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BORG SPECIES NUMBERS

In the table below, blank or "unknown" = not stated on tv. The righthand column states the episode in which the Species Number is first mentioned, not the species' first appearance (that data is incorporated in its LIFEFORMS: Index entry if any).

NO.

NAME

ORIGIN/HOMEWORLD

SEEN/MENTIONED IN EPISODE

unknown

Romulan

twin planets Romulus and Remus (the formal name for the state is the Romulan Star Empire)

[Unity]

Orum, a member of the New Hope Colony and their medic, was a Romulan.

116

unknown (Arturis' people)

[Hope and Fear]

Arturis states: "My people managed to elude the Borg for centuries, outwitting them, always one step ahead, but in recent years the Borg managed to weaken our defences. They were closing in, and Species 8472 was our last hope to defeat them. You took that away from us! The outer colonies were the first to fall, twenty-three in a matter of hours, our sentry vessels tossed aside, no defence against the storm. By the time they surrounded our star system, hundreds of cubes, we had already surrendered to our own terror. A few of us managed to survive, ten, twenty thousand. I was fortunate. I escaped with a vessel, alone but alive." Note that the Borg have existed and been a threat for "centuries".

125

[Dark Frontier]

Original species of the Borg Queen. She tells Seven: "We all originated from lesser species. I myself came from Species 125 but that's irrelevant now. We are Borg."

149
Technologically sophisticated civilisation possessing advanced medical science.
[Mortal Coil]
The species from whom the Borg assimilated the technology to enable the Borg to use modified nanoprobes to re-animate dead drones up to 73 hours after death. Seven used this knowledge to resurrect Neelix, although he was far from grateful as it shook his beliefs in the afterlife [Mortal Coil].

180

Ferengi

Ferenginar

[Infinite Regress]

One of the personalities that takes over Seven is a Ferengi.

218

Talaxian

Talax

[The Raven]

Seven tells Neelix, a Talaxian, the Species Number and that the first Talaxians to be assimilated were a group of 39 Talaxians comprising the crew of a small freighter, and they were assimilated in the Dalmine sector. Their dense musculature made them excellent drones.

259

[The Gift]

Seven tells Kim that the Borg the autonomous resequencer technology she uses to help restore Voyager's systems. The Borg assimilated the pattern-duplication design from Species 259 in galactic cluster 3. Galactic cluster 3 is a transmaterial energy plane intersecting 22 billion omnicordial life-forms."

262
A primitive Delta Quadrant civilisation.
[The Omega Directive] Species 262 was assimilated approximatedly 2145. The Borg took an interest in their mythology which mentioned a powerful substance which could burn the sky - the substance could have been the Omega molecule.

263
a Delta Quadrant civilisation regarded by the Borg as primitive.
[The Omega Directive] Species 263 believed that the Omega molecule was a drop of blood from their Creator.

312

[Natural Law]

329

Kazon
nomads in stolen Trabe ships; as they are formed into factions, which are also usually at war with each other, a single homeworld is irrelevant
The Borg decided not to assimilate the Kazon. In [Mortal Coil] Seven tells Neelix replies that the Borg encountered a Kazon colony in the Gan sector, grid 6920: "Their biological and technological distinctiveness was unremarkable. They were unworthy of assimilation. Why assimilate a species that would detract from perfection?"

521

Shivolian

[Survival Instinct]

One of the interconnected ex-drones.

571

[Survival Instinct]

One of the interconnected ex-drones.

689

Norcadian

Norcadia Prime

[Collective]

Mezoti is a Norcadian. She describes her world: "A theta-class planetoid, population 260 million, binary suns."

Janeway recognises the species and asks her: "And what did it look like when those suns set at night, can you remember that?"

3259

Vulcan

Vulcan
[The Raven]

4228

Hazari

[Think Tank]

Seven reports: "Species 4228, technologically advanced, extremely violent, they make excellent tactical drones" .... They are hired to capture and deliver alien vessels."

5174

According to Seven, the "gutted" humanoid Voyager encounters is from Species 5174; when the Borg encountered them before, Species 5174 had been destroyed this same way.

