if a species didn’t put up a fight or even hid their tech, if they had something that could benefit the borg in any way they would probably go for it.

    • @kawafahra
      @kawafahra 3 роки тому +18

      They essentially erase your personality and refit the remains.
      The chance of getting away is almost zero, your only weapon and advantage is being unpredictable by being an Individual.
      You may as well go down fighting, but better than that, fleeing under distraction.
      They seem rather easily distracted, because everything is getting analysed.
      Everyone wants to fight without thinking twice, or flee in dumb horror.
      The escapists always survive by distraction.

  • @Levi_Skardsen
    @Levi_Skardsen 3 роки тому +20

    The stuff of nightmares. Seeing one of these approaching and knowing there's nothing you can do. You can't outrun it, you can't destroy it, you can't talk your way out of it; you will be assimilated and spend the rest of your life as an observer, seeing and experiencing everything you do with no ability to control it. You can't even kill yourself to escape assimilation because the Borg can bring you back to life. Your only options are to accept your fate, or a phaser on maximum to disintegrate yourself.

  • @CrimsonTemplar2
    @CrimsonTemplar2 3 роки тому +10

    I drop everything & watch. 🍿

  •  3 роки тому +17

    At least the Borg were safety-conscious and installed railings.

    • @namelesske
      @namelesske 3 роки тому +3

      Because they were amazon warehouse operators in the 21st century.

    • @mattd6085
      @mattd6085 Рік тому

      They might be pure evil but they're not negligent

  • @sidwasistdennhierlos2272
    @sidwasistdennhierlos2272 3 роки тому +43

    OH MY GOD that we-portal-to-rikers-farmhouse technology bothered me so much, but the explanation that they got it from those planet hoping dudes from that earlier voyager episode is super satisfactory
    i didn't catch it, did they mention that in the episode?

    • @derfruchti0815
      @derfruchti0815 3 роки тому +13

      Can´t fully remember if they specifically explained it but I think they stated that it was Spatial Trajector Technology and the only species known to use this sort of transportation are the Sikarians, which Voyager met earlier.

    • @alwaysmymazda
      @alwaysmymazda 3 роки тому +13

      it was also stated in that episode that the way it worked had something to do with a unique quality on the planet.. the way minerals or something were on it i forget the details exactly, but essentially the tech only worked on the planets surface. voyager tried doing it from orbit and it didnt work.

    • @kevinwidmayer2409
      @kevinwidmayer2409 3 роки тому +18

      @@alwaysmymazda I suppose that if anyone could take that technology and build some artificial planet size trajector amplifiers around space to make it more convenient... it's the Borg.

    • @TheotherTempestfox
      @TheotherTempestfox 3 роки тому +3

      @@kevinwidmayer2409 Probably mined a bunch of the minerals and built ships out of them.

    • @thundercactus
      @thundercactus 3 роки тому +4

      It was a very "stargate" moment! "Hey I remember that piece of technology from like 3 seasons ago!"

  • @2keyblades
    @2keyblades 3 роки тому +32

    Out of all the species in Sci-FI, the only one that gave me nightmares and scare me to this day was The Borg.

    • @mryellow6918
      @mryellow6918 3 роки тому

      Nah the silence from doctor who imo are more scary.

    • @EddyA1337
      @EddyA1337 3 роки тому

      As a child I found them disturbing

    • @mryellow6918
      @mryellow6918 3 роки тому

      @@EddyA1337 I just thought they were cool

    • @alexbrown6980
      @alexbrown6980 2 роки тому

      I found species 8472 was more scary

  • @ChiKettle
    @ChiKettle 3 роки тому +12

    Thank you for using beautiful HD rips from the movies. The first contact battle sequences look stunning

  • @Doctacosa
    @Doctacosa 3 роки тому +6

    Wow. I already felt this, but seeing such a compilation of Borg moments really seals the deal to me that the Borg have the best evil aesthetics in Star Trek. From the drones, the ships, the computer graphics, the ever-constant green hue, everything works together so well. Great presentation!

  • @maybetoby
    @maybetoby 3 роки тому +12

    I remember seeing a Borg Cube for the first time as a kid and instantly feeling creeped out by it.

    • @darwinxavier3516
      @darwinxavier3516 3 роки тому +1

      If it was The Best of Both Worlds part 1, the background music for it's appearance was ominous and grandiose.

