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The Borg are a fictional alien race that appears as recurring antagonists in the ''Star Trek'' franchise. The Borg are a collection of species that have been turned into cybernetic organisms functioning as drones in a hive mind called the Collective, or the hive. The Borg use a process called assimilation to force other species into the Collective by violent injection of microscopic machines called nanoprobes. The Borg's ultimate goal is "achieving perfection". Aside from being the main threat in ''First Contact'', the Borg play major roles in ''The Next Generation'' and ''Voyager'' television series, primarily as an invasion threat to the United Federation of Planets, and serve as the way home to the Alpha Quadrant for isolated Federation starship ''Voyager''. The Borg have become a symbol in popular culture for any juggernaut against which "resistance is futile". ''TV Guide'' named the Borg #4 in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.〔Bretts, Bruce; Roush, Matt; (March 25, 2013). "Baddies to the Bone: The 60 nastiest villains of all time". ''TV Guide''. pp. 14 - 15.〕 ==Concept== The Borg were designed to evoke Transhumanism. With their frightening appearance, immense power, and, most importantly, their sinister motive, the Borg became the signature villains for the ''The Next Generation'' and ''Voyager'' eras of ''Star Trek''. In ''Voyager'' episode "Q2", even Q tells his son "if I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times... () don't provoke the Borg". In the text commentary to the Collector's Edition of ''Star Trek: First Contact'', Michael Okuda revealed that ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' writers began to develop the idea of the Borg as early as the first season episode, "Conspiracy", which introduced a coercive, symbiotic life form that took over key Federation personnel. It was thwarted by the ''Enterprise'' crew and presumably never heard of again (the 'alien conspiracy' plotline itself was scrapped when it became clear that the concept was too grim for Star Trek's target audience). Plans to feature the Borg as an increasingly menacing threat were subsequently scrapped in favor of a more subtle introduction, beginning with the mystery of missing colonies on both sides of the Neutral Zone in "The Neutral Zone" and culminating in the encounter between Borg and the ''Enterprise'' crew in "Q Who?". Gary Goddard, producer of ''Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'', notes the similarity of the Borg to the character Lord Dredd and the bio-dredds not only in terms of their startlingly similar physical appearance to Dredd but also in terms of concept of humans being absorbed into a new culture.〔Out of the Ashes, documentary, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future DVD set〕 ''Captain Power'' and hence Lord Dredd predated the first appearance of the Borg by a year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Borg (Star Trek)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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