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==Borg Cube==
 
'''Name''': Borg Cube<br />'''Craft''': Borg Cube<br />'''Type''': Heavy Explorer<br />'''Class''': Standard Cube<br />'''Scale''': capital<br />'''Length''': 3,040 x 3,040 x 3,040 meters<br />'''Decks''': 600<br />'''Mass''': 114,000,000 metric tons <br />'''Skill''': capital ship pilot: Borg ships<br />'''Crew Skill''': 6D for all relevant skills<br />'''Autopilot Skill''': sensors: 1D+2; pilot: 1D+1; shields: 1D+1; communications: 1D+1; command: 1D+1; gunnery: 1D+2<br />'''Crew''': 64,000<br />'''Skeleton''': 1/+15; 3/+10; 5/+5<br />'''Passengers''': 137,500<br />'''Max Life Support''': unknown<br />'''Cargo Capacity''': 1,000,000 metric tons<br />'''Consumables''': 3 years<br />'''Warp Drive'''
'''Name''': Cube<br />'''Craft''': Borg Collective Cube<br />'''Type''': Multipurpose Vessel<br />'''Scale''': capital<br />'''Length''': 3,040 x 3,040 x 3,040 meters<br />'''[[Star Trek Starship Size|Starship Size]]''': 16<br />'''Skill''': capital ship pilot<br />'''Autopilot''': 4D+1<br />'''Crew''': 64,000; Skeleton: 1<br />'''Passengers''': 0<br />'''Cargo Capacity''': 1,000,000 metric tons<br />'''Consumables''': 3 years<br />'''[[Warp Drive vs Hyper Drive|Warp Drive]]''': x568.7<br />'''Transwarp''': x0.045 (See Notes)<br />'''Nav Computer''': yes<br />'''Maneuverability''': 0D+1<br />'''Space''': 9.5<br />'''Hull''': 21D+1<br />'''Shields''': 4D<br />[[Star Trek Starship Sensor Systems|'''Sensors''']]
*Cruise: 9
*Passive: 65 / 2D+2
*Max Cruise: 9.99
*Scan: 135 / 3D+2
*Max Speed (50,000 Light Years Max):
*Search: 180 / 4D+1
*Transwarp: Varies
*Focus: 6 / 5D+1
'''Nav Computer''': yes
*Astrogation Bonus: 0D+2
'''Computer Cores''': 8
*Computer Programming Bonus: 16D
'''Maneuverability''': 2D<br />'''Speed'''
*Cautious: 4
*Cruising (Maneuverability -1D): 8
*High Speed (Maneuverability -2D): 15
*All Out - Maximum (Maneuverability -3D): 19
*Atmosphere: 365; 1,050kmh
'''Defenses'''
*Hull: 6D+2
**Regenerative Hull: heals 5D+1 damage per round of no combat
*Structural Integrity Field: 4D+1
**Primary Back-up Structural Integrity Field: 2D
***Secondary Back-up Structural Integrity Field: 2D
*Shields: 4D+2 per arc
**Maximum Shield Power: 7D per arc
**Shield Regeneration: +1D+1 per round
**Back-up Shields: 1D+1
'''Sensors'''
*Passive: 75/4D+2
*Scan: 194/5D+1
*Search: 250/6D
*Focus: 15/6D+2
'''Navigational Deflector'''
*Range: 1-2/5/15
*Accuracy: 3D+2
'''Weapons'''