    • @maybetoby
      @maybetoby 3 роки тому

      @@darwinxavier3516 Q Who

  • @towertech7427
    @towertech7427 3 роки тому +21

    a good ship breakdown video you could do would be a luna class ship breakdown from star trek (the most famous of its class being the USS Titan NCC-80102) maybe a video about the titan or just the luna class.

    • @timberwolf1575
      @timberwolf1575 3 роки тому

      There is precious little visual material for the Luna class, which would make for a limited video component. Not impossible, but much more of a challenge to make a compelling video on.

    • @towertech7427
      @towertech7427 3 роки тому

      @@timberwolf1575 sure thats true but still spacedock has done videos on ships with little info but yeah I guess I shouldnt get my hopes up

  • @starsilverinfinity
    @starsilverinfinity 3 роки тому +6

    Of all the ships in Sci-Fi, I always found it ironic that my favorite was a literal flying cube

  • @rozzgrey801
    @rozzgrey801 3 роки тому +11

    You are amazingly brilliant at marshalling all the scattered bits of information across years of episodes from different series into a perfectly arranged sequence that pulls it all together so neatly and comprehensively.

  • @mastershipstreamarchives4159
    @mastershipstreamarchives4159 Рік тому +1

    Watching Star Trek with my family, I was never once intimidated or scared by the borg. But seeing them as a collective in a full summary has now changed that perspective. I see now why they are so scary.

  • @autoeclectic8808
    @autoeclectic8808 3 роки тому +57

    Ah, The Borg Cube. Made of pure shielded plot.

    • @cooldude2251
      @cooldude2251 3 роки тому +3

      The cube itself makes sense. The idea of no central core and no queen makes sense. What doesn't make sense is them all of a sudden having a central core and a queen so it can be easier for humans to win.

    • @marvenlunn6086
      @marvenlunn6086 3 роки тому +3

      @@cooldude2251 look at how they changed the Borg in there first appearance Q said they were only interested in there technology then all the sudden in best of both worlds they assimilate life forms and you can hack them easily

  • @SN1PERx64
    @SN1PERx64 3 роки тому +31

    A fantastic breakdown, though I can't help but feel that many these additions by nutty writers from Voyager and Picard have dampened the overall mystique of this vessel

  • @tearstoneactual9773
    @tearstoneactual9773 3 роки тому +4

    Really love these newer in-depth videos. Thank you so much for making them.

  • @Lordrocky24
    @Lordrocky24 3 роки тому +38

    Stellar video! And I gotta say, you’re already getting better at the narration! First few videos were… well rough (gotta learn somehow, right?), but you’ve really done well with this one!

    • @hoojiwana
      @hoojiwana 3 роки тому +8

      Thankyou!
      - hoojiwana from Spacedock

  • @JustTooDamnHonest
    @JustTooDamnHonest Рік тому +1

    The Borg Cube is iconic and one of my all time favorite ship designs in sci-fi realm and it also stands as the face of the United Federation of Planet's greatest foe.

  • @emperormajorian112
    @emperormajorian112 3 роки тому +85

    Ah yes, the Minecraft ship

    • @metalgeardull8279
      @metalgeardull8279 3 роки тому +15

      After reading this, I'm not sure if I can take the Borg as a seriously ever again.

    • @sauron7839
      @sauron7839 3 роки тому +13

      @@metalgeardull8279 honestly, a race of Minecraft builders is fucking terrifying.

    • @pipthomson1530
      @pipthomson1530 3 роки тому +1

      @@sauron7839 that is true.

    • @VerdeMorte
      @VerdeMorte 3 роки тому +3

      @@sauron7839
      *WE ARE THE BUILDERS.*
      *DEFENSE IS POINTLESS.*
      *YOU WILL BE ACCUMULATED.*

    • @VerdeMorte
      @VerdeMorte 3 роки тому +1

      That would actually be a great addition to the galaxy mod...

  • @gameon_ct
    @gameon_ct 3 роки тому +37

    Pretty sure that was a QR Code in the thumbnail. A QR Code to... assimilate!

  • @mattbristerpostma3742
    @mattbristerpostma3742 3 роки тому +10

    Great job guys! I'm loving these new vids, the production quality is exceptional!

  • @John_SlideRule_Bullay
    @John_SlideRule_Bullay 3 роки тому +3

    Love the new "LCARS" display when showing stats on the ship!

