Would the Borg assimilate lower primates?

[bozman]

I know that this is a bit off topic, but if the Borg found a planet full of chimpanzees, for example, would they assimilate them? As long as they stayed on a ship or an assimilated planet, and had the collective to guide them, they could be useful.

And then perhaps the chimps would start to regain their independence and start a drone/chimp uprising that would result in the Queen having to bribe them with bananas and chocolate. It could happen.

[bozman]

I don't know. Can the Collective adapt to feces being thrown at them?

[Shinova]

The Borg would either ignore them or just nuke the planet. That's all.

[Jason von Evil]

We see no use for the assimilation of a primative species, they have no technological or cultural advantage that is of use to the Borg.


Hehe, had to go Borg on that one.

[Robert Walper]

The Borg do not assimilate what they perceive as inferior forms of life. Some species, like the Kazon, the Borg consider unworthy of assimilation. Their perspective is "why assimilate that which detracts from perfection?". Undoubtably from their perspective, primates would fit the "inferior forms of life" definition.

[neoolong]

The Borg do not assimilate what they perceive as inferior forms of life. Some species, like the Kazon, the Borg consider unworthy of assimilation. Their perspective is "why assimilate that which detracts from perfection?". Undoubtably from their perspective, primates would fit the "inferior forms of life" definition.

Then it becomes a question of leaving them alone, or destroying them. Leave them alone, since they are irrelevan to the Borg. Or destroy them because they use up resources in the universe that could be used for better things to come.

[Robert Walper]

Then it becomes a question of leaving them alone, or destroying them.

Agreed.

Leave them alone, since they are irrelevan to the Borg.

That would be my first thought, unless the planet itself is of interest to the Collective.

Or destroy them because they use up resources in the universe that could be used for better things to come.

They would only destroy those primates if the effort justified some goal directly benefiting themselves. The abstract thought of primates wasting the universe's resources would undoubtably be considered irrelevent to the Borg(if anything, these primates may one day evolve into a technological society that would benefit the Borg once assimilated). The primates themselves would be irrelevent. Only the planet and/or other resources would be of concern if the Borg needed them.

[neoolong]

Ok, I could have phrased that better. I forgot that the Borg aren't exactly the most considerate of abstract thinking like that.

[Lord Pounder]

In one of the books shatner wroke, well the Gar-Stevens wrote it, they say that the borg Assimilate an outposts Dobermen, Apparenly it is a much more efficient design for deconstructing the Star Base.

[Sea Skimmer]

They should be interested in all sentient life.

[paladin]

See as there is a thread where the Borg assimilate Darkstar. I would say yes.

[Ender]

No they wouldn't, so don't worry bozeman, you have nothing to be concerned about.

[Typhonis 1]

No and this includes Darkstar and his buddies as well

[Crown]

Probably not, they do want to get smarter after all - hang on. Yep looks like they will have to.

[Lord Pounder]

If the borg ever assimilated a troll of Dark Star or Bozemans caliber i forsee every borg in the galaxy similtainously falling to his/her/it's knees and holding it's head screaming "OH the stupidid" just before they all explode due to overload of idiocy

[Slartibartfast]

No they wouldn't, so don't worry bozeman, you have nothing to be concerned about.

LOL

[MirrorUniverseSpy1]

I think the Borg would go after a planet of primates, if not for them,
then simply for the planet they are on.