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Boraalans. Humanoid inhabitants of planet Boraal Il, who lived Borg collective. Term used to describe the group consciousness on a technological level similar to Earth's medieval period. The of the Borg civilization. Each Borg individual was linked to the Boraalans had a rich and deep spiritual life, and were the subject collective by a sophisticated subspace network that insured each of a cultural study by Nikolai Rozhenko. The entire population of member was given constant supervision and guidance. (“Best of Boraal II, with the exception of one village, was lost in 2370, when ~~ Both Worlds, Part 1" [TNG], “I, Borg” [TNG]). Being part of the col the planet was subjected to sudden atmospheric dissipation lective offered significant biomedical advantages to individual (“Homeward" [TNG]). SEE: Boraalan chronicle; Boraalan seer. members. The mental energy of the group consciousness could help an injured individual to heal or regenerate damaged body Boradis system. Star system. A Federation outpost was estab- parts. A group of former Borg drones, living in the Nekrit lished on Boradis Ill in 2331. By 2365, three other planets in that Expanse of the Delta Quadrant, sought to reestablish the collec system had been colonized. The Enterprise-D was ordered to a tive link to bring peace and order to their new society, thus creatpoint near the Boradis system to meet Federation Emissary ing a New Cooperative consciousness. (*Unity" [VGRY]) K'Ehleyr from Starbase 153. (“The Emissary” [TNG]) Borg queen. (Alice Krige). Central Boranis Ill. Planet. The population of Boranis Ill was infected locus of the Borg collective. The with a plague that consumed thousands of lives. Dr. Julian Bashir Borg queen brought order to the was able to identify the pathogen and inoculate the entire popu multitude of voices within the Borg lation. (“The Quickening” [DS9]) shared consciousness. She was the “one who was many," in that she Borath. (Dennis Christopher). Vorta analyst. Borath conducted embodied elements of individuality 4 an experiment on the captured senior crew of the U.S.S. Defiant as well as being the central node in a | ¥ 4 in 2371. Borath caused the Defiant's command crew to experi- vast group mind. When the Borg ho - ence an illusory invasion of the Dominion into the Alpha invaded the Federation in late 2366, buat. & Quadrant. This was a test to see how much resistance the the Borg queen wanted a counter 4 * Dominion might encounter if they were to conduct an actual inva- part, a human being with a mind of g ? v sion. Borath and the Founders learned that Ben Sisko and his his own who could bridge the gulf staff were willing to risk their careers and their lives to destroy the between humanity and the Borg Bajoran wormhole, in order to keep the Dominion on their side Captain Jean-Luc Picard as ye of the galaxy. (“The Search, Part II" [DS9)). Locutus was to have fulfilled this role. The Borg queen wanted Picard borathium. An experimental rybotherapy medication developed to give himself freely to the Borg by Dr. Toby Russell as a potential replacement for leporazine She wanted more than just another Borg drone, but he resisted and morathial. The drug was still in an experimental stage in 2368 and was forced into the collective. When the Borg attempted to when Russell used it unsuccessfully to treat a crash victim from take over the U.S.S. Enterprise-E in 2373, the Borg queen the transport ship Denver. Dr. Beverly Crusher believed that attempted to seduce Lieutenant Commander Data by giving him Russell's use of borathium in that case was a violation of medical organic components and by appealing to his emotions. She and ethics, since conventional leporazine therapy might have been all the Borg on the Enterprise-E were killed when plasma coolant effective. (“Ethics” [TNG]) = released by Data liquefied their organic components. With the Bl death of the Borg queen, the Borg apparently lost the basic strucBoratus. (Michael Champion). A Vorgon criminal ture of their collective. (Star Trek: First Contact). Star Trek: First who traveled backward in time to locate Captain Contact establishes that the Borg queen was an unseen part of Picard and the Tox Uthat. (“Captain's Holiday™ § Picard'’s assimilation in “The Best of Both Worlds, Part I" (TNG). [TNG)) Borg scout ship. Small Borg vessel, cubical in shape, with a Boreal lll. Planet. Home port of the transport ship Kallisko, mass of 2.5 million metric tons. The ship generally carried a crew which was attacked by the Crystalline Entity in 2368. (“Silicon of five. One such ship was discovered crashed on a moon in the Avatar” [TNG]) Argolis Cluster in 2368. SEE: Hugh. (“I, Borg” [TNG]) Boreth. Class-M planet Borg ship. Huge cube-shaped spacelocated in Klingon space craft, operated by the Borg collec Klingon legend has it that tive. The first known Federation Boreth was the planet where encounter with a Borg ship was by the Klingon messiah, Kahless the Enterprise-D near System J-25 the Unforgettable, promised in 2365. The Borg vessel had a to return following his death on highly decentralized design, and the Klingon Homeworld some Enterprise-D personnel reported 1500 years ago. The followers finding no specific bridge, engineerof Kahless established a ing, or living areas. Combat experimonastery on the planet to ence showed the ship to be equipped await his return. To the Klingons, there is no more sacred place. with powerful energy weapons and capable of repairing major SEE: Story of the Promise, The. Clerics on Boreth, fearing that damage almost immediately, including the impact of direct phaser political infighting in the Klingon High Council signaled a loss of hits. Model concept by Maurice Hurley, design by Rick Sternbach, honor in the empire, conspired in 2369 to provide new leadership built by Kim Bailey. (*Q Who?" [TNG]). A Borg cube ship made its for the Klingon people by creating a clone of Kahless, using his way into Federation space in 2373 and proceeded to Earth on actual genetic material, thereby attempting to fulfill Kahless's stardate 50893. It was destroyed by a Starfleet armada, but was promise. Worf made a pilgrimage to Boreth in that year, where he able to launch a small Borg sphere that traveled into Earth's past was the first to meet the clone of Kahless. Although the clerics’ on a mission to prevent Zefram Cochrane's first warp flight in deception was soon discovered, Kahless's clone was installed as 2063. (Star Trek: First Contact). A Borg vessel of a totally different the ceremonial Emperor of the Klingon people. (“Rightful Heir" design was used in the Borg incursion of 2369, in which a trans[TNG]). SEE: Gowron. After the destruction of the Enterprise-D in warp conduit was used to reach the Alpha Quadrant much more 2371, Worf returned to study at Boreth. Worf left the monastery a rapidly than was possible with normal warp travel. (“Descent, Part year later, on stardate 49011, to accept an assignment at Deep |" [TNG]). This ship was destroyed by a solar fusion eruption Space 9. (“The Way of the Warrior" [DS9)). The exterior of the caused by Enterprise-D. (*Descent, Part II" [TNG]). The Type-2 Boreth monastery was a matte painting designed by Dan Curry. Borg ship was designed by Dan Curry and built by Greg Jein.