'''Weapons'''
*'''24 Energy Beams'''
*'''[[Star Trek Starship Beam Weapons#Borg Energy Weapons|24 Borg Energy Beams]]'''
: Fire Arc: 4 ventral, 4 dorsal, 4 forward, 4 starboard, 4 port, 4 aft<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-4/15/40<br />Atmosphere Range: 10-350/150/400km<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 2<br />Fire Modes: standard, continuous, pulse, wide<br />Shield Penetration: 1D+2<br />Damage: 8D+1
: Fire Arc: 4 per cube side<br />Location: 4 per cube side<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D+1<br />Space Range: 1-2/8/20<br />Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam<br />Rate of fire: 2<br />Damage: 5D
*'''18 Cutting Beams'''
: Fire Arc: 3 ventral, 3 dorsal, 3 forward, 3 starboard, 3 port, 3 aft<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-4/15/40<br />Atmosphere Range: 10-350/150/400km<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 1<br />Fire Modes: standard<br />Shield Penetration: 0D<br />Damage: 6D+2
*'''6 Feedback Pulse Generators'''
: Fire Arc: 1 ventral, 1 dorsal, 1 forward, 1 starboard, 1 port, 1 aft<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: reactionary<br />Space Range: N/A<br />Atmosphere Range: N/A<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 1<br />Fire Modes: reactionary<br />Shield Penetration: original weapon<br />Damage: original weapon
*'''18 Energy Drainers'''
: Fire Arc: 3 ventral, 3 dorsal, 3 forward, 3 starboard, 3 port, 3 aft<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 1-4/15/40<br />Atmosphere Range: 10-350/150/400km<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 1<br />Fire Modes: standard<br />Shield Penetration: 0D<br />Damage: 6D+2 (ionization)
*'''18 Torpedo Launchers'''
: Fire Arc: 3 ventral, 3 dorsal, 3 forward, 3 starboard, 3 port, 3 aft<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D<br />Space Range: 2-40/200/500<br />Atmosphere Range: 15-400/2,000/5,000km<br />Ammo: 2,000 Borg Type Torpedoes<br />Rate of fire: 12<br />Fire Modes: spread<br />Shield Penetration: 2D+1<br />Damage: 16D+2
*'''24 Tractor Beam Emitters'''
: Fire Arc: 4 ventral, 4 dorsal, 4 forward, 4 starboard, 4 port, 4 aft<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D+1<br />Space Range: 1/2/3<br />Atmosphere Range: 2/4/6km<br />Ammo: energy based<br />Rate of fire: 1 target per emitter per round<br />Fire Modes: single shot<br />Shield Penetration: N/A<br />Strength: 14D


