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Star Trek fan creates amazing digital Lego Borg cube

By rachel carrington | nov 16, 2021.

Star Trek fan shows love for the franchise with the Borg cube

Star Trek fans are some of the best in the world when it comes to creative ways to show their love for the 55-year-old franchise. From those who become a character like Jens Dombek who has become the German Spock and others whose talent enables them to draw or paint incredible portraits and scenes from the series, there are so many ways this fandom gets highlighted every day. One particular highlight comes from Reddit user and fan, u/TheNerdyOne_ a/k/a ky-ebricks.

Ky-e bricks creates digital Lego builds as a way of showing others that a Lego hobby doesn’t have to be expensive. And to prove it, this creator built an amazing digital Borg cube out of 9,280 pieces and that measures just under 16 inches in all directions. When sharing the images on Reddit, Ky-e bricks wrote “The Borg Sphere includes a launching mechanism, which was fun to design. The micro Enterprise-E just attaches to the side, but it is built to-scale with the cube itself.”

The Borg cube was a massive undertaking for this Star Trek fan

According to the description posted on Ky-e Bricks’ Instagram page , this model “has been in progress since July. It was intended to be completed for Star Trek’s anniversary back in September, but I clearly underestimated how much work it would take. But it’s done now! My UCS-scale Borg Cube, complete with launch-able Borg Sphere and to-scale Enterprise-E. More renders to come.”

The dedication to detail in this piece shows the true talent of this designer as do the other images posted to Instagram , including a Springfield Class Frigate , a Luna-class Reconnaissance vessel from Star Trek: Lower Decks,  and the Freedom-class Light Frigate from Star Trek: The Next Generation’s “The Best of Both Worlds.”  There are also plenty of designs from other fandoms, including Star Wars, Metroid, and Halo.

Instructions and manuals to create your own awesome digital builds can be purchased at Ky-ebricks.com , and if you’re looking for more information and photos, be sure to check out https://www.instagram.com/ky_ebricks.

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Scratch built “Star Trek “First Contact” Borg Cube by Jeff Pollizzotto

June 9, 2011 Posted in  JP Modelworks - Jeff Pollizzotto , Star Trek Selections

This piece is beautiful. Many believe the Borg Cube to not be a very challenging design, but I can tell you… it is very intricate with its massive layers of parts and piping! Today Jeff Pollizzotto shows us his excellence with this build and composite art. He even placed the Borg Sphere exiting the main cube! Beautiful!

This is what Jeff has to say…

I feel that “First Contact” is the best of the Next Generation Trek films and I always wanted to tackle building a Borg cube for myself.   The cube measures 10″ square and was constructed out of .100″ styrene. I wanted to get the prominent “layered” look that is seen on all the cubes and I also wanted to give the model “depth” so when you look inside the model you can actually see through it and that it also contains a lot of detail.   The surfaces of the six sides were first opened up (on a milling machine) and the openings would give me the “depth” I was looking for before all the surface detailing was added.   Surface details are about 80% styrene bits and pieces of which many were made first then attached to the various surfaces of the model. The other 20% of the surface detail are aluminum rivets, washers, tubes and various other metal bits. The Micro-Mark Pro-Etch system provided over 200 photo etched parts and some commercially available photo etch parts were also used. Inside the cube are 16 green LED’s which provide the internal lighting.   The “Time Sphere” started out as two Plastruct 2″ diameter domes with vacuum formed surface details added to the surfaces. The sphere was also detailed with plastic and metal bits as well as some photo etched parts. This is also lit with LED’s.   The model is painted with a mix of Tamiya metallic silver, metallic blue and dark grey. The color was taken from the only color reference I could find, the CD from the “First Contact” soundtrack!   The stand/base contains the “Borg disc” as well as the electronics for the sound and lights.   Enjoy! Jeff Pollizzotto JP Modelworks

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The Borg cube was a type of starship used by the Borg Collective in the 24th century . Along with the Borg sphere , cubes were among the primary types of vessel for its fleet . ( TNG : " Q Who ", " The Best of Both Worlds "; Star Trek: First Contact )

Described as mighty and omnipotent, Borg cubes were considered one of the most destructive weapons ever known. ( PIC : " Maps and Legends ")

