# Hypothetical Star Trek question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-star-trek-question/231770>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 29, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-star-trek-question/231770 "2004-02-29T18:03:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-star-trek-question/231770/21 "2004-03-02T08:08:02Z")

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> [@Aesiron](#):
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> And why would [the Borg queen] have a human body, even down to the five fingers on each hand if she were a four armed and tentacle-legged alien? I’m not buying it.

Take a gander at [http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/quickref/borg\_species.htm](http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/quickref/borg_species.htm).

According to _Voyager_ “The Haunting of Deck Twelve,” humans are Species 5618.  
According to _Voyager_ “Dark Frontier,” the Borg Queen belongs to Species 125.

If that don’t prove she ain’t human, then I’m a monkey’s uncle and Berman-and-Braga are the greatest minds that ever lived.  
(And also, I don’t buy the whole idea that humans represent the majority of Borg drones. Humans are Species 5618, implying that they were discovered relatively late in the game. If humans are as all-pervasive among the ranks of the Borg, they should be Species 2 or something.)

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**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-star-trek-question/231770/22 "2004-03-02T08:24:49Z")

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I never meant to imply that the Borg were predominately human and when I said that the majority of Borg were human, I meant human looking, as in bipedal simians with no distinguishing facial mutations.

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**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-star-trek-question/231770/23 "2004-03-02T15:35:08Z")

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I wanna see assimilate grizzly bears. That sure would make them distinctive. And scary!

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**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-star-trek-question/231770/24 "2004-03-02T16:35:11Z")

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> [@Aesiron](#):
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> I never meant to imply that the Borg were predominately human and when I said that the majority of Borg were human, I meant human looking, as in bipedal simians with no distinguishing facial mutations.

True.

Maybe in the assimilation process, they use an elecrtic sander to file off any forehead, nose, or other various and sundry facial ridges.

Maybe the Borg Queen has spots that go all the way down, or perhaps stripes. 😉

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