Borg Origins

posted on September 10th, 2007, 7:47 am

One of the most random, but plausible origins of the borg. In Star trek, for every possibility, there are an infinite number of other possibilities.



The Akidaa originated in the Alpha Quadrant approximately 13,000 years ago, the worker/warrior class of a highly advanced artistic/scientific/telepathic culture called the Anu. The Anu learned one day that friends of theirs (an agrarian/pacifistic culture, with no interest in technology) were soon to be attacked by a rather nasty enemy, and they wouldn't be able to defend themselves. The Akidaa were sent off in their armada to their defence, and the usual nasty battle ensued, but the Akidaa had the Markel, a vicious, rodent-like race, outmatched. The battle was almost won, when a retrovirus was transmitted through the system via subspace infecting everyone in the system, and was assumed to have been a doomsday weapon used by the Markel in case of defeat. The remainder of the Markel were killed, and 2/3ds of the Akidaa died. However, the survivors found their cellular structures changed, with odd subspace capabilities, with improved regeneration capabilities, leading to an indefinite lifespan. The culture they were protecting didn't fare so well: while their individual cells were affected in a manner similar to the Akidaa, their brains were unable to coordinate the bio-rhythms between their organs, and they all began to die. The Akidaa quickly came up with a cortical implant that would keep their organs in sync, and managed to save most of the populace. The implant allowed not only their individual bodies to be in sync, but that synchronicity was also extended between individuals, making them heavily telepathic. Over the years they learned that they could conjoin individual minds into a single, all encompassing one, and they formed what was at first called the Collective.

Harmonious, peaceful, this new singular mind allowed its participants to join in perceptions and thoughts that couldn’t have been perceived by a lone individual. It invited the Akidaa to join this new collective, but naturally they declined, preferring to keep their own individuality. Millennia later, after the Collective began altering the physical structure of individuals and adding mechanical enhancements, the singular mind went mad. What was once the intent to convince others to enhance the quality of their lives by joining the Collective slowly became a psychotic obsession to absorb both individuals and their technologies. The new name given to them would become a word associated with nightmares of fates worse than death: The Borg.

Following the battle, the Akidaa were faced with another problem: standard battle-prep procedure was to download all sensitive data to a "keeper' ship, of which would wait somewhere far away from the battle. This was done so that an enemy couldn't salvage any data from wreckage that might occur, however they had the misfortune of a Markel scouting party that stumbled on the Keeper during the battle, resulting in it’s destruction. Part of the data that was lost was the coordinates to get home, and on top of that, for some strange reason they couldn't make contact with the Anu, as if they had disappeared. The Akidaa began a nomadic existence, searching for their lost home, with the few survivors of the trip eventually settling in the Alpha Quadrant in the early 2300's.