  • @solidoperative
    @solidoperative 3 роки тому +30

    I can't think of anything more monstrous than the Borg, even now they still scare me.

    • @VegetaLF7
      @VegetaLF7 3 роки тому +5

      Halo's Flood are up there for me

    • @Obsidian_Gargantuan_Leviathan
      @Obsidian_Gargantuan_Leviathan 3 роки тому +3

      @@VegetaLF7 clearly the flood is way more scarry. you can easy outrun a borg drone at how slow they walk but good luck outruning a combat form of the flood

    • @insigificantinsect4880
      @insigificantinsect4880 3 роки тому +2

      @@Obsidian_Gargantuan_Leviathan the flood destroy who you are when absorbed the borg use everything and on some level your aware as well

    • @Obsidian_Gargantuan_Leviathan
      @Obsidian_Gargantuan_Leviathan 3 роки тому +1

      @@insigificantinsect4880 the flood destroy more or less just the body. the mind and all the info from it are absorbed by the grave mind

    • @michaeld.uchiha9084
      @michaeld.uchiha9084 3 роки тому +2

      Chaos and the Tyranids from Warhammer 40k
      The Yuuzhan Vong from Star Wars
      The Shadows from Babylon 5
      Xenomorph from Aliens
      Reapers from Mass Effect
      Shivaner from Freespace
      Ohh there are many on the same level as the Borg.

  • @silentdrew7636
    @silentdrew7636 3 роки тому +7

    Sold at Ikeas everywhere.

  • @sleepingbackbone7581
    @sleepingbackbone7581 3 роки тому +3

    Outstanding quality and production of videos, Spacedock. Just keep on rolling, you're doing very good.

  • @ToddTalksTech
    @ToddTalksTech 3 роки тому +2

    Great video. Integrating a generous amount of info bits that leave you stuffed and happy by the end of the video. Thorough and concise!

  • @Eatmydbzballs
    @Eatmydbzballs 3 роки тому +44

    Curently playing a Borg Playthrough in Star Trek: New Horizons

    • @BismuthChimera
      @BismuthChimera 3 роки тому +1

      Same.

    • @beaney56
      @beaney56 3 роки тому +1

      What is that?????? I haven't played a good star trek strategy game since armada and armada 2.

    • @Eatmydbzballs
      @Eatmydbzballs 3 роки тому +6

      @@beaney56 THE Star Trek Mod for Stellaris.

    • @starmada105
      @starmada105 3 роки тому +3

      And it’s AMAZING

    • @forrestpenrod2294
      @forrestpenrod2294 3 роки тому +1

      @@starmada105 Stellaris looks pretty expensive with all the DLCS. How much do you need to own to play the Trek mod?

  • @nannesoar
    @nannesoar Рік тому

    _Saturday/May/6/2023_
    woke up at 24 and decided todays the day to finally get into star trek and this is the first video I'm watching

  • @W0NK042
    @W0NK042 3 роки тому

    I was at collage when The Borg were introduced. They were all you heard people talking about (in hushed whispers) in the canteen the following day.

  • @deadmilkman121
    @deadmilkman121 2 роки тому

    Oh man that battlezone 2 intro music takes me wayyy back.

  • @thomashill6347
    @thomashill6347 3 роки тому +1

    That was informative and well done THANK YOU and the team behind the voice.

  • @Numba003
    @Numba003 3 роки тому

    I love that you started the video with the classic Borg line. So brutally imposing from their very first words on air.
    Stay well out there everybody, and God bless you friends. :)

  • @sp4h704
    @sp4h704 3 роки тому +9

    Here’s an off the wall review request: The Czars own personal SuperTitan “Tsunami” from the PS1 game “Colony Wars”.

    • @theodoreslavo5385
      @theodoreslavo5385 3 роки тому +3

      AI Voice: "No Information Available."

    • @guamson8946
      @guamson8946 3 роки тому +1

      Might be hard to come across sufficient information on the vessel to create an episode, especially since the Colony Wars franchise has been dead for awhile now.

    • @sp4h704
      @sp4h704 3 роки тому +1

      @@guamson8946 I'd like to see a reboot of that game. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

    • @Levi_Skardsen
      @Levi_Skardsen 3 роки тому

      Colony Wars is something I sorely wish would come back. Red Sun was awful but the first 2 games were great.