• 1 Encounters
• 2.2 Interior
• 2.3 Propulsion systems
• 2.4 Maintenance and repair
• 2.5 Support vehicles
• 2.6 Tactical systems and Combat performance
• 3 Known vessels
• 4.1 Appearances
• 4.2 Background information
• 4.3 Studio models
• 4.4 Apocrypha
• 4.5 External link

Encounters [ ]

The USS Enterprise -D came into contact with a single cube in System J-25 in 2365 , marking the first official Federation contact with a Borg cube. However, civilian researchers on board the USS Raven had previously tracked a Borg cube in 2347 , twelve years earlier. ( TNG : " Q Who "; VOY : " The Raven ", " Dark Frontier ")

Every Starfleet encounter with a single cube resulted in heavy casualties. At the Battle of Wolf 359 in 2367 , an armada of forty Starfleet ships were assembled to stop a cube; thirty-nine of those ships were lost in a matter of minutes. Dozens more were destroyed stopping another cube in the incursion of 2373 . ( TNG : " The Drumhead "; Star Trek: First Contact ) Normally a single Borg cube was capable of assimilating all elements of civilization from an entire planet . ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II "; VOY : " Unity ", " Dark Frontier ", " Child's Play ")

When the Enterprise -D experienced malfunctions due to Wesley Crusher's nanites in 2366 , sensors erroneously detected an approaching cube. ( TNG : " Evolution ")

Millions of cubes were estimated to exist in Borg space in the Delta Quadrant ; ( VOY : " Dragon's Teeth ", " Dark Frontier ", " Unimatrix Zero ", " Unimatrix Zero, Part II ") the largest single grouping of cubes directly observed by Starfleet was fifteen, by the crew of the USS Voyager in late 2373 . ( VOY : " Scorpion ") When describing the assimilation of his world, Arturis said that hundreds of cubes surrounded his homeworld before its destruction. ( VOY : " Hope and Fear ") Seven of Nine stated to Captain Janeway that the nebula concealing the transwarp hub contained at least 47 Borg vessels. ( VOY : " Endgame ")

At some point around 2380 , eleven Romulan D'deridex -class warbirds battled six Borg cubes. The USS Cerritos was present for this conflict, but fled the scene. The Cerritos also fled a similar battle between four Borg cubes, eight D'deridex -class warbirds, two Pakled Clumpships , and several Klingon Birds-of-Prey . ( Star Trek: Lower Decks opening credits )

In 2384 , the USS Protostar encountered a dormant Borg cube in the Beta Quadrant . ( PRO : " Let Sleeping Borg Lie ")

In 2401 , the Borg Queen arrived in the Alpha Quadrant in a unique Borg cube to meet Jack Crusher and begin the assimilation of Starfleet and the Federation. ( PIC : " Võx ") The cube hid in the Great Red Spot of Jupiter where it was found by the Enterprise -D broadcasting the Borg's command signal. The cube was quickly determined to only be 36% operational as most of its resources were being used to broadcast the signal. After detecting the Enterprise -D, the cube lowered its shields and redirected its weapons in an invitation. Deducing that there was a beacon transmitting the signal across the solar system, Picard, Riker and Worf beamed aboard to find Jack and the coordinates for the beacon so that the Enterprise could target it while La Forge, Beverly Crusher , Deanna Troi and Data remained on the ship to help guide them. On the cube, they found only a handful of drones still alive with the rest having been cannibalized by the Borg Queen to survive following the decimation of the Collective by Kathyrn Janeway's neurolytic pathogen . As Picard worked to free Jack from the Queen's control, Riker and Worf located the beacon and transmitted the coordinates to the Enterprise , fighting off a few surviving drones. Dodging the cube's defenses, Data flew the Enterprise through the superstructure to the beacon. On La Forge's orders, Crusher destroyed the beacon with the Enterprise 's phasers and photon torpedoes, setting off a cataclysmic chain reaction that destroyed the Borg cube, the Borg Queen and the last of the Borg Collective, finally ending its threat for good. The Enterprise managed to beam out the away team and Jack and escape from the cube's destruction just in time. The destruction of the Borg cube broke the Borg's control over Starfleet, saving the Federation. ( PIC : " The Last Generation ")

Technical data [ ]

Borg cubes were described as massive in size, measuring over three kilometers along an edge and possessing an internal volume of 28 cubic kilometers . ( VOY : " Dark Frontier ")

The Borg cube was constructed of tritanium , an alloy known for its extreme hardness. ( VOY : " Endgame ")

