Borg sphere

Template:ShipInfobox The Borg sphere was a huge sphere-shaped starship used by the Borg Collective, sometimes designated as a "long range tactical vessel" or as an explorer. These ships were designed for multiple mission profiles, including as a last resort contingency. (VOY episode: "Drone"; CCG set: First Contact; Decipher RPG module: Starships) Among other starship classes of the Borg fleet, the Borg sphere went through three different versions in the 22nd, 23rd and 24th century respectively. (ST video game: Legacy)

History

At least two Borg Spheres had been observed to have time travel capabilities. On one such occasion, a Borg Sphere traveled back to the year 2063, in order to prevent the historical event known as first contact. (TNG movie, novelization & comic adaptation: First Contact)

Although the sphere went back in time to 2063, it was intended to only return a few days into the past. (Star Trek novel: Engines of Destiny)

Another was used by the clone Locutus in an attempt to destroy the USS Enterprise-D shortly after the Farpoint mission, preventing Locutus defeat in the battle of the Unicomplex. (TNG video game: Star Trek: Armada)

During Voyager's attempt to get home in 2377, they were chased by Sphere 634, one of the few the Borg Queen had managed to keep in contact with. The sphere managed to weaken Voyager inside the collapsing transwarp corridors before capturing the ship. When the sphere arrived in the Alpha Quadrant, a fleet of 27 Federation starships opened fire on the sphere. It took a transphasic torpedo fired from Voyager to defeat it. (VOY episode & novelization: Endgame)

A more heavily armored version of the Sphere was fielded by the Borg Collective circa 2379, dubbed the Borg Sphere Prime and acting as the dreadnoughts of the Collective. (TNG video game: Starfleet Command III)

Smaller variants of the Borg Sphere also existed that served as long range scout vessels. At Stardate 3519.7 the USS Enterprise encountered one such vessel that had been responsible for the destruction of several planets including Outpost Omega-70.

This particular vessel suffered conditions that were not typical for a Borg vessel such as increased radiation levels that are hazardous for organic life. It was theorized by the Enterprise's science officer that this ship had partaken in a battle in the Delta Quadrant and had suffered severe damage before entering the Alpha Quadrant. One of the results was that the Borg crew of the vessel was acting severely erratic and were slowly killed by the radiation.

At some point after arriving in the Alpha Quadrant the crew of the ship had attacked a world and stolen a mining device from the population which was integrated into the Borg sphere and modified to the point that it could destroy planets through a forced core implosion as well as being used as a ship-to-ship weapon with fire power levels the equivalent of forty Starfleet photon torpedoes.

The crew of the Enterprise managed to destroy this ship by making its implosion weapon turn on itself. (TOS comic: "Resistance")

Kelvin timeline

Following the Altamid incident in 2263 of the Kelvin timeline, a Borg sphere attacked the USS Concord and took sections of it and members of the crew including Captain Clark Terrell. (TOS - Boldly Go comics: "Issue 1", "Issue 2")

Known vessels

Sphere 194 • Sphere 196 • Sphere 211 • Sphere 212 • Sphere 222 • Sphere 634 • Sphere 878 • S618-05464 • S618-08467 • S618-16441 • S618-16841 • S618-16851 • S618-18641 • S618-18647 • S618-18741 • S618-19414 • S618-19841 • S618-48615 • S618-56160 • S618-61105 • S618-61618 • S618-61871 • S618-64111 • S618-64164 • S618-64168 • S618-68105 • S618-68106 • S618-73518 • S618-76815 • S618-91444 • S618-94641 • other unnamed Borg spheres

Gallery

23th Century Borg Sphere encountered by the USS Enterprise

23th Century Borg Sphere firing a planet smashing device that was incorporated into it.

External link

• Borg sphere article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.