  • @insultobot
    @insultobot 3 роки тому

    Why is this not showing in my subscription feed?!!?! UA-cam sucks sometimes. Glad I found your video despite UA-cam getting in the way.

  • @user-cd4bx6uq1y
    @user-cd4bx6uq1y Рік тому +1

    This is basically what Star Wars feels like when watching for the first time

  • @CybershamanX
    @CybershamanX 3 роки тому +6

    Perfect soundtrack! 😃 Really liking "New Spacedock"! 🙂

  • @dancarroll6343
    @dancarroll6343 Рік тому

    Love the Battlezone 2 music , almost forgot about that game.

  • @Kaiju-Driver
    @Kaiju-Driver 3 роки тому

    I love videos like this from this channel keeps me coming back every time not to mention Borg are just scary.

  • @frankharr9466
    @frankharr9466 3 роки тому +1

    I wonder if the Queen was an adaptation to when Picard was used to make a cube sleep or when Hugh caused a number of Borg to split off. Something to shut off errent commands and exert more control over erent drones.

    • @aquamonkee
      @aquamonkee 3 роки тому +1

      The Borg Queen was meant to always have existed hence Picard remembering her in turn she recalled Annaka Hanson not being afraid

    • @frankharr9466
      @frankharr9466 3 роки тому

      @@aquamonkee
      Well, she would remember what the collective does. But aww! I liked the idea that the Borg DID something, changed somehow, in reaction to the Hugh incident.
      But that's O.K. I'm not a writer and shouldn't be telling writers how to do their job.

  • @dibaterman
    @dibaterman 3 роки тому +3

    It would have been more interesting if each Queen was part of a sub group of Queen/Leader.
    Having it be a Queen kind of took away from the alien mystique of the Borg and sort of simplified them.
    If when the Queen was first introduced she was rather instead identified as Prime 2 of 3. Suggesting a unique quality and appealing to the mechanical/robotic side of the Borg.
    When Picard is first assimilated, instead of Locutus of Borg if he was Prime 7 of 19 or something like that, it would have been informing if the Queen came along later using the same kind of identifier. It might suggest that she an example of the fate Picard could have faced had Riker failed.

    • @3Rayfire
      @3Rayfire 3 роки тому

      Yeah calling her the Borg Queen in and of itself doesn't match the mystique of the Borg. I always thought she should've been called One of All. But I understood what she was, the singular embodiment of the Collective. If you're talking to a drone, you're just talking to a neuron, but if it's the Queen you're talking to the whole, the Mother Brain.

  • @inquisitorbenediktanders3142
    @inquisitorbenediktanders3142 3 роки тому +13

    Good I invented an exterminatus that works on SHIPS and basically shakes them to bits! When they are wrecked like this the individual bits are easy pickings against big friggin' makro cannons!

  • @Okpikachu8388
    @Okpikachu8388 3 роки тому +1

    The Borg Cube is like the Death Star as a box.

  • @TheShiftGuy
    @TheShiftGuy 3 роки тому +6

    Im pretty sure that Cpt.Archer met the Borg first even before the federation was established.

    • @jesseberg3271
      @jesseberg3271 3 роки тому +7

      But that wasn't a Cube.
      This is Spacedock, the focus is on the ships.

    • @morgan97475
      @morgan97475 3 роки тому +2

      We ignore that show.

    • @WardancerHB
      @WardancerHB 3 роки тому +3

      @@morgan97475 who is "we"?

    • @morgan97475
      @morgan97475 3 роки тому +1

      @@WardancerHB Those who were severely disappointed by the show. Manny Coto should've helmed the show from the beginning.

    • @twandepan
      @twandepan 3 роки тому +4

      @@morgan97475 it’s a lot better than what we have now

  • @Sourbell-YT
    @Sourbell-YT 3 роки тому +3

    We are the Borg

  • @dreww3810
    @dreww3810 2 роки тому

    Battlezone 2 music is a nice touch

  • @Doublebarreledsimian
    @Doublebarreledsimian 3 роки тому +8

    Borg? Sounds Swedish.

  • @DarthM4rik
    @DarthM4rik 3 роки тому +3

    Who encountered them first is a matter of opinion. One could also say it was Archer and the Crew of Enterprise NX-01. Isn't time travel lovely?

    • @007racerdude
      @007racerdude 3 роки тому +1

      This video was just about the cube not the borg in general. Archer only came into contact with a interplanetary shuttle a few drones had over charged.

