>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.

>--G.

Data showed that the Borg Collective was eminently crackable. In the UF universe, the Borg would be a very vulnerable race, especially for someone like Slappi Squirl. The state of the art in computer intrusions is much higher in UF than Star Trek, so we have the one needed weapon the Federation lacks.

I suggest that, by the time of Future Imperfect, the Borg are a very powerful military threat if you went head-to-head with it. But one 31337 script kiddie with a laptop and an attitude should be able to blue-screen the entire collective straight to hell.

--rR