Picard Hints The Borg Really Will Join The Federation (It's Not A Trap)
The Borg are making a comeback in Star Trek: Picard season 2 — but is their intention to join the Federation actually genuine? Star Trek: Picard season 2's dramatic opener proves you can take the Borg out of Jean-Luc, but you can't take Jean-Luc out of the Borg, with the Collective once again coming for Patrick Stewart's Starfleet veteran. Now commanding the Stargazer, Captain Rios stumbles across a bright green spatial anomaly broadcasting a plea to join the Federation, and a request to negotiate specifically with Jean-Luc Picard. Once the man himself arrives, however, our mystery caller is revealed to be the Borg.
The Borg Queen forcibly beams onto the Stargazer's deck and begins commandeering the assembled fleet of Starfleet starships. Desperate, Picard engages self-destruct protocols, but Q intervenes before any outcome is revealed. Given their status as perennial Star Trek villains, it's natural to assume the Borg are attacking with ill-intent in Star Trek: Picard season 2's premiere. Their request to join the Federation was just a ruse to lure Picard into battle — part of the Borg Queen's plan to assimilate an entire armada. A Borg never changes its nanoprobes.
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But what if the Borg weren't attacking in Star Trek: Picard season 2's hectic battle? Is there a chance, however slim, that the Borg's request for Federation aid was authentic, and the firefight that followed a result of poor diplomacy, rather than plain old Borg aggression?
Whatever the Borg's intentions in Star Trek: Picard season 2, their actions are certainly unusual. For starters, the brazen deception of masquerading as a friendly species isn't exactly a traditional Borg
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