'''Transporters'''
*'''[[Star Trek Starship Beam Weapons#Borg Energy Weapons|18 Borg Cutting Beams]]'''
*Personnel: 20
: Fire Arc: 3 per cube side<br />Location: 3 per cube side<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D+1<br />Space Range: 1-2/8/20<br />Rate of fire: 1<br />Damage: Special
**Range: 1-25/50/100
**Capacity: 6 persons
**Accuracy: 2D+1
*Cargo: 10
**Range: 1-40/80/160
**Capacity: 800kg
**Accuracy: 2D+2
*Emergency: 20
**Range: 1-10/18/25
**Capacity: 40 persons
**Accuracy: 4D
'''Science Systems''': science skills +1D<br />'''Medical Facility''': first aid +0D+1


'''Source''': Ship Recognition Manual Vol.1 - The Ships of Starfleet (page 151)
*'''[[Star Trek Starship Beam Weapons#Borg Energy Weapons|6 Borg Feedback Pulse Generators]]'''
: Fire Arc: 1 per cube side<br />Location: 1 per cube side<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Rate of fire: 1<br />Damage: Special


'''Notes''':
*'''[[Star Trek Starship Beam Weapons#Borg Energy Weapons|18 Borg Shield Drainers]]'''
*'''Adaptive Shields''': Borg Shields are nonexistent unless they have encountered the species before. Shields are raised after the third consecutive attack with a particular weapon. Borg shields will adapt to attacks receiving a +1 pip to resistance to each consecutive same weapon type attack after the third attack. Max of an additional +7D bonus per arc.
: Fire Arc: 3 per cube side<br />Location: 3 per cube side<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D+1<br />Space Range: 1-2/8/20<br />Rate of fire: 1<br />Damage: Special
*'''Transwarp Conduit System''': Borg ships come equipped with a transwarp coil with a range of 50,000 light years. These coils allow the Borg to create highly dense subspace tunnels allowing the ships to travel at speeds of up to one hundred million c. These transwarp conduits only last for a few months and have to be recreated. The Borg use a special tachyon emission to open already constructed conduits. As of 2376 the Borg were incorporating a technology to keep constructed conduits permanently open. When creating a transwarp conduit a navigation roll must be made.
*'''Redundant Backups''': Borg ships come equipped with multiple redundancies. Systems are not affected until the ship is severely damaged. Individual systems cannot affect or targeted. Ion weapons are only effective if a "Complete Ionization" affects the ship. This will completely shut down the Borg ship. Various weapon emitters can be targeted on a borg cube. Ship systems components are reconstructed after 35 points of the 2D hull healing per round. This requires focusing on a specific system and not the ships general structure the Borg points.
*'''Borg Cutting Beam''': Borg ships can cut various chunks of target starships to analyze enemy technology faster. This weapon can cut a large size out of a target ship. 20 Points is required post resistance to cut out a section. Upon successful completion of cutting out a chunk the Borg ship adapts at +1,+2, or +1D for each consecutive attack depending on the ship chunk size.
*'''Borg Feedback Pulse Generator''': This weapon is used as a reaction skill and only on non-pulse beam energy weapons. If the Borg successfully defeats the attacker’s difficulty value then the attacker suffers their own damage roll. If the Borg fails the roll by 5 points, the Borg suffers the attack. If the Borg fails the roll by 10 or more points they suffer double damage
*Receives no multiple action penalties


==Borg Cube==
*'''[[Star Trek Starship Missile Weapons#Borg Torpedoes|18 Borg Torpedo Launchers]]'''
: Fire Arc: 3 per cube side<br />Location: 3 per cube side<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 3D+1<br />Space Range: 1-20/100/250<br />Ammunition: 2,000 Borg Torpedoes total<br />Spread: 12<br />Damage: 10D


The Borg cube was the primary vessel of the Borg Collective.
*'''[[Star Trek Starship Tractor Beams|24 Class Delta Tractor Beams]]'''
: Fire Arc: 4 per cube side<br />Location: 4 per cube side<br />Crew: 1<br />Scale: capital<br />Skill: capital ship gunnery<br />Fire Control: 2D+2<br />Space Range: 1-4/7/10<br />Rate of fire: 1<br />Strength: 4D+1


===Encounters===
'''Miscellaneous''':
*Crew Quarters:
:*Regenerative Alcoves: 64,000
*Decks: 1,100 (est.)
*Escape Pods: none
:*[[Star Trek Starship Specialized Hulls|Specialized Hull]]: Borg Ship Regeneration
*Maximum Life Support: 137,500


The first officially publicized Federation contact with a Borg cube took place in 2365, when the USS Enterprise-D encountered a single cube in System J-25. However, civilian researchers on board the USS Raven had previously tracked a Borg cube a decade earlier in 2353. (TNG: "Q Who"; VOY: "The Raven", "Dark Frontier")
'''Transporters'''
*Personnel: 20
:*Range: 100,000 km
:*Capacity: 6 persons
*Emergency: 20
:*Range: 25,000 km
:*Capacity: 40 persons
*Cargo: 10
:*Range: 160,000 km
:*Capacity: 800 kg


Every Starfleet encounter with a single cube resulted in heavy losses. Thirty-nine out of forty ships were lost at the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2366, and dozens more in the incursion of 2373. (TNG: "The Drumhead"; Star Trek: First Contact) Normally a single Borg cube was capable of eliminating all the elements of civilization from an entire planet.
'''Complement'''
*Various Small Borg ships throughout 25 bays
*Probes: 500


When the USS Enterprise-D experienced malfunctions due to Wesley Crusher's nanites in 2366, sensors erroneously detected an approaching (nonexistent) cube. (TNG: "Evolution")
'''Notes''':
 