[Hunters]

5618

Human

Earth

Dark Frontier. The Borg Queen tells Seven: "Species 5618, human, warp capable, origin Grid 325, physiology inefficient, below average cranial capacity, minimal redundant systems, limited regenerative abilities." In [Unity] Chakotay meets Riley Frazier after she has become free of her Borg assimilation - one of many humans assimilated at the battle of Wolf 359 depicted in [TNG: The Best of Both Worlds]. Footage of that battle is seen very briefly in that episode.

5973

[The Haunting of Deck Twelve]

6192

Yridian

?[Equinox]

6339

[Infinite Regress]

Species 6339 attempted to exploit the Borg's expected salvage operation, by infecting a Borg cube with a manufactured virus. The intention was that the Borg would salvage the Vinculum and spread the virus to other vessels in the Collective. The mutated synthetic pathogen created by Species 6339 attacked the Vinculum's systems and caused the unit to malfunction, but Species 6339's plan went awry because USS Voyager was in the vicinity and the infected Vinculum identified Seven as an errant drone and tried to reintegrate her into the Borg Collective. Accordingly it sent erratic commands to Seven's cortical implant via an interlink frequency. This caused her to exhibit the personality traits of certain individuals in whose assimilation she was involved during her time as a Borg drone. Eventually Torres developed successful measures to counteract the Vinculum's ability to adapt and stave off attack, by using a remodulated dampening field designed to constantly compensate for the Vinculum's own adaptations, and as a result the Vinculum was shut down. Voyager beamed it into space so that Species 6339 could recover it. Page 8: Inside a Borg space vessel: Vinculum

6961

Ktarian

[Infinite Regress]

8472

unknown but referred to as "fluidic space" in [Scorpion] and [In the Flesh]

[Scorpion]
The Borg species designation has been adopted by Voyager's crew to refer to this species, and hence they are so mentioned in [Prey], [In the Flesh] and [Endgame].

No member of Species 8472 has been assimilated by the Borg. Indeed, when the Borg invaded fluidic space intent on assimilation Species 8472 drove them back and destroyed "over 4 million drones" (says Janeway in [In the Flesh]). Voyager's Doctor developed a treatment against Species 8472, initially to save Kim's life - modified Borg nanoprobes were later used to great effect against Species 8472 in [Scorpion, Part Two]. Seven had improved them further by the time of [In the Flesh].

10026

unknown; 392,000 individuals are assimilated at Grid 532

[Dark Frontier]

