Editing Borg (section)

==History==

The precise origins of the Borg are unclear. As of 1484 they were reported as controlling only a handful of systems in the Delta Quadrant, but by 2373 they had assimilated thousands of worlds. In addition to this stronghold in the [[Delta Quadrant]], the Borg also dispatched vessels throughout the galaxy via transwarp conduits. (VOY: "Dragon's Teeth", "Scorpion", "Endgame")

A Borg vessel traveled back in time from 2373 in an unsuccessful attack on [[Earth]] in 2063. (Star Trek: First Contact) Drones which survived this defeat were discovered and reactivated by Human scientists in 2153, and transmitted a subspace message to Borg space before being destroyed by the Enterprise (NX-01). (ENT: "Regeneration") In 2293 the Federation offered aid to [[El-Aurian]] refugees fleeing the Borg. (Star Trek Generations) However, each of these incidents contributed almost nothing to the [[Alpha Quadrant]]'s awareness or understanding of the [[Borg Collective]].

By the 2350s rumors of an alien race called "The Borg" had reached the [[Alpha Quadrant]], inspiring exobiologists Magnus and Erin Hansen to set out in search of them. Their research took them all the way to the [[Delta Quadrant ]]before their [[assimilation]] in 2356. (VOY: "The Gift", "The Raven", "Dark Frontier") Borg activity in the Alpha Quadrant went undetected until a series of unexplained attacks along the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]] in 2364. (TNG: "The Neutral Zone") The Collective's true nature was finally revealed to the [[Federation]] in 2365 when [[Q]] took the USS Enterprise-D to meet a [[Borg Cube]] near the [[System J-25]]. (TNG: "Q Who")

In late 2366 a Borg cube invaded Federation space and assimilated Jean-Luc Picard, whose tactical information contributed, along with the Borg's own vastly superior power, to [[Starfleet]]'s disastrously one-sided battle with the cube, called the [[Battle of Wolf 359]]. A fleet of 39 [[starship]]s assembled to combat the cube was completely destroyed, with the cube emerging unscathed. The Enterprise-D recovered Picard and used his connection to the [[Hive Mind]] to disable the cube before it could attack [[Earth]]. (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds ", "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II")

During the 2370s, the Borg were beset by several major setbacks in the [[Delta Quadrant]], all witnessed by the crew of the USS Voyager. The Borg-[[Species 8472]] War decimated the Collective from 2373-2374. Voyager's liberation of Seven of Nine allowed [[Unimatrix Zero]] to create an active resistance movement in 2377. In 2378, a crippling blow was delivered to the Borg when Voyager discovered one of their transwarp hubs and destroyed it, killing the [[Borg Queen]] (again) and devastating the [[Unicomplex]] in the process. (VOY: "Scorpion", "Unimatrix Zero", "Endgame")

After this, there is no canon information on the state of the collective. However, since the Borg controlled thousands of star systems and worlds, there would be no reason the destruction of the unicomplex would destroy the entire collective, or the queen for that matter, since she has been shown to have several bodies.