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The Borg, also known as the Borg Collective are a fictional race featured in the Star Trek film and television franchise. They were introduced in the 1980s television series Star Trek: The Next Generation in the season one episode entitled "Q Who". The Borg immediately became a fan favorite adversary and were featured in numerous episodes of the series, in particular the season three two-part cliffhanger "The Best of Both Worlds". The Borg were also the central adversaries featured in the eighth film in the Star Trek franchise, Star Trek: First Contact. In addition, they also made prominent appearances throughout seasons four-seven of Star Trek: Voyager as well as numerous novel, comic book and video game tie-ins. The Borg are not so much an actual race, but a conglomeration of many different races, taken from various cultures. The Borg function under a collective hive mind and answer to a queen. They reproduce by finding populated worlds and absorbing, or assimilating people into their collective unit through a process of cybernetic conversion. By and large, members of the Borg Collective do not have identities, though there have been some notable exceptions such as the Borg Queen, Locutis, Hugh and Seven of Nine.