>>1)The Borg appear, [snip]
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>Dude, you could have stopped right there.

For the record, it's conceivable that the Borg might appear in UF, but if they do, they'll be significantly altered. As they appeared on Star Trek, they were poorly-designed villains; they were utterly invincible, to the point where the heroes could not defeat them without the writers resorting to Extreme Hokiness. This is a very bad quality for a villain to have, so if they appear in UF, they won't have it.

The UF universe already does have the SF race the Borg were obviously inspired by, anyhow. :)

--G.
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