In 2366 , Commander Elizabeth Shelby estimated that a cube could remain functional even if 78% of it was rendered inoperable due to the decentralized and redundant nature of its key systems. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds ")

Interior [ ]

Borg cubes were highly decentralized in structure with no specific bridge , living quarters or engineering sections. All vital systems were spread throughout the ship, which, along with the presence of a regenerative hull, made it highly resistant to damage and system failures. ( TNG : " Q Who ")

They were typically manned by "thousands of drones," and could vary in complement anywhere from 5,000 to 64,000 to 129,000 drones. ( VOY : " Collective ", " Unimatrix Zero ", " Dark Frontier ")

Information and Collective communication were routed through power waveguide conduits and distribution nodes . Its exterior design consisted of perpendicular and diagonal grids, struts, and weaponry, allowing a characteristic green light to emanate from within. ( TNG : " Q Who ", " The Best of Both Worlds ", " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ")

Some vessels were equipped with maturation chambers . ( TNG : " Q Who "; VOY : " Collective ")

The internal pressure aboard a Borg cube was two kilopascals above what would be normal on a Federation starship . The humidity was on average 92%, and the temperature was at 39.1 °C . ( Star Trek: First Contact ) The atmosphere contained traces of tetryon particles. ( VOY : " Infinite Regress ")

Propulsion systems [ ]

Depiction of cube entering a transwarp conduit

Borg cubes were capable of both warp and transwarp velocities, thanks partly to the Borg Collective's network of transwarp corridors and hubs . When a Borg cube enters a transwarp conduit , it projects a structural integrity field ahead of itself to compensate for the extreme gravimetric shear . ( VOY : " Inside Man ") To compensate for the extreme temporal stress while traveling through these corridors, and remain in temporal sync, a chroniton field was also projected through specially designed conduits. ( VOY : " Shattered ") Borg cubes did not present with the twin warp nacelle configuration utilized by nearly all warp-capable species, and the technology by which a Borg cube achieves warp speed is unknown. A Borg cube's maximum warp factor appeared to be greater than that of a Galaxy -class starship, as the Enterprise -D, during its first encounter with a Borg cube, was not able to maintain its distance from one such vessel when it attempted to flee. ( TNG : " Q Who ")

Maintenance and repair [ ]

Drones repair damage to a Borg cube

The drones on board a Borg ship, through means not fully understood by the Federation, could essentially will it to repair itself. During the Enterprise -D's first encounter with a Borg cube, it inflicted damage to approximately 20% of the Borg vessel, only for the ship to repair virtually all of that damage within 20 minutes. This process could occur even while the ship was at warp speed or while it was engaged in combat. ( TNG : " Q Who ") In 2399 , the cube known as the Artifact used small, automated robots to repair its hull and internal systems upon activation by Fenris Ranger Seven of Nine . ( PIC : " Broken Pieces ")

Support vehicles [ ]

Borg Sphere emerges from a cube

Ships up to the size of a Borg sphere were able to be docked inside a Borg cube for assimilation, supplies or escape purposes.

At least one Borg cube, and possibly others of its class, contained a Borg sphere . The only known recorded purpose of a sphere disengaged from a Borg cube was for escape. The sphere was the only documented support vehicle a Borg cube possessed. ( Star Trek: First Contact )

Tactical systems and Combat performance [ ]

Though Borg cubes possess a multitude of energy weapon emitters and projectile launchers, initial scans of a Borg cube performed by the Enterprise -D were unable to identify any weapons systems of any design known to the Federation. ( TNG : " Q Who ")

The primary tactic employed by Borg cubes when engaging another vessel was to seize it with a tractor beam that would also drain its shields . Once locked on, the tractor beam of a cube could drain the shields of a Galaxy -class starship within seconds and hold it immobile against the full force of its warp drive . ( TNG : " Q Who ") Once the target ship was defenseless, the cube could perform any action ranging from destruction to assimilation. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds "; DS9 : " Emissary ") The Borg could also use the tractor beam to destroy unshielded enemy vessels without the use of any additional weaponry. ( Star Trek: First Contact ) The standard deflector shields of Starfleet vessels could resist the tractor beam if the crew of the ship in question cycled the shields through different energy frequencies, but only for a short time. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds ")

Following the failure of enemy shields, the cube could engage a high-energy laser cutting beam to slice sections of the ship for assimilation. ( TNG : " Q Who ")

