Borg Tactical Cube

Name: Tactical Cube
Craft: Borg Collective Class-4 Tactical Cube
Type: Warship
Scale: capital
Length: 3,040 x 3,040 x 3,040 meters
Skill: capital ship pilot
Crew: 64,000; Skeleton: 1
Passengers: 0
Cargo Capacity: 1,000,000 metric tons
Consumables: 3 years
Warp Drive: 9.99
Nav Computer: yes
Maneuverability: 2D
Space: 19
Atmosphere: 575; 1,650 km/h
Defenses:

• Hull: 10D+2
• Armor: 5D
• Structural Integrity Field: 5D
• Shields: 7D

• Back-up Shields: 1D+1

Sensors

• Passive: 75/4D+2
• Scan: 194/5D+1
• Search: 250/6D
• Focus: 15/6D+2

Weapons

• 48 Energy Beams

Fire Arc: 8 beams per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D standard; 5D continuous; 2D pulse; 4D+1 wide
Space Range: 1-18/75/200
Atmosphere Range: 2-35/150/400 km
Rate of fire: 2
Damage: 8D+1 standard; 8D+1 continuous; 9D+1 pulse; 4D+1 wide

• 36 Cutting Beams

Fire Arc: 6 beams per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-18/75/200
Atmosphere Range: 2-35/150/400 km
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 6D+2

• 12 Feedback Pulse Generators

Fire Arc: 2 generators per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-18/75/200
Atmosphere Range: 2-35/150/400 km
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: (See Notes)

• 36 Shield Drainers

Fire Arc: 6 beams per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-18/75/200
Atmosphere Range: 2-35/150/400 km
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: (See Notes)

• 36 Torpedo Launchers

Fire Arc: 6 launchers per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D
Space Range: 1-200/1,000/2,500
Atmosphere Range: 2-400/2,000/5,000 km
Ammo: 5,000 Torpedoes Total
Rate of fire: 12
Damage: 16D+2

• 48 Tractor Beam Emitters

Fire Arc: 8 beams per cube side
Crew: 1
Scale: capital
Skill: capital ship gunnery
Fire Control: 3D+1
Space Range: 1-3/5/10
Atmosphere Range: 2-6/10/20 km
Rate of fire: 1
Damage: 6D

Gear:

• Auto Pilot: Sensors: 5D; Capital Ship Pilot: 4D; Capital Ship Shields: 4D; Communications: 4D; Command: 4D; Capital Ship Gunnery: 4D
• Auxiliary Power: 20 reactors @ 1D+2
• Borg Ship Regeneration Systems: Regenerate 5D+1 damage each round the ship is not participating in combat.
• Computer Cores: 8

• Computer Programming Bonus: +16D
• Astrogation Bonus: +2D

• Decks: 1,100 (est.)
• Maximum Life Support: 137,500
• Medical Facilities: 5

• First Aid Bonus: +1D

• Science Labs: 160
• Shield Regeneration System: Regenerates 3D+1 protection per round
• Secondary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+2
• Tertiary Structural Integrity Field: 1D+2
• Subspace Distortion Amplifiers: Reduce all incoming damage by 1D+1

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
• Escape Pods: none

Notes

• Feedback Pulse Generators: Borg defensive technology includes a beam weapon-like device which allows a Borg ship to send a "feedback pulse" back down a beam which hits it, causing the attacker to take the weapon's damage as well! A feedback pulse requires a delayed action (to act when the other ship fires) and a successful Moderate (16) Capital Ship Gunnery (Feedback Pulse Generator) test to use properly. Failure indicates the attack strikes the Borg ship but the feedback system does not take effect; Critical Failure results in the beam doing double damage to the Borg ship and not feeding back.
• Shield Drainers: This weapon only works in conjunction with a tractor beam. When the Borg catch a ship with one of their tractor beams, they can activate the shield draining weapon the next round. Each round it drains 25% of the shields' normal maximum Protection until the shields collapse. Once the shields collapse, they cannot recharge or regenerate until the Borg turn off the shield draining weapon.

Description: The Class-4 Tactical Cube was a powerful combat vessel utilized by the Borg Collective in the late-24th century. The tactical cube was a variety of the standard Borg cube featuring significantly enhanced firepower and improved defenses.

History

Tactical cubes were developed by the Collective in response to increasingly complex and powerful defences developed by the races the Borg Collective targeted for assimilation in the 2370s, in particular Species 8472 and the Federation. (Fact Files Issue)

The first tactical cube observed by Starfleet was encountered by the USS Voyager in 2376. The cube was targeted by Voyager in their attempts to assist the people of Unimatrix Zero and was later issued a self destruct command by the Borg Queen in her attempt to counteract the efforts of Voyager's crew. (VOY episode: "Unimatrix Zero")

Tactical cubes were later deployed by the Collective in their invasion of the Alpha Quadrant in 2377 (TNG video game: Armada II)

At least one tactical cube was present in a nebula within Grid 986 of the Delta Quadrant in 2377 where the USS Voyager discovered one the Borg's transwarp hubs. This vessel was one of several Borg ships to attack the Voyager as she made her second intrusion into the nebula to try and get home to Earth using the hub. (ST reference: Ships of the Line; VOY episode: "Endgame")

In 2380, an assimilated Vulcan named T'Uerell attempted to assimilate the Alpha Quadrant. After being defeated in the Bajor system by a Federation/Klingon/Romulan Alliance, T'Uerell retreated to a Polaric Ion Energy string where she brought a Tactical Cube from the Delta Quadrant through a transwarp conduit to fight the Federation Alliance forces. After suffering heavy casualties, the Federation Alliance forces managed to destroy the Tactical Cube, and, later, T'Uerell. (ST video game: Legacy)

Features

Tactical cubes differed from the standard Borg cube in several ways, the most notable being the extensive hull armor that covers a large portion of the exterior hull of the ship. The interior was also slightly altered from what is known of Borg architecture. The vessel's central plexus was protected by multi-regenerative security fields. (VOY episode: "Unimatrix Zero") These ships were described as being extremely well armored and very destructive. (ST video game: Legacy)

Along side typical beam and torpedo weapons systems tactical cubes were also armed with a holding beam to assist in the assimilation of starships by restricting the movement of said vessel and transferring drones aboard. Some vessels of the class were also fitted with technology assimilation beams which allowed the vessels to assimilate unique technologies they encountered in use by target species.

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

Source:

• Memory Alpha: Borg tactical cube
• Memory Beta: Borg tactical cube
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