Borg cubes are among my favourite sci-fi ships and it annoyed me how much they shrunk it this episode. That thing is 28 cubic kilometres in volume, there’s probably more space in there than a large metropolitan area...and they run into everyone 2 minutes after walking in. I realize there’s not much time left but still, they are skipping over a lot of opportunities for world building and futuristic awe.
I’m always thinking about vs. matchups in sci-fi and comics, and now I’m wondering what would happen if it was the cube (fully self repaired) against the 218 warbirds straight up. Those obviously aren’t wolf 359 ships and tactics (Mirandas line up one at a time!) but you’d think after the first few disruptor shots, they wouldn’t be able to scratch the thing even if they were rotating frequencies. Unless they got lucky and managed to hit the king hippo weak spot like First Contact?
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