Borg Cooperative

The Borg Cooperative were a faction of Rogue Borg who were present on an isolated planet in the Delta Quadrant.

This group of Borg were separated from the Borg Collective in 2373 when the Borg Cubeship was damaged by an Electrokinetic storm when travelling through the Nekrit Expanse. The encounter with the storm resulted in the separation of the Borg Drones from the Collective allowing the survivors to regain their individuality and settled on an isolated planet.

Unfortunately, the sudden return of their individuality resulted in the many survivors fighting one another as hatred as well as other war-like characteristics consumed the survivors. One faction would urge for peaceful co-existence and would be known as the Borg Cooperative that attempted to recreate the subspace link to form a sub-Collective to end the fighitng. They would face constant attacks from the other Borg survivor factions and sent a distress call which was answered by Commander Chakotay of the USS Voyager.

However, Chakotay's shuttle would be damaged and he would be injured. The Cooperative would care for him and used a Borg linking technique to heal. They used this tactic to force Chakotay into restablishing the Borg link by using the technology on the damaged Cube that remained in space. This re-established a sub-Collective and ended the fighting with the resulting creation of a faction of peaceful Borg. Once established, they destroyed the Cube and were determined to live on their own planet in peace. (VOY episode: Unity)