If assimilation was unwarranted, the cutting beam could also be used as a weapon to destroy resisting vessels. During the Battle of Wolf 359 , the Excelsior -class USS Melbourne and the Miranda -class USS Saratoga were annihilated by cutting beams. The cutting beam could either slice into a ship with pinpoint precision, or it could be used to disintegrate large portions of an enemy vessel. Additionally, it could be fired with the tractor beam as a single attack, with the cutting beam manifesting inside the area of effect of the tractor beam. As demonstrated on the USS Melbourne at Wolf 359, combining the weapons in this fashion could destroy even a shielded enemy vessel within seconds. ( DS9 : " Emissary ")

Another tactic that could be used to disable enemy ships was to fire a type of missile weapon, the primary function of which appeared to be to drain a target's shields. These missiles appeared to be reserved for situations in which using the tractor beam was not feasible, such as an enemy vessel being out of range. Three such missiles were capable of disabling a Galaxy -class class vessel's shields. A hit from the weapon at an unshielded target could disable its warp drive without otherwise damaging it. ( TNG : " Q Who ")

The cubes could also use dispersal fields to disrupt the sensor and transporter function of enemy vessels. ( VOY : " Collective ") The Borg were capable of transporting through the active shields of both Galaxy and Intrepid -class starships. ( TNG : " Q Who "; VOY : " Scorpion ")

In addition, a Borg cube's weaponry also included other destructive beam and projectile weapons. During the 2366-2367 incursion, a cube obliterated three ships of the Mars Defense Perimeter with projectiles. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ") Similar projectiles were used to destroy a Steamrunner -class and a Saber -class starship during the Battle of Sector 001 . ( Star Trek: First Contact ) The concentrated fire of three beam weapons was able to reduce USS Voyager 's ablative generator -deployed armor hull integrity, a highly advanced future Starfleet defense technology, to 40%. ( VOY : " Endgame ")

Borg cubes did not appear to utilize traditional energy shields. Instead, they seemed to employ a subspace electromagnetic field that could be altered to adapt to enemy weaponry. This made destroying Borg vessels exceedingly difficult, as most weapons employed against them tended to either not work at all, or to become completely useless after a few shots. ( TNG : " Q Who ") This problem could be overcome to a degree by varying the frequency and modulation of the energy of the weapons in question, but even this tended to fail after a short time. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds ")

Borg could also adapt to explosives, such as photon torpedoes, with ease. The Borg could similarly adapt their weapons to the technology of their opponent's defenses. During their second encounter with a Borg cube, the crew of the Enterprise -D was able to prevent a Borg tractor beam from locking onto them by rapidly modulating the energy frequency of their shields. However, less than half a minute later, the Borg adapted the energy of the tractor beam to compensate for the rapidly shifting energy of the shields, and all further attempts to use this tactic failed within seconds. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds ")

Starfleet's two engagements with Borg cubes were extremely costly. In the first case, at the Battle of Wolf 359 , the Borg had assimilated Jean-Luc Picard mere hours before and had gained access to his vast knowledge of Starfleet tactics and operations. As such, the battle saw 39 out of 40 ships destroyed with virtually negligible damage to a Borg vessel. The Borg vessel then continued nearly unimpeded to Earth and was stopped only by the ingenuity of the Enterprise -D's crew. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II ")

However, a similar engagement several years later saw a similarly large Federation fleet perform considerably better against another Borg cube. Though it suffered heavy casualties, the fleet managed to inflict heavy damage to the cube's outer hull and cause the vessel's power grid to begin fluctuating. The vessel was eventually destroyed primarily due the intervention of Captain Picard, whose residual telepathic link to the Collective furbished him with knowledge of a (presumably) battle-induced weak spot on the Borg vessel, which was subsequently targeted by the entire fleet. ( Star Trek: First Contact )

Due to the adaptive qualities of the Borg electromagnetic field, the only quasi-reliable way of destroying a Borg cube was to use a weapon so powerful that just one or two shots would destroy it. Such weapons included the modified deflector weapon of a Galaxy -class starship, transphasic torpedoes, and the energy beam weapons of Species 8472 . ( VOY : " Endgame ") However even weapons such as these could be adapted to. Another tactic that appeared to have at least some measure of success in combatting the Borg was to utilize unfamiliar evasive maneuvering sequences in order to keep the Borg tractor beams in particular from draining a ship's shields. ( TNG : " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II "; Star Trek: First Contact )

Known vessels [ ]

• Cube 858779
• The Artifact
• Borg Queen's cube (unique, larger variant)
• First's cube
• Locutus' cube

Appendices [ ]

Appearances [ ].