    • @marcusmanchester7095
      @marcusmanchester7095 3 роки тому

      But there's a couple of things about that encounter, and their presence in 2063 during First Contact. The only people who knew about them native to 2063 were Cochrane and Lily Sloane, one of whom had a reputation of saying things while drunk, which he would later recant. So, whatever they said was always viewed with some suspicion. In 2152, Starfleet (specifically Archer) only speculatively attach those drones to Cochrane's drunken ramblings.
      The Hansens (not part of Starfleet) were only exploring a rumor, so what Starfleet knew prior to the 2350s was a closely guarded secret. So they are the first to encounter the Borg, and the Enterprise-D is the first official recorded encounter.

  • @nickpalmer3065
    @nickpalmer3065 3 роки тому +10

    Who would win in a battle between the borg vs the replicators from Stargate SG1 and Atlantis?

    • @daleford8621
      @daleford8621 3 роки тому +6

      I'd have to vote replicators, on that one. The borg have a reliance on biological material the replicators don't have. They're pure tech, and can assimilate and duplicate themselves from nearly any material. Hell, they turned an entire planet into replicators. The humanoid replicators can even phase themselves through solid materials.
      The borg are scary as hell, but even they would be overmatched by the replicators.

    • @lbochtler
      @lbochtler 3 роки тому +6

      im fairly certain the replicators would win, mostly due to them being able to do molecular manipulations with technology far more advanced then the borg. Im sure even the wraith would give them a good run for their money.

    • @Kalebfenoir
      @Kalebfenoir 3 роки тому +5

      Probably borg after a bit. Replicators developed nanotechnology way late, and there's a good chance Borg nanites could infiltrate, infect, and subourn Replicator nanites. It'd be a nano war, because I think the Reps would win in a physical battle. But they'd lose when their own swarm turned on them.

    • @davidlewis5312
      @davidlewis5312 3 роки тому +3

      The Asurans would win, hands down. SG1 base replicators are a bit more interesting. I guess it just gets into can the nanoprobes of a borg infect the replicator blocks? That basically answers the question. If yes, the Borg will win. If no, the Replicators will eat the borg.

    • @daleford8621
      @daleford8621 3 роки тому +6

      Whoever wins will have both tech sets anyway. It's kinda like arguing who would win between Zerg, Flood, or Tyranids. It's basically the same outcome no matter what happens. They basically just fuse, and we arbitrarily call the new race the name of the old race we think won.

  • @jakstrieder
    @jakstrieder 3 роки тому +9

    um.. didn't Voyager destroy the transwarp network in it's last episode? why didn't you bring that up?

    • @TOFMDrone
      @TOFMDrone 3 роки тому +7

      damaged for a big part
      not destroyed as a hole

    • @twandepan
      @twandepan 3 роки тому

      and the borg probably have most of the damage repaired by now

    • @darwinxavier3516
      @darwinxavier3516 3 роки тому +1

      From what I remember they destroyed a major hub but not the network.

  • @highwindsclarke2685
    @highwindsclarke2685 Рік тому

    The Borg first appeared in the Star Trek TNG episode Q Who. The Vinculum appears in an episode of Star Trek Voyager which starts on Pick (Freeview channel 36) on 30/01/2023.

  • @benlaskowski357
    @benlaskowski357 3 роки тому +3

    The only thing I like about Borg cubes is how easily transphasic torpedoes destroy them.

  • @merickful
    @merickful 3 роки тому +4

    We have added this video's biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile! Great video!!!

  • @deanlawson6880
    @deanlawson6880 3 роки тому

    Wow! What a great video on the Borg Cubes!! Nicely Done!!

  • @Plagu3_501st
    @Plagu3_501st 3 роки тому +13

    I'd realy like the new speaker... but i also miss Daniel's voice.

    • @marsm9
      @marsm9 3 роки тому +2

      Where did Daniel go?

    • @johannestetzelivonrosador7317
      @johannestetzelivonrosador7317 3 роки тому +8

      @@marsm9 he wants to focus on the sojourn and thought pieces (spacedock shorts).

    • @hoojiwana
      @hoojiwana 3 роки тому +4

      @@johannestetzelivonrosador7317 He's still here doing the occasional breakdown as well!
      - hoojiwana from Spacedock

    • @marsm9
      @marsm9 3 роки тому

      @@johannestetzelivonrosador7317 ah fair enough.

