Editing Borg Collective (section)

==Linking to the Collective==

A drone's link to the Collective can be severed many ways, including, but not limited to, the following:

* Intentional termination by the Borg Queen (VOY: "Dark Frontier", "Unimatrix Zero")
* Disruptive natural phenomenon (electrical storm) (VOY: "Unity")
* Physical/traumatic damage (TNG: "I Borg")
* Separation by time (24th century Borg were unable to contact 21st century Borg) (Star Trek: First Contact)
* Security force field, dampening field (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II", "I Borg"; VOY: "Scorpion, Part II") 

The Borg Queen can also re-establish a drone's connection to the rest of the Collective at will, however, this has only happened when the drone is in close proximity. (VOY: "Unity") 

However, if link is severed to the collective, drones have also "secondary objectives" listed to their command structure to command the drones actions for quite a long time. (VOY: "Survival Instinct")

This does not logically seem to be the limit of her reconnect/disconnect abilities, as she is able to input commands and control entire Borg [[starship|ships]] from vast distances, though it may be reasoned the Queen is unaware of a severed drone's existence.

A Drone's mind is connected to billions of drone minds simultaneously, but a processor inside the [[Link Node]] filters out any irrelevant information not needed to complete the task drone is assigned to perform.

The Borg Collective can also be cracked and invaded via cyberspace by using an existing drone's connection as a conduit for uploading benign and potentially destructive data as well as transmitting a command to the local [[Vinculum]]. Such data can also be configured into and tagged with a level of priority as to be a paradoxical process-consuming puzzle to be solved. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II", "I Borg")

The collective link not only allows the Borg to share thoughts and communicate but also provides [[Neurogenic Transfusion|Neurogenic Healing]] powers across the collective. According to Riley Frazier, this is akin to a [[Neurogenic Transfusion]] across [[Subspace]] only with the ability to have thousands of simultaneous donors. (VOY: "Unity")