Borg Cube

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Powers of Borg Cube

Propulsion - Borg cubes were capable of both warp and transwarp velocities, thanks partly to the Borg Collective's network of transwarp corridors and hubs. When a Borg cube enters a transwarp conduit, it projects a structural integrity field ahead of itself to compensate for the extreme gravimetric shear. To compensate for the extreme temporal stress while traveling through these corridors, and remain in temporal sync, a chroniton field was also projected through specially designed conduits. Borg cubes did not present with the twin warp nacelle configuration utilized by nearly all warp-capable species, and the technology by which a Borg cube achieves warp speed is unknown. A Borg cube's maximum warp factor appeared to be greater than that of a Galaxy-class starship, as the Enterprise-D, during its first encounter with a Borg cube, was not able to maintain its distance from one such vessel when it attempted to flee.

Hull - A Borg Cube featured both the ability to rapidly regenrate itself after damage (one Cube being able to repair itself to 100% after taking 20% damage in a matter of minutes) and adaptive armoring/non-traditional shielding. This made destroying Borg vessels exceedingly difficult, as most weapons employed against them tended to either not work at all, or to become completely useless after a few shots.

Armament - A Borg Cube featured a number of different weapon systems dispersed throughout the vessel.


• Tractor Beam - The primary weapon was a unique kind of tractor beam that could also drain shields. Once locked on, the tractor beam of a cube could drain the shields of a Galaxy-class starship within seconds and hold it immobile against the full force of its warp drive. Once the target ship was defenseless, the cube could perform any action ranging from destruction to assimilation. The Borg could also use the tractor beam to destroy unshielded enemy vessels without the use of any additional weaponry.
  
  
• Cutting Beam -The secondary weapon was a high-energy laser cutting beam. If assimilation was unwarranted, the cutting beam could also be used as a weapon to destroy resisting vessels. The cutting beam could either slice into a ship with pinpoint precision, or it could be used to disintegrate large portions of an enemy vessel. Additionally, it could be fired with the tractor beam as a single attack, with the cutting beam manifesting inside the area of effect of the tractor beam. As demonstrated on the USS Melbourne at Wolf 359, combining the weapons in this fashion could destroy even a shielded enemy vessel within seconds.
  
  
• Missile Weapon - A more rarely used part of the armament, A Cube could fire a type of missile weapon, the primary function of which appeared to be to drain a target's shields. These missiles appeared to be reserved for situations in which using the tractor beam was not feasible, such as an enemy vessel being out of range. Three such missiles were capable of disabling a Galaxy-class class vessel's shields. A hit from the weapon at an unshielded target could disable its warp drive without otherwise damaging it.
  
  
• Dispersal Fields - The cubes could also use dispersal fields to disrupt the sensor and transporter function of enemy vessels. The Borg were capable of transporting through the active shields of both Galaxy and Intrepid-class starships.
  
  
• Various Systems - Although never explicitly stated as to what exactly they were, a Borg cube's weaponry also included other destructive beam and projectile weapons. During the 2366-2367 incursion, a cube obliterated three ships of the Mars Defense Perimeter with projectiles. Similar projectiles were used to destroy a Steamrunner-class and a Saber-class starship during the Battle of Sector 001. The concentrated fire of three beam weapons was able to reduce USS Voyager's ablative generator-deployed armor hull integrity, a highly advanced future Starfleet defense technology, to 40%.