Thousands of cubes were estimated to exist in Borg space in the Delta Quadrant; the largest grouping of cubes directly observed by Starfleet was fifteen, by the crew of the USS Voyager in late 2373. (VOY: "Scorpion") When describing the assimilation of his world, Arturis said that hundreds of cubes surrounded his homeworld before its destruction. (VOY: "Hope and Fear") Seven of Nine stated to Captain Janeway that the nebula concealing the transwarp hub contained at least 47 Borg vessels. (VOY: "Endgame")
 
===Technical data===
====Design====
 
The Borg cubes encountered at System J-25 and Wolf 359 were extremely large in size, measuring 28 cubic kilometers in volume, with each side measuring more than three kilometers. (TNG: "Q Who", "The Best of Both Worlds") In 2366, Commander Shelby estimated that a cube could remain operative even if 78% were inoperable. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds")


====Propulsion systems====
*'''Transwarp''': The vessel may travel at transwarp speeds for 97.65 hours (50,000 light years) before the transwarp coil needs to be replaced.


Borg cubes were capable of both warp and transwarp velocities, in part, thanks to their network of transwarp corridors and hubs. When a Borg cube enters a transwarp conduit it projects a structural integrity field ahead of the Cube to compensate for the extreme gravimetric shear. (VOY: "Inside Man") 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. (VOY: "Shattered")
'''Description''': The Borg cube was the primary starship class of the Borg Collective's fleet. Borg cubes are designed as a combined weapons platform and factory. Their main purpose was for destroying the military capacity of a species and assimilate the survivors into the Collective. Starfleet designated these ships as dreadnoughts. In the first few years after the first were encountered by the Federation, they were also known simply as a "Borg vessel." (ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia, CCG set: First Contact[citation needed], Decipher RPG module: Starships, TNG video game: Echoes From the Past) Among other starship classes of the Borg fleet, the Borg cube went through three different versions in the 22nd, 23rd and 24th century respectively. (ST video game: Legacy)


====Tactical systems====
'''Overview'''


The main tactic employed by cubes when engaging another vessel was to seize it with a tractor beam and render its defenses useless by draining its shields. Thus, the cube could perform any type of action, ranging from destruction to assimilation, on the defenseless ship. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds"; DS9: "Emissary")
Borg cubes were not constructed as such, but grown, in their own way being a lifeform within the Collective. Prior to 2380 no cube had ever been created outside the Delta Quadrant. Cubes could vary in size, but were typically large vessels; several kilometers in each dimension, up to the size of a small planet in exceptional circumstances. (TNG novel: Before Dishonor)


Following the failure of enemy shields, the cube usually engaged a high-energy laser cutting beam to slice sections of the ship for assimilation. (TNG: "Q Who"; ENT: "Regeneration") In a combat situation the Borg sometimes further used the tractor beam itself to destroy the target vessel. (Star Trek: First Contact)
'''Features'''


The cutting beam could also be used as a weapon to destroy vessels showing resistance. During the Battle of Wolf 359, the Excelsior-class USS Melbourne and the Miranda-class USS Saratoga were annihilated by cutting beams, after their shields had been drained by the tractor beam. (DS9: "Emissary")  
Like all Borg vessels, Borg cubes operated in a completely decentralized manner with no bridge or engineering but duplicated systems all over the cube so that theoretically even if as much as eighty percent of a cube were destroyed it could continue to operate. In fact, cubes did not even have a single unified hull but instead feature multiple forcefield projectors which are able to extend and contain the atmosphere in a cube as necessary. The internal pressure aboard a Borg cube was two kilopascals above what would be normal on a Federation starship, humidity was an average 92 percent, and temperature was at 39.1° Celsius. (The Collector's Edition Issue 32; TNG movie, novelization & comic adaptation: First Contact)


