Borg of the Mirror Universe

The Borg of the Mirror Universe in Star Trek are a major power that we never get to see in canon, but there is some lore on them mentioned in books and games, so let's take a look at what the Terran Empire has to contend with, not the Collective, but the Borg Kingdom.

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[daftwulli]

I allways assumed the mirror universe borg would be a small collective travelling through the universe looking for someone to assimilate them, but everybody resists them successfully

[Nexus_KD-.]

In all my years as a Star Trek fan (late 80's), Borg of the mirror universe had never once occurred to me until seeing this video.

[redeye]

I just had a similar idea: a Borg that's selective about who it assimilates
"We are the Borg, lower your shields and let us aboard, we'd like to take interviews"
"You don't want all of us?"
"Oh god no, I mean just look at you."

[VestedUTuber]

Wait... _red_ beams with an eerie black aura? ...those are antiproton beams, which means the Borg assimilated _Iconian tech_ in that timeline.

[DSchultz]

Kind of interesting that in the Voyager Episode “Living Witness” the heavily skewed historical narrative had Janeway using nanoprobes to create her own drone security force, not entirely unlike Mirror Janeway.

[markfergerson]

I absolutely concur with your final assessment of the difference between the Mirror Borg inspiring the kind of fear an oncoming army does, while the Collective inspires the kind of dread an oncoming tornado does.

The Mirror Borg are more personal, the Collective are closer to classic zombies. Nobody to talk to, nobody to negotiate with, they just walk slowly toward you with an arm outstretched and *do not stop*.

[Jopsyduck]

It occurs to me that the reason that borg looks at captain Kim with what would appear to be confusion could be because the mirror Kim is the king.

[JoacinoDaGona]

Main universe Borg: We want to become the perfect lifeform!
Mirror Borg: We want to become the perfect killing machine!

[davidthomas]

It's interesting that the Mirror Borg are a completely different sort of hive mind than the collective. It's heterogenous in composition, a stratified collective of many whereas the main Borg are a distributed collective that form a single mind. To reference other Sci-fi, I'd compare the prime Borg to something like the tyranids from 40k-thinking, feeling, but uncaring and compelled by a single mind of increase power. The mirror brog would be actually closer to the Necrons in 40k, with a neo feudal hierarchy enforced through programmed compulsion, with all being subject to the will of those above them and the higher up you go, the more individuality persists, with the lowest levels being little more than mindless automatons and the top of the hierarchy having vastly superhuman cognition.

[ChristianAkacro]

There probably is apocrypha that I'm unaware of covering this but I like to think that The Dominion's mirror counterpart would be The Communion, an almost federation-like version of the Dominion. Sure it's pretty opposite, but I like to think there could be nuances with their Great Link type of hivemind taking a more gentle and generous approach to the solids while still favouring Order.

[Kalebfenoir]

It sounds like they have a better command structure and behaviour structure than prime universe Borg. You could trick Prime Borg into doing something because, unless they encountered it once before and adapted for it, they are unprepared for whatever it is. Working as one will, that means just ONE mind needs to be tricked. The Queen.

I imagine it's a lot harder to trick Kingdom Borg, due to their actually having individual or semi-individual command units that are there because they adapt well to unusual situations and might actually display some level of imagination and ingenuity, which makes them INFINITELY more dangerous than a just a drone ship. And since they don't debate Net loss, they take greater risks, but might end up with surprisingly greater gains.

I'd find it amusing if the Borg Queen, who can hear echoes of all the other Queens across the multiverse, hits hard resistance when she hears the echoes of the Borg KING and his subcommanders. They wouldn't be part of the Collective, but might be able to tune into their network, if only to send highly complicated code viruses to cause trouble, or maybe a scathing personal message from King to Queen. Because if the Kingdom could destabilize the Collective, then it'd be easier if they ever crossed that multiverse divide; no competition or a weaker one.

[davepowder]

The Borg being so powerful in the Mirror Universe could be used to explain the end of all contact between the Prime and Mirror universe explained in Discovery Season 3. By the 32nd century, no new contacts had been noted for 500 years.

[Jogproof]

I am so glad they didn't just flip good/bad it's always what people think the Mirror Universe is because of the many parodies doing only that.

[dustinprewitt]

I've always thought of the Borg as a force of nature that is above & beyond good and evil. They just are.

[delimitnc]

I'd argue that The Borg are no more evil than a predator roaming a forest. They're more like a force of nature than something one could easily apply traditional morality to, IMO.

[Zirbip]

I like to think of the Mirror Borg like an altruistic Triple A. They just cruise around the galaxy looking for ships in need of help and they change flat tires and repair cracked windshields.

[Stomeruk]

if only sto would let you TRULY live out your goatee twirling machinations and allow us to play real terrans

[gamble]

So Borg are bees and Mirror Borg are wasps?

[troyspencer]

I have enjoyed the Borg since they were first introduced officially to us in the TNG episode "Q-Who". By far they are the best overall enemy in Star Trek, in my opinion. Thanks for another fantastic video!

[anarchyantz]

One thing has always bothered me about fighting the Borg. You are always having to remodulate your weapons and shields. Why the hell are they not using old school BALISTIC WEAPONS!! Fire up a damn Gauss cannon or kinetic kill vehicle. Picard showed how effective a Tommy Gun on a Holodeck was and yet they still use phasers and ONLY phasers.