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The Borg Cooperative is a group of former Borg drones who have joined together for mutual protection and society.

According to the logs of U.S.S. Voyager, in 2368 a Borg cube traveling through an area of the Delta Quadrant known as the Nekrit Expanse was disabled and disconnected from the Collective by a severe electrokinetic storm. Their collective consciousness collapsed, and the drones regained their identities.

Transporting to a nearby planet, the survivors of the cube began rebuilding their lives. They removed most of their cybernetic appendages and slowly re-acclimated to living as individuals. However, without the unifying force of the Borg hive mind, the many different species that had been on the cube struggled to form a society.

The planet became a warzone. One group of a few hundred drones formed a cooperative, finding a way to use their neural processors to form a miniaturized form of the Borg’s collective consciousness. Eventually, with the (unwilling) assistance of Commander Chakotay from Voyager, this group was able to extend this collective to all of the remaining drones on the planet, becoming the Cooperative as it is known today.


Admiral Tuvok, who now commands Voyager in the Delta Quadrant, informs us that the Cooperative still exists, and that it has taken on the task of liberating other drones from the Collective.

The Collective has gained allies in other groups of liberated Borg in the region, but conflicts between these groups may cause problems. While the Cooperative wishes to add more drones to its collective consciousness but allow them to retain a sense of identity, other liberated Borg wish to be completely free of any of the trappings of their former Borg life, including the hive mind.

At this time, the Cooperative should pose little tactical threat to the Klingon Defense Force. Their numbers are few, and they are completely focused on rescuing other drones from the Borg. While the Cooperative maintains a distinct technological advantage over other groups in the region, they are inexperienced fighters and do not have the tactical acumen of our warriors. Given time and direction, however, they could be molded into a weapon.

We must take care that they do not become a weapon used against us.

Designated as Species 6339 by the Borg, the Octanti are a dying race.

Originating from a planet in Grid 124, Octant 22-theta, the Octanti first encountered the Borg in 2371.
In the next four years, the Borg assimilated more than 11 billion Octanti.

A handful of survivors managed to escape the devastation in the remains of the Octanti fleet. These exceptionally well-armed warships were all that kept the Octanti alive, and all the Octanti thirsted for revenge.

The Octanti developed a synthetic pathogen designed to attack the vinculum of a Borg cube, infecting volunteers from their own population with it and sending them out to be assimilated and spread the infection. The virus was designed to bring chaos to the ordered hive mind of the Borg, destroying the cube where the infected Octanti were. The destruction of a cube would alert other Borg vessels, who would investigate and bring the affected vinculum aboard their ships for study. In this way, the pathogen could contaminate the entire Collective.


Obviously, the Octanti have not been able to infect the entire Collective, or else the Borg would not continue to be a thorn in our sides. However, their dogged pursuit of the Borg is noteworthy. Although their numbers continue to dwindle, the Octanti remain committed to their quest, attacking Borg vessels wherever they find them. They make no distinction between Borg who are part of the Collective and former drones who have been liberated from it, seeing all as a threat to be eliminated.

If an alliance is possible, the Octanti’s extensive research into how to destroy Borg would be quite valuable to the Empire. Take care, however, when getting between them and their quarry.

A wounded animal is a dangerous one, and the Octanti’s wounds are deep.