    • @johannestetzelivonrosador7317
      @johannestetzelivonrosador7317 3 роки тому

      @@hoojiwana nice I'm looking forward to that. but I love your videos too!

  • @michaelzoran
    @michaelzoran Рік тому +1

    SUGGESTION: There needs to be a TV series created called "Star Trek: The Last Generation," which tells the story of what would happen if the writers were not biased toward "The Good Guys." The Borg villains would be allowed to assimilate the entire galaxy over the course of the series. During the final episodes of the series, the Borg would conquer Earth, and then movie on to another galaxy.

  • @Canadianvoice
    @Canadianvoice Рік тому

    I like the Star Trek Legacy storyline of the Borg. It's been ignored for a long time but they beautifully explain the borg and it expands all seasons up to voyager and is explained in goof detail.

  • @007racerdude
    @007racerdude 3 роки тому +10

    So a quick point. Cannon has held that the Hansen family left after Q put the Enterprise in the cube's path. This was because the Enterprise had reported about the Borg and the Hansen's wanted to learn more. The Hansen's weren't surprised by the cube they had been hunting for one following transwarp signatures trying to catch up to one to study. The videos are still great just I do not think that information was correct.

    • @matthewcaughey8898
      @matthewcaughey8898 3 роки тому +2

      The Hansens were idiots. That alone was enough to keep those of us who survived Wolf 359 to keep them from going. Eventually despite our protects someone gave them a ship. They quickly left federation space and ignored our orders to return, totally ignorant to the other powers out there who might take offense to a federation ship nosing around. By the time we found out they had taken their daughter along we were furious. In fact we sent several ships out to look for them when they vanished and issued a rare BOLO order on the raven. It wasn’t until Voyager returned with 7 of 9 that we finally were able to end the whole miserable affair with the Raven. Rumors say it’s what kept a few admirals from advancing much past a 1 star.

    • @007racerdude
      @007racerdude 3 роки тому

      @@Knight121198 There was a part in an episode I believe where they discuss her birthday but she is rather adamant about not caring. I think that was a thing now 100% sure.

    • @007racerdude
      @007racerdude 3 роки тому

      @@matthewcaughey8898 interesting RP blerb. But yeah the Hansen's underestimated the Borg as 7 even states.

    • @matthewcaughey8898
      @matthewcaughey8898 3 роки тому

      @@007racerdude Anybody who survived wolf 359 will tell you with no ego or anything but fear and respect “ you do not underestimate the Borg “ it cost us 1000s of lives and 39 starships to figure that out

  • @trekreview
    @trekreview Рік тому

    This is a sweet Borg video, good job!!

  • @shmee123ful
    @shmee123ful 3 роки тому +1

    i would love to see a battle between a borg cube and a zerg leviathan.

  • @beaney56
    @beaney56 3 роки тому +1

    There are videos on UA-cam that debate star trek vs star wars. The crux always comes down to starfleet, klingon and romulan ships being far to slow compared to hyperspace travel in star wars. I think the borg with their transwarp drive and incredible adaptability, on top of their ability to subvert both the mechanical and biological would wipe the floor with the galactic empire! Yes I said it!!!!!

  • @eskreskao
    @eskreskao 3 роки тому +2

    Love the thumbnail.

  • @patrickdavis8271
    @patrickdavis8271 3 роки тому

    Another fantastic video Spacedock! Well done!

  • @ShagShaggio
    @ShagShaggio 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome episode!
    Cheers!

  • @thomasgray4188
    @thomasgray4188 3 роки тому +2

    Mean box time.

  • @matthewshipley739
    @matthewshipley739 Рік тому

    I remeber when that magazine that came with model starships (still releasing new issues iirc) released a limited edition Borg Cube model that lit up, I thought it was the coolest thing since the Galaxy-X model!

  • @timmorris8932
    @timmorris8932 3 роки тому

    I think an interesting series of videos would be in depth discussions on various weapon systems. Grazer, phaser, et. al. Perhaps discussing them in terms of functionality within the sci-fi universe vs reality. Nuclear weapon would be particularly enlightening.

  • @PMolk
    @PMolk 2 роки тому

    Great video. The Borg are awesome.

  • @The--Illusion
    @The--Illusion 3 роки тому +1

    The battle is called "The Battle of Worf 359". Which is a real star system, and even has a memorial in Star Trek Online.

