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There only appear to be two timelines, one in which the Borg assimilate the Earth (in the absence of the Enterprise) and one in which they don't (where the Enterprise is present in the past). I don't really see the need for a third timeline.– ValorumCommented Mar 5, 2016 at 0:50
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4The need for a third timeline is that first you had Cochrane, then you have Cochrane and Borg, then you have Cochrane and Borg and Enterprise. If the Enterprise was always there, then there is no way Earth could have been assimilated, as seen by the crew.– John SensebeCommented Mar 5, 2016 at 0:53
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1Ah, but that's the point of a temporal loop. Cause can follow effect.– ValorumCommented Mar 5, 2016 at 8:27
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@JohnSensebe : +1, I agree that certain aspects can only be explained by the existence of an additional timeline, e.g. Seven's parents knowing about the Borg before the events of "Q Who" and the Federation having no knowledge of the Borg despite the events of "Regeneration" in Enterprise. These events cannot be explained by a loop alone. See my answer here.– PraxisCommented Mar 5, 2016 at 11:16
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@Richard, but the cause existed already. Cochrane made his flight without assistance. Otherwise the timeline in which the Borg assimilate Earth is impossible. Picard decides to go back in time because of this new timeline. He's not generating the past; he's correcting it. If the Enterprise were always part of the past, the Borg timeline could not have happened, because Data and Picard would have always killed the Borg Queen.– John SensebeCommented Mar 6, 2016 at 15:33
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