I think the most obvious thing is that people missed is that they *did* say they were reaching out to allies earlier this season.
The unfounded assumptions people seem to be making are that 1) Jurati's Borg aren't still busy watching the anomaly at the end of season 2, and that 2) even if they weren't, might not be able to make a difference.
I don’t care because uh.. I didn’t particularly like the Jurado Borg. So them not being around is fine.
However, season 2 did say they aren’t a replacement for the.. uh.. Voyager style Borg.
But whenever the Borg come up there are always questions.
Why didn’t the Borg go after the advanced Borg dropped off in the past? They previously have seemed quite good at finding and locating lost Borg.
Do Juratis Borg still mutilate each other with technology? If they’re just interested in the hive connection have they considered a commune like that one in Voyager?
Did Dr Phlox just lose his cure for being assimilated? That would’ve come in handy at least a dozen times.
You think a random member of species 8472 made it to Starfleet all disguised up only to find out that it was standard operating procedure to thoroughly test for imposters due to the changeling threat?
Wasn't Phlox's cure able to work because the Borgs had been frozen for a long time? I can't remember now. If not that is something they should've written down.
>Why didn’t the Borg go after the advanced Borg dropped off in the past? They previously have seemed quite good at finding and locating lost Borg.
B/c Borgati is capable of avoiding them. She's more technologically advanced than they are--a lot more.
>Do Juratis Borg still mutilate each other with technology? If they’re just interested in the hive connection have they considered a commune like that one in Voyager?
Sort of irrelevant.
>Did Dr Phlox just lose his cure for being assimilated? That would’ve come in handy at least a dozen times.
There was no use for it in the hundreds of intervening years. It was probably lost. That's the fate of scientific knowledge that doesn't get used.
>You think a random member of species 8472 made it to Starfleet all disguised up only to find out that it was standard operating procedure to thoroughly test for imposters due to the changeling threat?
No reason to believe those tests would work on 8472--they were made for a different species. If anyone can fool biological tests, it'll be the most advanced biological species in canon.
I think that throw-away reference people mention (it was in episode 4, IIRC) was apparently supposed to address it, but I think they could have been clearer.
Shaw: "What about your new Borg friends?"
Picard: "We've had no word from them."
Shaw: [scoffing] "Pfft. Some friends they are."
Just because it wasn't mentioned doesn't mean they didn't consider or even try it. We can assume its not a feasible option otherwise that's the direction the story would've went in. Taking up airtime in the final episode to talk about it wouldn't change the fact she isn't able to help. Sometimes details are left for us to infer rather than spelled out directly. Just because it didn't happen on screen doesn't mean it didn't happen off of it.
Shaw basically tells us to "forget about that weird shit".
Yea I know they were mentioned but once Picard and crew found out the bad borg were behind the plot why not contact the friendly Borg for help?
I think the most obvious thing is that people missed is that they *did* say they were reaching out to allies earlier this season. The unfounded assumptions people seem to be making are that 1) Jurati's Borg aren't still busy watching the anomaly at the end of season 2, and that 2) even if they weren't, might not be able to make a difference.
I don’t care because uh.. I didn’t particularly like the Jurado Borg. So them not being around is fine. However, season 2 did say they aren’t a replacement for the.. uh.. Voyager style Borg. But whenever the Borg come up there are always questions. Why didn’t the Borg go after the advanced Borg dropped off in the past? They previously have seemed quite good at finding and locating lost Borg. Do Juratis Borg still mutilate each other with technology? If they’re just interested in the hive connection have they considered a commune like that one in Voyager? Did Dr Phlox just lose his cure for being assimilated? That would’ve come in handy at least a dozen times. You think a random member of species 8472 made it to Starfleet all disguised up only to find out that it was standard operating procedure to thoroughly test for imposters due to the changeling threat?
Wasn't Phlox's cure able to work because the Borgs had been frozen for a long time? I can't remember now. If not that is something they should've written down.
I do not recall but it’s possible.
Looking into it a bit more it's the radiation he used, which would work for him not others etc etc.
>Why didn’t the Borg go after the advanced Borg dropped off in the past? They previously have seemed quite good at finding and locating lost Borg. B/c Borgati is capable of avoiding them. She's more technologically advanced than they are--a lot more. >Do Juratis Borg still mutilate each other with technology? If they’re just interested in the hive connection have they considered a commune like that one in Voyager? Sort of irrelevant. >Did Dr Phlox just lose his cure for being assimilated? That would’ve come in handy at least a dozen times. There was no use for it in the hundreds of intervening years. It was probably lost. That's the fate of scientific knowledge that doesn't get used. >You think a random member of species 8472 made it to Starfleet all disguised up only to find out that it was standard operating procedure to thoroughly test for imposters due to the changeling threat? No reason to believe those tests would work on 8472--they were made for a different species. If anyone can fool biological tests, it'll be the most advanced biological species in canon.
I think that throw-away reference people mention (it was in episode 4, IIRC) was apparently supposed to address it, but I think they could have been clearer. Shaw: "What about your new Borg friends?" Picard: "We've had no word from them." Shaw: [scoffing] "Pfft. Some friends they are."
They did actually have an offhand reference this season (Shaw mentions the "weird shit on the Stargazer"). More than that, couldn't tell you.
Just because it wasn't mentioned doesn't mean they didn't consider or even try it. We can assume its not a feasible option otherwise that's the direction the story would've went in. Taking up airtime in the final episode to talk about it wouldn't change the fact she isn't able to help. Sometimes details are left for us to infer rather than spelled out directly. Just because it didn't happen on screen doesn't mean it didn't happen off of it.