The Borg are perhaps the most iconic aliens of the Berman era they represent the moment that The Next Generation came into its own. However, perhaps this desecration of the Borg speaks to something buried deeper within the psyche of Voyager. With their pale skin and their lack of individual identity, the Borg have always evoked the walking dead Star Trek: First Contact was essentially a zombie movie in deep space. Perhaps this fascination with Borg corpses and remains simply speaks to their visual aesthetic. The Kazon, the Vidians and the Hirogen have all taken Voyager at some point. It is hard to believe that the Borg are a big deal, when Janeway seems to decorate her ship with their remains. Janeway seems to travel through the Delta Quadrant leaving a trail of broken Borg bodies in her wake. Most obviously, it severely undercuts the menace and threat posed by the Borg Collective.

This is an interesting creative choice on a number of levels. In contrast, Voyager seems preoccupied with the destruction and desecration of the Borg Collective. The trauma of that invasion informed Emissary. In The Best of Both Worlds, Part I and The Best of Both Worlds, Part II, the Borg tore through the Federation like it was made of tissue paper. In Q Who?, Picard had to literally beg Q to save the Enterprise after the loss of eighteen crewmembers. In The Neutral Zone, the Borg scooped an entire outpost off the surface of a planet. If the Borg were associated with death, it was only because they delivered something akin to it.

Star Trek: The Next Generation worked hard to establish the Borg as a credible threat.

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