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  • Because he's used to following chain of command? Because his command reflexes can be used to anticipate Federation ships? Because he looks good in black and chrome?
    – DavidW
    Commented Feb 6, 2021 at 3:30
  • "Excellence" would seem to be a detraction from "perfection". I'd be very surprised if the Borg accepted any deviation in the quality of their drones. My guess is Data was just speaking poetically. Putting aside of course the obvious explanation that the writers didn't think this line through very well. Commented Feb 6, 2021 at 4:22