Another tactic used to disable vessels fleeing a cube was to fire a type of missile weapon. Three missiles were capable of disabling a Galaxy-class's shields. A hit from the weapon at an unshielded target could disable its warp drive. (TNG: "Q Who")
A cube's decentralized systems included extensive weaponry; 36 programmable weapons arrays capable of producing phaser beams and torpedoes, 12 focused neutron beams capable of cutting through starships' hulls and 24 tractor beam emitters. Cubes are also equipped with 240 sensor arrays and a variety of propulsion systems, impulse engines, multiple warp field conduits capable of propelling the cube in any direction at a cruising speed of warp 8 and top speed of warp 9.99 and multiple transwarp coils allowing the cube to enter and traverse the Borg's transwarp network. Earlier estimates by the Federation hinted at at least warp speeds of 9.9, allowing the vessels to travel 7,000 light years in one calendar year. (The Collector's Edition Issue 32; TNG video game: Echoes From the Past)


The cubes could also use dispersal fields to disrupt the sensor and transporter function of enemy vessels. (VOY: "Collective")
The cubes also had an "unknown projection field" which was capable of blocking Starfleet transporters. (TNG video game: Echoes From the Past)


In addition, 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. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II") Similar projectiles were used to destroy a Steamrunner-class and a Saber-class starship during the Battle of Sector 001. (Star Trek: First Contact) 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%. (VOY: "Endgame")
By 2377 the Collective had developed a way to join eight cubes together to form a single large vehicle called a fusion cube. (ST video game: Armada II)


====Support vehicles====
'''History'''


Ships up to the size of a Borg sphere were able to be docked inside a Borg cube for assimilation, supplies or escape purposes.
The Collective began to use cubes shortly after its creation and the cube soon became the symbolic and feared icon of the Collective. (ST short story: "The Beginning"; et al.)


At least one Borg cube, and possibly others of its class, contained a Borg sphere. The only known recorded purpose of a sphere disengaged from a Borg cube was for escape. The sphere is the only documented support vehicle a Borg cube possessed. (Star Trek: First Contact)
In 2367 a single cube was able to defeat a fleet of 39 Federation starships. (TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds")


===Interior design===
A Borg cube came through the Bajoran wormhole in 2369. Fortunately, the wormhole was undergoing subspace compression at the time and destroyed the cube. (DS9 novel: The Siege)


Borg cubes were typically manned by "thousands of drones," and could vary in capacity anywhere from 5,000 to 64,000 to 129,000 drones. (VOY: "Collective", "Unimatrix Zero", "Dark Frontier")
A unusual hybrid starship encountered by the USS Enterprise-D in 2370 included components from a Borg cube. (TNG comic: "Strategy")


Borg cubes were highly decentralized in structure with no specific bridge, living quarters or engineering sections. All vital systems were spread throughout the ship, which, along with the presence of a regenerative hull, made it highly resistant to damage and system failures. (TNG: "Q Who")
In 2380 remnants of the shattered Collective in the Alpha Quadrant created a massive new cube, and grew a new Queen to command it on a mission to destroy humanity. This cube was initially disabled, and the Queen destroyed by the crew of the USS Enterprise-E. Unfortunately, the cube was not as dead as it seemed, struggling for the survival of the Collective it developed beyond anything any cube had achieved before and independently planned to restore the Collective. It assimilated Kathryn Janeway and made her its new Queen. It then prepared to attack Earth, absorbing, rather than the less efficient assimilation, anything that got in its way and anything it required. It very nearly succeeded, growing to a huge size and incredible power but was stopped by the efforts of the Enterprise crew and Seven of Nine. (TNG novels: Resistance, Before Dishonor)


Information and Collective communication were routed through power waveguide conduits and distribution nodes. Its exterior design consisted of perpendicular and diagonal grids, struts, and weaponry, allowing a characteristic green light to emanate from within. (TNG: "Q Who", "The Best of Both Worlds", "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II")
Later, in 2381, several cubes launched blitzkrieg attacks into Federation space. This was deemed to be the starting point of the 2381 Borg Invasion. During the invasion, several cubes were destroyed by Federation and Klingon forces using transphasic torpedoes. Eventually, however, the Borg sent a force of 7000 cubes through the subspace tunnels in the Azure Nebula and into the Alpha Quadrant. Once there, the Borg armada decimated the allied fleet assembled at the nebula, leaving only the USS Voyager intact. The armada wrecked a path of destruction across the Alpha Quadrant, leaving dozens of worlds destroyed and billions dead. (ST - Destiny novel: Mere Mortals)