• " The Best of Both Worlds "
• " The Best of Both Worlds, Part II "
• Star Trek: First Contact
• DS9 : " Emissary "
• " Scorpion "
• " Scorpion, Part II "
• " Hope and Fear "
• " Drone " (on astrometrics screen)
• " Dark Frontier "
• " The Voyager Conspiracy " (on astrometrics screen)
• " Collective "
• " Child's Play " (on astrometrics screen)
• " Unimatrix Zero "
• " Unimatrix Zero, Part II "
• " Inside Man " (on astrometrics screen)
• " Endgame "
• " Remembrance "
• " Maps and Legends "
• " The End is the Beginning "
• " Absolute Candor "
• " The Impossible Box "
• " Nepenthe "
• " Broken Pieces "
• " Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1 "
• " Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 2 "
• " The Last Generation "
• Opening credits
• " I, Excretus " (holographic recreation)
• " wej Duj "
• PRO : " Let Sleeping Borg Lie "

Background information [ ]

Ronald D. Moore suggested that the vulnerable spots on the Borg cube in Star Trek: First Contact were waste extraction . ( AOL chat , 1998 )

Although no Borg cubes appear in ENT : " Regeneration ", the cube design of Borg vessel was referred to in the final draft script of that episode, which commented that a corridor aboard the transport Arctic One was to be "almost indistinguishable from one on a Borg cube."

Studio models [ ]

Apocrypha [ ].

Borg cubes make appearances in the Star Trek: Armada and Star Trek: Armada II games. In the second game, a "fusion cube" and "tactical fusion cube" are seen, and used by those playing as the Borg. The first consists of eight regular cubes connected to each other and is the size of a planetoid, such as Pluto . The second is composed of eight tactical cubes connected to each other and is the size of a planet, such as Mars . Both are designated battleships and hold the assimilator beam device and three "captured" special weapons taken from an enemy race.

In Star Trek: Starfleet Command III , Borg cubes are the Borg's battleship-type vessel and the most powerful playable Borg ship.

External link [ ]

• Borg cube at Memory Beta , the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
• 2 Reaction control thruster

Screen Rant

Every borg ship in star trek.

One Borg Cube is enough to strike fear into the strongest Starfleet officer. Still, Star Trek has experimented with several new Borg ship designs.

• The Borg Cube is a formidable ship that can destroy multiple Starfleet ships and assimilate their crew into the Borg Collective.
• Other Borg ships, such as the Borg Sphere and Borg Tactical Cube, possess unique abilities and pose a significant threat to Starfleet.
• The Borg Queen's ship, known as the Singularity, is a more advanced Borg ship with the ability to tear a hole in space-time, showing the evolution of the Borg in the Star Trek universe.

The Borg Cube is one of the most iconic Star Trek ships of all time, but there have been a handful of other notable Borg ships in franchise history. Introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2, episode 16, "Q Who", the Borg Collective became huge antagonists that struck fear into the hearts of the Federation for decades. Both the assimilation of Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) into the Borg Collective and the Battle of Wolf 359 were watershed moments that finally helped TNG shrug off the shackles of Star Trek: The Original Series that had been hampering it since season 1.

Just one Borg Cube was capable of destroying 39 Starfleet ships at Star Trek 's Battle of Wolf 359 which established them as a villain to be truly feared. The Borg threat was also existential, as they removed all uniqueness and assimilated individuality into their hive mind, turning their victims into drones that thought as one. The combination of the Borg Cube's power and the existential threat of assimilation into the Collective was enough to ensure that Star Trek never had to make too many updates to the designs to keep the classic villains fresh and terrifying. However, there have been one or two exceptions to this rule from across Star Trek history.

8 Borg Cube (Various)

The biggest and best Borg ship is the iconic Borg Cube that was first encountered by the USS Enterprise-D in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 2. The terrifying power of one Borg Cube was demonstrated at Wolf-359, but Star Trek: Voyager revealed that " hundreds " of Borg Cubes would surround a world before they destroyed it and assimilated the inhabitants. The interior of a Borg Cube was home to thousands of Borg drones. As these thousands of drones were intrinsically linked to the systems, the Borg drones could practically will the Cube to repair itself, which made it a formidable ship to face in battle.

