I mean… It was a cheap joke, but money and trade are not requirements for an economy.
If you look at ants, balancing defense (and offense for some species) with colony upkeeping is a serious problem. The Borg also have a “Roman Empire” situation where their wealth comes from war, so yeah, it would be really complicated.
If they need significant amounts of material resources they’d likely strip mine entire planets, much like the cardies. But unlike the cardies they wouldn’t need to enslave the local population and devote additional personnel as prefects, guards, etc.
The concept of a borg economy intrigues me. There’s no need for a currency. What would it even be?
I mean… It was a cheap joke, but money and trade are not requirements for an economy.
If you look at ants, balancing defense (and offense for some species) with colony upkeeping is a serious problem. The Borg also have a “Roman Empire” situation where their wealth comes from war, so yeah, it would be really complicated.
Exactly - resources is resources.
If they build this cube, something else has to give.
If they need significant amounts of material resources they’d likely strip mine entire planets, much like the cardies. But unlike the cardies they wouldn’t need to enslave the local population and devote additional personnel as prefects, guards, etc.
Maybe like an organism. Sure there’s no currency but resources are still allocated.
Since their cubes regenerate, do they Build the cubes, or just kind of let them “grow”. Are they build by board nanoprobes?