Some vessels are equipped with maturation chambers. (TNG: "Q Who"; VOY: "Collective")
When the Caeliar dismantled the Collective, the remaining Borg cubes in the armada were transformed into silver sea urchin-like spheres. (ST - Destiny novel: Lost Souls)


The internal pressure aboard a Borg cube was two kilopascals above what would be normal on a Federation starship. The humidity was on average 92%, and the temperature was at 39.1 °C. (Star Trek: First Contact) The atmosphere contained traces of tetryon particles. (VOY: "Infinite Regress") The infrastructure was made of tritanium, an alloy known for its extreme hardness. (VOY: "Endgame")
'''Source''':
*[http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Borg_cube Memory Alpha: Borg cube]
*[http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Borg_cube Memory Beta: Borg cube]
*Ship Recognition Manual vol. 1 (Spacedock) (pages 151-153)
*thedemonapostle

Latest revision as of 21:21, 1 May 2020

Name: Cube
Craft: Borg Collective Cube
Type: Multipurpose Vessel
Scale: capital
Length: 3,040 x 3,040 x 3,040 meters
Starship Size: 16
Skill: capital ship pilot
Autopilot: 4D+1
Crew: 64,000; Skeleton: 1
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 1,000,000 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Warp Drive: x568.7
Transwarp: x0.045 (See Notes)
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 0D+1
Space: 9.5
Hull: 21D+1
Shields: 4D
Sensors

  • Passive: 65 / 2D+2
  • Scan: 135 / 3D+2
  • Search: 180 / 4D+1
  • Focus: 6 / 5D+1

Weapons

Fire Arc: 4 per cube side
Location: 4 per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-2/8/20
Firing Modes: Standard, Continuous, Pulse, Wide-Beam
Rate of fire: 2
Damage: 5D
Fire Arc: 3 per cube side
Location: 3 per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-2/8/20
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: Special
Fire Arc: 1 per cube side
Location: 1 per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: Special
Fire Arc: 3 per cube side
Location: 3 per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-2/8/20
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: Special
Fire Arc: 3 per cube side
Location: 3 per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-20/100/250
Ammunition: 2,000 Borg Torpedoes total
Spread: 12
Damage: 10D
Fire Arc: 4 per cube side
Location: 4 per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 2D+2
Space Range: 1-4/7/10
Rate of fire: 1
Strength: 4D+1

Miscellaneous:

  • Crew Quarters:
  • Regenerative Alcoves: 64,000
  • Decks: 1,100 (est.)
  • Escape Pods: none
  • Maximum Life Support: 137,500

Transporters

  • Personnel: 20
  • Range: 100,000 km
  • Capacity: 6 persons
  • Emergency: 20
  • Range: 25,000 km
  • Capacity: 40 persons
  • Cargo: 10
  • Range: 160,000 km
  • Capacity: 800 kg

Complement

  • Various Small Borg ships throughout 25 bays
  • Probes: 500

Notes:

  • Transwarp: The vessel may travel at transwarp speeds for 97.65 hours (50,000 light years) before the transwarp coil needs to be replaced.

Description: The Borg cube was the primary starship class of the Borg Collective's fleet. Borg cubes are designed as a combined weapons platform and factory. Their main purpose was for destroying the military capacity of a species and assimilate the survivors into the Collective. Starfleet designated these ships as dreadnoughts. In the first few years after the first were encountered by the Federation, they were also known simply as a "Borg vessel." (ST reference: Star Trek Encyclopedia, CCG set: First Contact[citation needed], Decipher RPG module: Starships, TNG video game: Echoes From the Past) Among other starship classes of the Borg fleet, the Borg cube went through three different versions in the 22nd, 23rd and 24th century respectively. (ST video game: Legacy)