It was once observed that a Borg Cube could still be operational even if it suffered considerable damage. The Borg Queen's stricken Cube in Star Trek: Picard season 3 proved this hypothesis by Commander Elizabeth Shelley (Elizabeth Dennehy) from Star Trek: The Next Generation . Borg cubes also held the ability to navigate a network of transwarp conduits, allowing them to travel much faster than ships with Star Trek 's traditional warp drive . In terms of weaponry, Borg Cubes had hugely powerful tractor beams and cutting equipment, used to hold ships in position while they began assimilating its technology and crew into the Collective.

7 Borg Sphere (Various)

Although it appears to simply be an escape pod on first viewing in Star Trek: First Contact , the Borg Sphere is a ship in its own right. Predominantly used for long-range reconnaissance and for tactical purposes, the Borg Sphere was an auxiliary vessel in the event of the destruction of a Borg Cube. They're not as strong as the Borg Cube, as demonstrated by the USS Enterprise-E's destruction of one when its shields were down in First Contact . However, it was still incredibly powerful, capable of creating a temporal vortex that allowed it to travel back in time and attempt to sabotage the first warp flight and change the course of Star Trek history.

Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew) once led a daring heist to steal a transwarp coil from a Borg Sphere in the episode "Dark Frontier", which was one of a handful of Borg Sphere appearances in the show. In Star Trek: Voyager 's finale , the USS Voyager was held inside a Borg sphere as the starship hitched a ride home through a transwarp corridor. Voyager destroyed the sphere from the inside and emerged in the Alpha Quadrant for a heroic return to Earth.

6 Borg Scout Ship (Star Trek: TNG - I, Borg)

The Borg Sphere effectively replaced the Borg Scout Ship previously seen in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "I, Borg". In that episode, an Enterprise away team recovered a lone Borg drone, later-known as Hugh (Jonathan del Arco) who was the only survivor of the Scout Ship's crash. The structure that appears in the episode is much like the Borg Cube previously seen in TNG but is notably smaller compared to the more formidable mother ship.

5 Borg Type 03 (Star Trek: TNG - Descent)

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Descent", Captain Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D encounter a ship with the Starfleet designation of Borg Type 03. This ship was operated by a rogue group of Borg drones, led by Data's evil brother Lore (Brent Spiner). It was never entirely clear if Lore and his Borg allies had built the ship for themselves, or if they'd assimilated something pre-existing. Whatever the answer, it was incredibly powerful, with the Enterprise struggling to do any damage to it when in direct conflict with the ship. The Enterprise, under the command of acting Captain, Doctor Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) eventually destroyed the Borg Type 03 with an ingeniously timed solar fusion eruption.

4 Borg Probe (Star Trek: Voyager - Dark Frontier)

The Borg Probe ship was only seen once, in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Dark Frontier" when it attempted to intercept the USS Voyager. It was a smaller ship, described in the "Dark Frontier" script as " a geometric shape we've never seen, and much smaller than the average Borg ship -- about half the size of Voyager . " Interestingly, the design was originally proposed as a possible replacement for the Borg Cube in Star Trek: First Contact , but was rejected. Although the Borg Probe was smaller than the USS Voyager, it was heavily armed with the purpose of matching the powerful Intrepid-class USS Voyager . The Voyager crew dispatched the new Borg vessel by beaming a photon torpedo aboard and detonating it inside.

3 Borg Tactical Cube (Star Trek: Voyager - Unimatrix Zero)

The Borg Tactical Cube was a more heavily-armed version of the standard Cube design, which appeared in the Star Trek: Voyager two-parter "Unimatrix Zero". It differed from the standard Borg Cube in the sense that it had additional armor plating on the outside of the ship, and regenerating security fields inside, protecting the ship from invaders. The security on the Borg Tactical Cube was understandable given that it housed Janeway, Lt. Commander Tuvok (Tim Russ) and Lt. B'Elanna Torres (Roxann Dawson) who had all been assimilated into the Collective as part of a daring attempt to spread dissent and create a Borg Civil War. The subsequent uprising forced the Borg Queen (Susanna Thompson) to self-destruct the Tactical Cube.

