Borg cube

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Type:	Cube
Length:	3,036 m
Beam:	3,036 m
Draft:	3,036 m
Mass:	Unknown
Crew:	50,000 drones
Maximum Speed:	Unknown - capable of transwarp speed
Armament:	Observed to use cutting beams, tractor beams, plasma beams, phaser weaponry, torpedoes.
Defenses:	High-power subspace field, auto-regenerative hull

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An interior view of a Borg cube

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An interior view of another section of a Borg cube

A hanger bay aboard a Borg cube

The Borg Cube is the primary vessel of the Borg Collective. Measuring 28 cubic kilometers in volume and carrying up to 200,000 Borg drones, the Borg cube is one of the most destructive vessels in the galaxy. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")

Borg vessels are highly decentralized in structure. No specific bridge, living quarters or engineering section has ever been observed. All vital systems are spread throughout the ship, making it highly resistant to damage and system failures. Commander Shelby estimated in 2366 that a Cube could stay operative even if 78% was destroyed. Information and Collective communication are routed through power waveguide conduits and distribution nodes. (TNG: "Q Who?", "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I & Part II") The internal pressure aboard a Borg cube is two kilopascals above what would be normal on a Federation starship. Humidity is an average 92 percent, and temperature is at 39.1° Celsius. (Star Trek: First Contact)

Borg vessels are also capable of transwarp velocities, through their network of subspace corridors and hubs. However, when a Borg Cube travels through these corridors, the temporal stresses are extreme. To keep the different sections of the vessel in temporal sync, a chroniton field is projected through specially designed conduits. (VOY: "Shattered")

Thousands of cubes are estimated to exist in Borg space in the Delta Quadrant; the largest grouping of cubes directly observed by Starfleet thus far is fifteen, by the crew of the USS Voyager in late 2373. (VOY: "Scorpion, Part I")

Every Starfleet encounter with a single Cube has 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) A single cube is capable of eliminating all elements of civilization from an entire planet.

Appearances

• TNG:
  • "Q Who?"
  • "The Best of Both Worlds, Part I"
  • "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"
• DS9:
  • "Emissary"
• Star Trek Movies:
  • Star Trek: First Contact
• VOY:
  • "Unity"
  • "Scorpion, Part I"
  • "Scorpion, Part II"
  • "Hope and Fear"
  • "Dark Frontier"
  • "Collective"
  • "Child's Play"
  • "Unimatrix Zero, Part I"
  • "Unimatrix Zero, Part II"
  • "Q2"
  • "Endgame"