I never liked the idea of a Borg queen. It feels too foolish to have a single point of failure like that.
The whole point of the Borg was they strip you of individuality, but the existence of a queen puts the individual above the collective. There are many protocols the Borg could use to resolve conflicts at very fast speeds, deferring to the queen who made a ton of bad choices was not a good idea.
I always figured the queen was the first one to assimilate herself so she’s the only one of her kind and all the Borg are her but she’s herself in physical presence
I totally agree, they’re terrifying in TNG and not so much in Voyager. But I think they needed an excuse to create drama between 7 and the Borg and it doesn’t make sense for the entire collective to be obsessed with her.
I never liked the idea of a Borg queen. It feels too foolish to have a single point of failure like that.
The whole point of the Borg was they strip you of individuality, but the existence of a queen puts the individual above the collective. There are many protocols the Borg could use to resolve conflicts at very fast speeds, deferring to the queen who made a ton of bad choices was not a good idea.
Yeah, that was an unfortunate retcon. Makes Q’s “they are neither male, nor female” nonsensical, too, given how she acted toward Data.
I always figured the queen was the first one to assimilate herself so she’s the only one of her kind and all the Borg are her but she’s herself in physical presence
There are multiple Borg queens.
I totally agree, they’re terrifying in TNG and not so much in Voyager. But I think they needed an excuse to create drama between 7 and the Borg and it doesn’t make sense for the entire collective to be obsessed with her.