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Why do the Borg want to assimilate every planet in the universe?
This is a question that I was wondering about since I was introduced to the Borg in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Why do the Borg want to assimilate every planet in the universe?
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Are joined Trill effectively pansexual and gender fluid?
We are first introduced to the Trill in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Host" and learn that joined Trill are a combination of a humanoid host and a intelligent worm like ...
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Is there a canonical example in the Star Trek TNG/Voyager/DS9 era of a junior officer giving a mistake order that a senior must correct?
I know that there are lot of examples of senior officers doing something and then a junior dramatically shouts "Belay that order!". What I'm talking about is a situation in which a junior ...
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Are there any full commanders in yellow shirts through ST:Voyager?
Are there any characters who carry the rank of full commander who served in the yellow-shirt era for security, engineering, or tactical? Did these positions max out at Lieutenant Commander?
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In which (if any) Star Trek episodes does that show’s captain not appear?
I’m curious as to how many, if any, episodes of the original five broadcast Trek series did not include a single appearance by that show’s lead actor, the Captain for that particular show. I.E., TOS ...
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What kind of drills do the schools have on Galaxy Class Starships and other facilities with civilian children? [closed]
It's well established in canon that the Enterprise-D has schools for civilian children on board as they are shown in episodes such as "The Offspring," and a recurring character is even a ...
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Can TNG-era warp drive be used to travel at sublight speeds?
In Star Trek: The Next Generation and its contemporaneously set sequels (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager), impulse engines are used for moving spacecraft at sublight speeds, whereas ...
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Are there really script notes calling Chief O'Brien a Warrant Officer?
I've been fleshing out the unseen or unacknowledged ranks and rank insignia of Starfleet.
Most supplemental material refers to O'Brien's single black pip as being the designated rank for a Chief Petty ...
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Who uses combadges other than Starfleet and Bajoran Militia?
In TNG and DS9, Starfleet members and soldiers/officers in the Bajoran militia use long distance communicators shaped like the symbols of the organizations they serve attached to their uniforms- do ...
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Do Vulcan, Andor and Tellar still have their own military ships by the time of TNG?
I've often wondered when ST:ENT showed the founding of the Federation. We also saw the new Vulcan High Command begin to decommission many of its military vessels. Do we know anything about what the ...
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Is Koval the operative mentioned in TNG: The Pegasus?
From TNG The Pegasus:
PRESSMAN: However, all that changed three days ago. Starfleet
Intelligence has an operative in Romulan High Command. He sent us a
message that a Romulan warbird had located a ...
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Where in Ireland is Miles O'Brien from?
Obviously O'Brien is Irish, but is it ever clear which city/county/region in Ireland he comes from?
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What role do Targs serve in Klingon society?
In the TNG episode Where No One has Gone Before and DS9's Apocalypse Rising, the animals called targs are said to be kept as pets but in the Enterprise episode Sleeping Dogs it is implied they were ...
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How to get Flight Training outside Starfleet in the TNG era?
How to get Flight Training (and an according rating) during the TNG era for persons who did not want to join Starfleet but were inhabitant of a planet within the Federation?
We have, as an example, ...
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Why was the Klingon Chancellor not constantly challenged to duels?
In the Deep Space Nine episode "Tacking Into the Wind", Worf challenges Gowron, the Klingon leader to a duel, defeats him, and becomes the "leader of the Empire" (which he later passes on Martok). If ...
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