Overview

Borg cubes were not constructed as such, but grown, in their own way being a lifeform within the Collective. Prior to 2380 no cube had ever been created outside the Delta Quadrant. Cubes could vary in size, but were typically large vessels; several kilometers in each dimension, up to the size of a small planet in exceptional circumstances. (TNG novel: Before Dishonor)

Features

Like all Borg vessels, Borg cubes operated in a completely decentralized manner with no bridge or engineering but duplicated systems all over the cube so that theoretically even if as much as eighty percent of a cube were destroyed it could continue to operate. In fact, cubes did not even have a single unified hull but instead feature multiple forcefield projectors which are able to extend and contain the atmosphere in a cube as necessary. The internal pressure aboard a Borg cube was two kilopascals above what would be normal on a Federation starship, humidity was an average 92 percent, and temperature was at 39.1° Celsius. (The Collector's Edition Issue 32; TNG movie, novelization & comic adaptation: First Contact)

A cube's decentralized systems included extensive weaponry; 36 programmable weapons arrays capable of producing phaser beams and torpedoes, 12 focused neutron beams capable of cutting through starships' hulls and 24 tractor beam emitters. Cubes are also equipped with 240 sensor arrays and a variety of propulsion systems, impulse engines, multiple warp field conduits capable of propelling the cube in any direction at a cruising speed of warp 8 and top speed of warp 9.99 and multiple transwarp coils allowing the cube to enter and traverse the Borg's transwarp network. Earlier estimates by the Federation hinted at at least warp speeds of 9.9, allowing the vessels to travel 7,000 light years in one calendar year. (The Collector's Edition Issue 32; TNG video game: Echoes From the Past)

The cubes also had an "unknown projection field" which was capable of blocking Starfleet transporters. (TNG video game: Echoes From the Past)

By 2377 the Collective had developed a way to join eight cubes together to form a single large vehicle called a fusion cube. (ST video game: Armada II)

History

The Collective began to use cubes shortly after its creation and the cube soon became the symbolic and feared icon of the Collective. (ST short story: "The Beginning"; et al.)

In 2367 a single cube was able to defeat a fleet of 39 Federation starships. (TNG episode: "The Best of Both Worlds")

A Borg cube came through the Bajoran wormhole in 2369. Fortunately, the wormhole was undergoing subspace compression at the time and destroyed the cube. (DS9 novel: The Siege)

A unusual hybrid starship encountered by the USS Enterprise-D in 2370 included components from a Borg cube. (TNG comic: "Strategy")

In 2380 remnants of the shattered Collective in the Alpha Quadrant created a massive new cube, and grew a new Queen to command it on a mission to destroy humanity. This cube was initially disabled, and the Queen destroyed by the crew of the USS Enterprise-E. Unfortunately, the cube was not as dead as it seemed, struggling for the survival of the Collective it developed beyond anything any cube had achieved before and independently planned to restore the Collective. It assimilated Kathryn Janeway and made her its new Queen. It then prepared to attack Earth, absorbing, rather than the less efficient assimilation, anything that got in its way and anything it required. It very nearly succeeded, growing to a huge size and incredible power but was stopped by the efforts of the Enterprise crew and Seven of Nine. (TNG novels: Resistance, Before Dishonor)

Later, in 2381, several cubes launched blitzkrieg attacks into Federation space. This was deemed to be the starting point of the 2381 Borg Invasion. During the invasion, several cubes were destroyed by Federation and Klingon forces using transphasic torpedoes. Eventually, however, the Borg sent a force of 7000 cubes through the subspace tunnels in the Azure Nebula and into the Alpha Quadrant. Once there, the Borg armada decimated the allied fleet assembled at the nebula, leaving only the USS Voyager intact. The armada wrecked a path of destruction across the Alpha Quadrant, leaving dozens of worlds destroyed and billions dead. (ST - Destiny novel: Mere Mortals)

When the Caeliar dismantled the Collective, the remaining Borg cubes in the armada were transformed into silver sea urchin-like spheres. (ST - Destiny novel: Lost Souls)

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