2.41 Borg Ships

The Borg is composed of a variety of life forms from around the galaxy which have been absorbed into the organization. Individual Borgs probably have no separate consciousness apart from the hive mentality, and the idea of the individual person is a totally alien concept to them. They are implanted at birth with various cybernetic devices which integrate them into the group and adapt them to their particular function in Borg society.

Very little is known about the huge cube-shaped (and recent asymmetrical) ships of the Borg. We do know that their technology is highly decentralized with each key system having numerous backups located throughout the ship. This gives their ships an ability to continue operating even after having absorbed a tremendous amount of damage. Starfleet believes the Borg use some kind of sophisticated power source which somehow taps the difference in energy-state potential between different layers of subspace. This gives them an almost unlimited power source which allows their ships to travel vast distances at very high warp factors. It also gives their ships the ability to quickly regenerate damaged parts during battle situations. The Borg home world is believed to be located on the other side of the galaxy, somewhere deep in the Delta Quadrant.