2 The Borg Queen's Ship (Star Trek: Voyager)

The ship in which the Borg Queen is hiding in Star Trek: Picard season 3 appears to be a partially destroyed Borg Cube, presumably the one from the Star Trek: Voyager finale. However, Voyager had previously introduced a designated craft for the Borg Queen in "Dark Frontier". To protect the Queen, the octahedron-shaped ship was more heavily armed than standard Borg Cubes but was also protected by a guard of honor, generally traveling with an entourage of Cubes. It was only seen in "Dark Frontier" when Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) was forced to rejoin the Collective before she was rescued by Janeway and the Delta Flyer. Janeway destroyed the Borg Queen's ship by collapsing the transwarp conduit it was traveling inside.

1 The Singularity (Star Trek: Picard Season 2)

The impressive Borg Singularity ship appeared in Star Trek: Picard season 2, under the command of the more benevolent Borg Queen, Agnes Jurati (Alison Pill). This Borg ship was much more powerful than its contemporaries, not least because the Star Trek: Voyager finale had left the Collective in a desperate state. However, its more advanced technology was presumably due to the fact that Jurati had been developing her more benevolent Borg since 2024, after being left there in Picard season 2's penultimate episode. This new Borg ship was able to tear a hole in space-time to warn the Federation about a destructive transwarp corridor, which Star Trek: Picard season 3 largely ignored . With the destruction of the Borg Queen's Cube in Picard season 3, the Singularity may be the last new Borg ship that will ever be seen in Star Trek .

Borg Cube Feature Spotlight

By gabriel 7 November 2023

Resistance is Futile!

We are no strangers to the Borg in Star Trek Fleet Command. Whether it’s the officer on our ships, the Ex Borg Faction, or the many Borg foes scattered across the galaxy, they are a force to reckon with!. However, for the first time in Star Trek Fleet Command history, we have a piece of their tech never thought to be attainable. Commanders, the Borg Cube is at your disposal now, as one of your ships, and we have all the information you need to get up to speed:

Acquiring and Tiering Up

The Borg Cube is available to all Commanders operations level 28 and above. The blueprints can be obtained from the free and elite tracks of the Update 60 battle pass. Unlike any ship before, the Borg Cube is meant to grow with you as you progress through your Star Trek Fleet Command journey and scales based on the power of your other Faction Ships. The Borg Cube is formidable and will be on par (or better) with your  faction ship’s power. You can see the breakdown of the tier requirements for the Borg Cube here:

As you can see, the Borg Cube grows progressively stronger, all the way to operations level 70, at which point, it will become the most powerful ship in Star Trek Fleet Command, surpassing the strongest Epic faction ship.

Borg Cutting Beam

On top of its natural combat prowess, the Borg Cube has a Cutting Beam, one-of-a-kind active ship ability that allows you to do damage outside of normal combat. To charge the Borg Cutting Beam, you must deal hull damage in normal combat situations with the Borg Cube. Once charged, you may select the ship you wish to fire upon from anywhere in the same system and select the Borg Cutting Beam Icon on the enemy pop-up. Note: The Borg Cutting Beam can not be used on Armadas, Stations, or Alliance Star Bases. Also, the Borg Cutting Beam will have diminishing returns on its damage when attacking a target a higher ops level than you are.

The Borg Cutting Beam is also unique in that it bypasses all defenses and does direct hull damage. Current officers in Star Trek Fleet Command and research not found specifically for the Borg Cube will not affect its damage or charge rate Destroying hostiles with the Borg Cutting beam provides full loot that you would typically gain from the target as well as Technological Distinctiveness.

Upgrade and Research By destroying enemies with the Borg Cutting Beam, you will be rewarded with Technological Distinctiveness. This material can only be seen in the battle log after destroying a hostile. The amount of Technological Distinctiveness you receive will increase based on the level of hostile you destroy with the Borg Cutting Beam.

This material can then be exchanged in the refinery by navigating to the “Borg Cube Refinery in the “Support Tab” for either upgrade material to tier up your Borg Cube, or for the material needed to progress the new Borg Cube research nodes, which can be found in the Ex-Borg research tree. As you progress your Borg Cube, you will need Borg Data Nodes from one of the three factions (Federation, Klingon, and Romulan). Upon reaching one of the above milestones with your faction ships, you will be rewarded with a Borg Data Node from the corresponding faction, which can be claimed in the gifts tab. This means that if you so choose, you can acquire and tier up three Borg Cubes. Note: If you already have a faction ship high enough for, say, a tier 8 Borg Cube, then you will get all Borg Data Nodes needed to get to tier 8.

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