Editing Borg Cube (section)

==Encounters==

The first officially publicized [[Federation]] contact with a [[Borg Cube]] took place in 2365, when the USS Enterprise-D encountered a single cube in [[System J-25]]. However, civilian researchers on board the [[USS Raven]] had previously tracked a Borg cube a decade earlier in 2353. (TNG: "Q Who"; VOY: "The Raven", "Dark Frontier")

Every [[Starfleet]] encounter with a single cube resulted in heavy losses. 39 out of 40 ships were lost at the [[Battle of Wolf 359]] in 2366, and dozens more in the incursion of 2373. (TNG: "The Drumhead"; Star Trek: First Contact) Normally a single Borg cube was capable of eliminating all the elements of civilization from an entire [[planet]].

When the USS Enterprise-D experienced malfunctions due to Wesley Crusher's nanites in 2366, sensors erroneously detected an approaching (nonexistent) cube. (TNG: "Evolution")

Thousands of cubes were estimated to exist in [[Borg]] space in the [[Delta Quadrant]]; the largest grouping of cubes directly observed by [[Starfleet]] was fifteen, by the crew of the USS Voyager in late 2373. (VOY: "Scorpion") When describing the [[assimilation]] of his world, Arturis said that hundreds of cubes surrounded his homeworld before its destruction. (VOY: "Hope and Fear")