The Terrifying Secret the Q Don't want you to know

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Trek Chapters:
00:10 - Intro
00:15 - Nefarious Liars
01:13 - El Aurian Cold War
02:21 - The Borg Become Peers
04:06 - Answer to the Borg
05:17 - Conclusion

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[tyguya]

If you consider the Enterprise episode regeneration, the Borg had finally received the signal sent from the 22nd century Borg and had there sights set on the alpha quadrant. The Borg had already scooped up colonies along the neutral zone for recon. Q sending the Enterprise to meet the first cube gave the federation a chance at getting some recon of their own. I’d be more interested why Guinan (and other el-aurians) hadn’t given star fleet any information about the enemy they were running from. It wasn’t until the first cube arrived that Guinan started barely spilling beans.

[LainK]

The Q do not fear the Borg. The Q don't want the Borg provoked because then the Borg will end up assimilating too fast which will lead to stagnation which will make things even more boring.

[ktefccre]

I always thought the line "Don't provoke the Borg!" As akin to when parents tell their children " Don't play with fire!".
It's relatively safe for Q but the Borg could destroy everything that Q loves and hold dear (like how fire can destroy your house but you would likely be safe physically).

[chunkygiblets]

John de Lancie's performance was compelling because besides coming across as a thespian trickster you could always feel a burning urgency behind his eyes. Even when he flaunted the idea of wiping out humanity at a whim it always felt like a parental warning of our frailty.

[JamesR]

Here's an important point you didn't mention.

If you look at the episodes of Q in order. Q Who is followed immediately by Deja Q.

So the very next time we see John DeLancie's Q after he introduces Starfleet to the Borg, he has been stripped of all his powers and ejected from the Continuum. So if DeLancie's Q is playing geopolitical chess with the Borg, he's doing it against the wishes of the Continuum.

[Tuisto]

There's an episode of TNG where a time fissure changes the past, remaking the Enterprise into a warship as the Federation is at war with the Klingons. It was a plot point in the show that Guinan instinctively felt this change in time, that it wasn't the correct timeline, even if she lacked details. Concluding that the El-Aurians could at least "feel" time and maybe even counter time effects from The Q

[Vidiocity]

I had that idea a couple years ago too. Something about DeLancie's delivery of "DON'T PROVOKE THE BORG!" conveys more than just annoyance.

[robertpanek]

The Borg were able to open a portal to fluidic space and did extensive research on Omega molecules. Even though both events were only partially successful, I think it's the potential of mastering either of these technologies is what worries the Q. It's also a myth, that the Borg don't innovate themselves. They did design a harmonic resonance chamber to stabilize Omega, Yeah. Don't provoke the Borg...

[henrikgafvert]

The Q can end the Borg with a snap of fingers. They don't due to being a sort of guardians, they also protect the timeline and Daddy Q was upset with Junior Q because he brought them to a place they weren't suppose to be.

[Skyblade]

In their introduction, it's implied that the Borg are far more than what they turn into. The Collective is essentially a single giant organism, with the ships being limbs and drones being blood cells. In her talks about negotiating with them, Guinan says something about needing to be on their level. I think that the Borg might communicate with a race that they see as actually being a race, but none of us are, just as none of us would communicate with random amoeba and amino acids.

[feliperisseto]

At the same time, remember when Q saved the Enterprise from the Borg, moving the ship far away? I don't think the Borg are stronger to the point of defeating the Q, but they can be. I think they are using the Federation as a pawn, to defeat a possible enemy. They were on a position to choose the winner, so to speak.

[Dj.MODÆO]

I still remember that scene where Q comes face to face with Guinan the first time and she started hissing at him like a cat and did a weird martial arts pose

[AGrayPhantom]

I love the line of, "DON'T PROVOKE THE BORG!" I always interpreted it as, "Yeah, I got in some SERIOUS shit for flinging The Enterprise at a cube years ago. Can you DON'T make the same mistakes I did?"

[custardcream]

The Borg came close to being annihilated by a random species from fluidic space using conventional weapons, and they were almost crippled by one Federation starship with a time-travelling captain. They are essentially a power limited to one corner of the Milky Way. The idea that the Q would fear the Collective is fanciful. The Q can move freely through time, galaxies and dimensions and vanished Borg ships with a snap of the fingers on numerous occasions.

[sgtdh]

I always thought the Q were evoled humans. That is why Q told Picard to explore his potential and not just space. Also I figured Picard was Q’s ancestor which is why he took interest in him.

[maybetoby]

I don't think any of this is enough to demonstrate the Q fear the Borg. I think it demonstrates that provoking the Borg ruins whatever game Q is playing at the moment.

Rule #1, never put more thought into something than the actual writers lol

[CommanderWolf]

Damn, contextualizing the Federation-Borg conflict as a proxy war instigated by the Q is an incredible and believable idea. Definitely adding that to my headcanon.

[SymbioteMullet]

I've always considered Q to be a practical archaeologist. He's in the past ensuring his own existence.

[hodgeman]

The Q that leave their home existence, would be bored to death in a universe full of Borg. I think the Q support the Federation, being the best chance of stopping the Borg, without directly interfering.

[silversonic]

The dynamic between Q and Guinan is one that's sadly not ventured into often. She was one of the only people who believed Q was actually expelled from the Continuum, stabbing his hand to show he was powerless to stop her. While Guinan herself barely ever divulges in her past, abilities, or relationships, it's clear Q himself has earned her ire more than the Continuum as a whole. And whatever caused it doesn't seem to have happened before the 21st Century in Picard Season 2, as Guinan doesn't seem to have the same malice towards him.
But I would like to make an observation. Jirati showed the alternate Queen that the Borg are doomed to fail in every timeline. That would seemingly include the one from which a variant of the Enterprise-D commanded by William Riker desperately attacks a dimensionally displaced Worf's shuttle in a desperate attempt to not return to their reality where the Borg did conquer Earth. That would mean that a force would and could still arise that could end the Borg without humanity or the Federation able to fight back.
Another important thing to note is that the Borg Queen scared Vadic, which is fairly alarming. The fact that the Queen could communicate with Vadic by means of what seemed to be part of Vadic herself tells me that Borg nanoprobes do have some hold on at least these Changelings, perhaps due to the experiments that gave them better control over their solidified state.
All things said and done, there are too many unanswered questions that need answers. Maybe one day we can get some answers that don't raise more questions.