    • @ShiftyMcGoggles
      @ShiftyMcGoggles 3 роки тому

      I tend to spend 10 minutes there on remeberance day.

  • @jakeschiffe7833
    @jakeschiffe7833 Рік тому

    Look at the side of the Borg Cubes digital graphs...like a QR Code!
    QR Codes, are Borg signature command access code modules...for access through the Borg eye piece, allowing access to the Neural-Net link,
    Within one's Cranial mass.

  • @jchardy007
    @jchardy007 3 роки тому +4

    (Question) has Borg ever encountered the Voth if so who has the larger ship? Who would prevail in a conflict?

    • @ArmageddonEvil
      @ArmageddonEvil 3 роки тому +3

      The Voth do have pretty large ships, especially their Citadel City Ship type of craft. lol

    • @jchardy007
      @jchardy007 3 роки тому +1

      @@ArmageddonEvil sure can teleporting an entire starship inside itself, rendering all tech inert...

    • @ArmageddonEvil
      @ArmageddonEvil 3 роки тому +1

      @@jchardy007 Though, I would love to see a Borg Fusion Cube or a Borg Tactical Fusion Cube. Since those are basically 8 Borg Cubes/8 Tactical Borg Cubes combined into one. XD

    • @kaicreech7336
      @kaicreech7336 3 роки тому

      @@ArmageddonEvil how is the different from just one more cube that's eight times bigger

    • @Corbomite_Meatballs
      @Corbomite_Meatballs 3 роки тому +2

      They have in STO, to a mostly stalemate. (I know, people consider that to be Beta canon.)

  • @mrbuck5059
    @mrbuck5059 10 місяців тому

    I remember Time Magazine had the Borg on the front cover of one of the editions in 1991.

  • @ADivineFellow
    @ADivineFellow 3 роки тому

    Please do another video on the uncomplex or another info about different borg ships and borg drones on planets.

  • @GB-sh9st
    @GB-sh9st 3 роки тому

    Amazing work, sir

  • @JaredLS10
    @JaredLS10 3 роки тому +3

    Just last night I was thinking the Borg got a hold of the folding space tech from the race Voyager visited, I imagine the Borg learned of the race when they partially assimilated Voyager and had a cube or scout sent to one of the outposts with the tech on it.

  • @nodak81
    @nodak81 Рік тому

    I always thought of the Borg as Daleks with legs.

  • @KirbyBWebb
    @KirbyBWebb 3 роки тому

    HEAVY DUTY , MAN !

  • @xknoewx
    @xknoewx 3 роки тому

    Wow that was thorough! Amazing!

  • @autumngottlieb3071
    @autumngottlieb3071 3 роки тому +6

    Just like evil Minecraft.

  • @grand-dadmiral
    @grand-dadmiral 3 роки тому +1

    Mean box moment

  • @dondp7500
    @dondp7500 2 роки тому

    the cube design is smart as there is no air resistance in space hence no need to be aerodynamic

  • @misterangel8486
    @misterangel8486 3 роки тому

    Excellent breakdown 👌😎
    Thank you🙏

  • @communiststatesofus8293
    @communiststatesofus8293 3 роки тому

    That irony, it needs borgs to do most effective spaceships

  • @CaptPatrick01
    @CaptPatrick01 3 роки тому +3

    Strip the technological and double-down on the biological, I'd love to see a breakdown of the Naggarok.

    • @schwarzerritter5724
      @schwarzerritter5724 3 роки тому +1

      A shame that I have never heard anyone talk about the Naggarok, or Homeworld ships in general. I would also like to see someone about the Vaygr Cruiser, which is essentially a ship wrapped around a huge gun.

  • @rey_nemaattori
    @rey_nemaattori 8 місяців тому

    If you though these were bad, in StarTrek Armada 2 you could combine 8 of these cubes together to a Fusion Cube and just send them blindly across the map.
    They were nigh indestructible, if they got destroyed at all you almost always had another one ready, but beaten at least one player out of the game...

  • @SchardtCinematic
    @SchardtCinematic 3 роки тому +1

    Borg are Star Treks version of Cybermen. But scarier

  • @stevenewman1393
    @stevenewman1393 Рік тому +1

    🖖😎👍Very cool and very well done and informative indeed 👌...

  • @MPKb19
    @MPKb19 3 роки тому +5

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