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NO.	NAME	ORIGIN/HOMEWORLD	SEEN/MENTIONED IN EPISODE
unknown	Romulan	twin planets Romulus and Remus (the formal name for the state is the Romulan Star Empire)	[Unity] Orum, a member of the New Hope Colony and their medic, was a Romulan.
116	unknown (Arturis' people)		[Hope and Fear] Arturis states: "My people managed to elude the Borg for centuries, outwitting them, always one step ahead, but in recent years the Borg managed to weaken our defences. They were closing in, and Species 8472 was our last hope to defeat them. You took that away from us! The outer colonies were the first to fall, twenty-three in a matter of hours, our sentry vessels tossed aside, no defence against the storm. By the time they surrounded our star system, hundreds of cubes, we had already surrendered to our own terror. A few of us managed to survive, ten, twenty thousand. I was fortunate. I escaped with a vessel, alone but alive." Note that the Borg have existed and been a threat for "centuries".
125			[Dark Frontier] Original species of the Borg Queen. She tells Seven: "We all originated from lesser species. I myself came from Species 125 but that's irrelevant now. We are Borg."
149	Technologically sophisticated civilisation possessing advanced medical science.		[Mortal Coil] The species from whom the Borg assimilated the technology to enable the Borg to use modified nanoprobes to re-animate dead drones up to 73 hours after death. Seven used this knowledge to resurrect Neelix, although he was far from grateful as it shook his beliefs in the afterlife [Mortal Coil].
180	Ferengi	Ferenginar	[Infinite Regress] One of the personalities that takes over Seven is a Ferengi.
218	Talaxian	Talax	[The Raven] Seven tells Neelix, a Talaxian, the Species Number and that the first Talaxians to be assimilated were a group of 39 Talaxians comprising the crew of a small freighter, and they were assimilated in the Dalmine sector. Their dense musculature made them excellent drones.
259			[The Gift] Seven tells Kim that the Borg the autonomous resequencer technology she uses to help restore Voyager's systems. The Borg assimilated the pattern-duplication design from Species 259 in galactic cluster 3. Galactic cluster 3 is a transmaterial energy plane intersecting 22 billion omnicordial life-forms."
262	A primitive Delta Quadrant civilisation.		[The Omega Directive] Species 262 was assimilated approximatedly 2145. The Borg took an interest in their mythology which mentioned a powerful substance which could burn the sky - the substance could have been the Omega molecule.
263	a Delta Quadrant civilisation regarded by the Borg as primitive.		[The Omega Directive] Species 263 believed that the Omega molecule was a drop of blood from their Creator.
312			[Natural Law]
329	Kazon	nomads in stolen Trabe ships; as they are formed into factions, which are also usually at war with each other, a single homeworld is irrelevant	The Borg decided not to assimilate the Kazon. In [Mortal Coil] Seven tells Neelix replies that the Borg encountered a Kazon colony in the Gan sector, grid 6920: "Their biological and technological distinctiveness was unremarkable. They were unworthy of assimilation. Why assimilate a species that would detract from perfection?"
521	Shivolian		[Survival Instinct] One of the interconnected ex-drones.
571			[Survival Instinct] One of the interconnected ex-drones.
689	Norcadian	Norcadia Prime	[Collective] Mezoti is a Norcadian. She describes her world: "A theta-class planetoid, population 260 million, binary suns." Janeway recognises the species and asks her: "And what did it look like when those suns set at night, can you remember that?"
3259	Vulcan	Vulcan	[The Raven]
4228	Hazari		[Think Tank] Seven reports: "Species 4228, technologically advanced, extremely violent, they make excellent tactical drones" .... They are hired to capture and deliver alien vessels."
5174	According to Seven, the "gutted" humanoid Voyager encounters is from Species 5174; when the Borg encountered them before, Species 5174 had been destroyed this same way.		[Hunters]
5618	Human	Earth	Dark Frontier. The Borg Queen tells Seven: "Species 5618, human, warp capable, origin Grid 325, physiology inefficient, below average cranial capacity, minimal redundant systems, limited regenerative abilities." In [Unity] Chakotay meets Riley Frazier after she has become free of her Borg assimilation - one of many humans assimilated at the battle of Wolf 359 depicted in [TNG: The Best of Both Worlds]. Footage of that battle is seen very briefly in that episode.
5973			[The Haunting of Deck Twelve]
6192	Yridian		?[Equinox]
6339			[Infinite Regress] Species 6339 attempted to exploit the Borg's expected salvage operation, by infecting a Borg cube with a manufactured virus. The intention was that the Borg would salvage the Vinculum and spread the virus to other vessels in the Collective. The mutated synthetic pathogen created by Species 6339 attacked the Vinculum's systems and caused the unit to malfunction, but Species 6339's plan went awry because USS Voyager was in the vicinity and the infected Vinculum identified Seven as an errant drone and tried to reintegrate her into the Borg Collective. Accordingly it sent erratic commands to Seven's cortical implant via an interlink frequency. This caused her to exhibit the personality traits of certain individuals in whose assimilation she was involved during her time as a Borg drone. Eventually Torres developed successful measures to counteract the Vinculum's ability to adapt and stave off attack, by using a remodulated dampening field designed to constantly compensate for the Vinculum's own adaptations, and as a result the Vinculum was shut down. Voyager beamed it into space so that Species 6339 could recover it. Page 8: Inside a Borg space vessel: Vinculum
6961	Ktarian		[Infinite Regress]
8472		unknown but referred to as "fluidic space" in [Scorpion] and [In the Flesh]	[Scorpion] The Borg species designation has been adopted by Voyager's crew to refer to this species, and hence they are so mentioned in [Prey], [In the Flesh] and [Endgame]. No member of Species 8472 has been assimilated by the Borg. Indeed, when the Borg invaded fluidic space intent on assimilation Species 8472 drove them back and destroyed "over 4 million drones" (says Janeway in [In the Flesh]). Voyager's Doctor developed a treatment against Species 8472, initially to save Kim's life - modified Borg nanoprobes were later used to great effect against Species 8472 in [Scorpion, Part Two]. Seven had improved them further by the time of [In the Flesh].
10026		unknown; 392,000 individuals are assimilated at Grid 532	[Dark Frontier]