Changes: Neural processor

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A Borg neural processor attached to a tricorder

A neural processor was a device implanted in the nervous system of every Borg drone containing a record of all the information received from the Collective.

After the USS EnterpriseNCC-1701-E traveled back in time from 2373 to 2063, Captain Jean-Luc Picard removed the neural processor implanted in the newly-assimilated Ensign Lynch, located in the abdomen. Attaching it to a tricorder, Picard was able to access the processor and discovered the Borg's plot to transform the Enterprise's deflector dish into an interplexing beacon with which to establish a link with the Borg living in the 21st century. (Star Trek: First Contact)

Later that year, in the Delta Quadrant, a group of former Borg drones were able to activate their processors by using a portable neural transponder, re-linking their brain patterns. This allowed them to generate a neuro-electric field which, combined with a small neural transceiver attached to the base of the skull, was able to heal serious injuries sustained by Commander Chakotay, first officer of the USS Voyager, upon being fired upon by a particle weapon. (VOY: "Unity")

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 [[File:Borg_neural_processor.jpg|thumb|A Borg neural processor attached to a tricorder]]
-A '''neural processor''' is a device implanted in every [[Borg drone]]  containing information it has received from the [[Borg Collective|Collective]].
+A '''neural processor''' was a device implanted in the [[nervous system]] of every [[Borg drone]] containing a record of all the information received from the [[Borg Collective|Collective]].
-When the [[Federation]] [[starship]] {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|-E}}  traveled to the year [[2063]], [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] removed one such neural processor from the body of [[Ensign]] [[Lynch]] after the crewman was [[assimilated]] by a Borg boarding party.  The captain was able to remove the technology, located in the abdomen, by shooting Lynch with a [[projectile weapon]] called a [[Tommy gun]].  Picard then attached the processor to a standard [[Tricorder|Mark X tricorder]] on which he was able to decode the information and discover the Borg's plan to build an [[interplexing beacon]] directly on the [[navigational deflector]] of the ''Enterprise''.  ({{film|8}})
+After the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701-E|NCC-1701-E}} [[time travel|traveled back in time]] from [[2373]] to [[2063]], [[Captain]] [[Jean-Luc Picard]] removed the neural processor implanted in the newly-[[assimilation|assimilated]] [[Ensign]] [[Lynch]], located in the abdomen. Attaching it to a [[tricorder]], Picard was able to access the processor and discovered the Borg's plot to transform the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[deflector dish]] into an [[interplexing beacon]] with which to establish a link with the Borg living in the [[21st century]]. ({{film|8}})
+Later that year, in the [[Delta Quadrant]], a group of former Borg drones were able to activate their processors by using a portable [[neural transponder]], re-linking their [[brain pattern]]s. This allowed them to generate a [[neuro-electric field]] which, combined with a small [[neural transceiver]] attached to the base of the [[skull]], was able to heal serious injuries sustained by [[Commander]] [[Chakotay]], [[first officer]] of the {{USS|Voyager}}, upon being fired upon by a [[particle weapon]]. ({{VOY|Unity}})
 [[Category:Borg technology]]
 [[Category:Medical equipment]]
+[[Category:Communications technology]]