I think something like a Bismuth crystal would have had the “arbitrary square” aspect they were going for, but would also have allowed that the cube might need to grow in any direction and might not always come out perfectly cubic at all times. I think this would have been somewhat ideal.
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ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 44d
Bit from Tron must've been assimilated in the Collective's infancy.
hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 44d
I was thinking that one angel.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 44d
Ramiel
MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net · 11 pts · 44d
hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 44d
Yeah! You're on point with these informative replies!
Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 44d
Yes, yes, yes, yes
Dr_Fetus_Jackson@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 44d
Upper right looking like a Cylon Basestar.
arctanthrope@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 44d
"Borg frustally stellated icosahedron" just doesn't have the same ring to it
LillyPip@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 44d
Wanted a design here for the Companion Cube. One of them is close, and it would be so appropriate.
And now my head canon includes the companion cube and GladOS being what eventually evolves into the Borg.
ummthatguy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 44d
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 44d
Cubes make the most sense, they're easy to add onto, unlike a sphere, and easy to navigate within.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 44d
Anything built out of Tetrahedrodes
You could break off part of the ship and leave it for the enterprise to step on. Think of the damage (500d4+3)
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 44d
That +3 modifier makes all the difference
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 44d
They are also the most space efficient.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 44d
Top right looks a little bit like the Cylon mothership from Battlestar Galactica.
sundray@lemmus.org · 8 pts · 44d
They assimilate technological and biological distinctness... but apparently not stylishness, if they stuck with that whole cube thing.
scarabic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 44d
I think something like a Bismuth crystal would have had the “arbitrary square” aspect they were going for, but would also have allowed that the cube might need to grow in any direction and might not always come out perfectly cubic at all times. I think this would have been somewhat ideal.
https://colemanquartz.com/cdn/shop/files/bismuth-midnight-blue-and-purple-crystal-mineral-specimen-488187.jpg?v=1727711991&width=1445
Glowstick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 44d
The borg is my least favorite major storyline of TNG
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 44d
Hugh take that back.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 4 pts · 44d
26 and 36 get my vote
hopesdead@startrek.website · 1 pts · 37d
What is this, the Heart of Gold?