Distribution Node - Part of the technology of the information distribution system on Borg vessels.

 

Cutting Laser - An effective energy beam utilized for slicing segments of a starship for examination.

 

Tractor Beam - An energy beam used to seize another ship. Borg tractor beams also possess the ability to drain power from the protective shields of another vessel.

 

Disruptors - Primary offensive weapons system utilized by the Borg. Borg disruptors are far more powerful than any other known phaser or disruptor technology.

 

Multikinetic Neutronic Mine - A Borg weapon of mass destruction. These mines are similar to Quantum Torpedo technology, yet are far more destructive. The average mine has an explosive yield of five million isotons.

 

Torpedo - Primary offensive weapons system utilized by the Borg. Borg torpedos are similar to standard photon or quantum torpedos, but are far more destructive.

 

Resonance Signal - Homing signal transmitted by the Borg to locate lost Drones or vessels.

 

Warp Drive - The standard method of faster than light travel utilized by the Borg. The Borg are capable of sustaining warp speeds in excess of warp factor 9.99 for an indefinite amount of time.

 

Transwarp Conduits - The fastest means of travel for the Borg, often simplified as "transwarp". Artificially created "tunnels" through space, these conduits allow the Borg to travel at speeds far beyond normal warp, much like that of a worm-hole. They are primarily used to travel vast distances in a short length of time. Temporary transwarp conduits can be formed by a specialized tachyon emission. These transwarp conduits are known to be disruptive to the subspace, often making it impossible for other ships to engage warp drive in their vicinity. Transwarp conduits can be openned by emitting a specialized high-energy tachyon pulse.

 

Temporal Vortex - A time spanning conduit created by the controlled emission of chronometric particles. The temporal vortex is the method of time travel utilized by the Borg.

 

Singularity Dimensional Portal - An artificially created portal utilized by the Borg for interdimensional travel.

 

Access terminal - A small port located in a Borg Alcove which individual Drones can attach themselves to. These terminals serve a wide variety of functions, such as; serving as a direct link to the Collective; Absorbtion of power; Regeneration of damaged components; Access to library databank information. These Alcoves and access terminals also serve as the functional duty stations for the Borg Drones that are located aboard Borg spacecraft.

 

Designator Interface Circuit - A small circuit located on the exterior of Drones. This circuit contains information on the Drones numerical designation as well as information it has accumulated since last connected with the Collective. Removal of this circuit activates a self-destruct program that completely vaporizes the Drone

 

Personal shield - An energy emitting device used to shield against defensive energy weapons. These shields cannot repel energy discharges of a frequency not previously encountered, but can quickly adapt once the attacking frequency has been analyzed.

 

Disruptor - An energy weapon that can be implanted in a Borg Drone and used for offensive or defensive combat situations.

 

Eyepiece - An enhanced visual receptor implanted directly into the optical centers of the Drone. These eyepieces are capable of granting a Drone the ability to see far more than an organic eye. These optical enhancements possess a wide variety of functions, including the ability to analyze complex three dimensional shapes and focus on objects to the microscopic level

 

Injection Tubules - Two clawlike extensions implanted in the arm or hand of a Drone. These tubules are capable of penetrating any known alloy or energy field. These tubules are ussed to inject nanoprobes to assimilate the cells by reprogramming the DNA sequnce. This is the first stage of the assimilation process. They can also be used to penetrate and take control of computer systems.

 

Limb Exoskeleton - The protective cybernetic implant of a Borg Drone covering part of the arm and hand. These exoskeletons can protect a Drone from shocks with direct contact with energy fields of at least five million gigawatts of power.

 

Microcircuit fibers - Part of the internal biological changes made to a being during the assimilation process. While a link to the Collective is active, these fibers alter the DNA and make it impossible to disconnect implants from the Drone.

 

Neuro-processor - A memory circuit implanted into a Drone which contains all instructions the Drone has recieved from the Collective

 

Neuro-transceiver - A small transmitting device implanted into the spinal cloumn which serves as the connection of a Drone to the Collective

 

Organelles - Tiny devices implanted directly into the bone marrow of Drones. These organelles have the ability to regenerate removed Borg components

 

Maturation Chamber - Biomedical chamber utilized in the rapid maturation of infant specimens of an assimilated world. Infants are placed in these chambers for 17 cycles until matured. The Borg do not procreate in the same manner as other species do, instead they place infants in these chambers and begin the assimilation process immediatley. The Maturation Chamber is capable of generating an adult Borg Drone within a matter of hours from a single strand of DNA

 

Vinculum - Device located at the heart of every Borg vessel. The Vinculum is the central point to which Borg Drones are locally tied to the Collective. The Vinculum serves to purge individual thoughts from the multitudes of Drones aboard Borg vessels and harmonize them into the single group mind of the Collective. This device, in essence, brings order to the chaos of individual thoughts.

 

Alcove - A port located in a Borg vessel which individual Drones can attach themselves to. These terminals serve a wide variety of functions, such as; serving as a direct link to the Collective; Absorbtion of power; Regeneration of damaged components; Access to library databank information. These Alcoves contain access terminals and serve as the functional duty stations for the Borg Drones that are located aboard Borg spacecraft.

 

Autonomous Regeneration Sequencers - Technological devices utilized to regenerate damaged or removed components of Borg technology. This particular component of technology was assimilated from species 259.

 

Borg Alphanumerics - The Borg equivilant of a "written" language. All information within the Collective is transmitted and stored in this alphanumeric sequencing.

 

Data-Link - A component used in monitoring and storing information on individual Drones of the Borg Collective.

 

Drone - The standard Borg unit. Each Drone is cybernetically enhanced and biologically modified during initial assimilation, granting them several advantages over ordinary biological beings. For example, the typical Borg Drone has superior physical strength and intelligence, the ability to survive the vacuum of space without protective gear and various other enhancements. Each Borg Drone is linked to the Collective via Borg neural-transceiver technology.

 

Nanoprobe - A microscopic robot used to assimilate the blood cells which serve as the first stage of the assimilation process. These nanoprobes are able to reprogram the DNA of the assimilated being.

 

Power Distribution Node - Part of the power distribution system aboard Borg space vessels that serves to transfer power and the mental energy of the Collective throughout the ship. These distribution nodes are an integral part of the Borg ability to adapt in combat scenarios, and allow a Borg ship to function even if seventy percent of the ship is destroyed.

 

 

Borg Cube - A massive cube-shaped spacecraft operated by the Borg Collective. These standard cube ships have a highly decentralized design, having no specific operations center, engineering center or living quarters. Each Borg Cube is equipped with powerful offensive and defensive weapons systems. Repairs to damaged Borg Cubes is carried out by the Collective mental energy, thereby allowing damage incurred to be repaired near instantaneously. Each Borg Cube contains a compliment of over 91,000 Borg Drones. They are able to travel at both normal warp and transwarp speeds.

 

Borg Scout - Smaller version of a Borg Cube vessel utilized in long range exploratory scenarios. A Borg Scout vessel has a mass of 2.5 million metric tons. The approximate number of Drones aboard a scout vessel is five.

 

Borg Sphere - A small spherical Borg vessel contained within a Borg Cube used in combat situations where escape is necessary. These spherical vessels are able to create a temporal vortex in space used for time travel by the controlled emission of chronometric particles.

 

Borg Warship - An irregular vessel design based in part on the Borg multikinetic neutronic mine. This vessel was used by a rogue group of Borg controlled by Lore in an assault on Federation colonies between 2369 and 2370.