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.
It’s believable that a cube is such an investment in resources that only a few exist. Then we come to Voyager, where the Borg practically become the villain of the week with more cubes than a D&D enthusiast.
Do you have any idea how long it takes to manufacture a cube?
They would need to start sourcing it from contractors 2 centuries before the war, and the effort they put into it would destroy their economy.
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.
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?
It’s believable that a cube is such an investment in resources that only a few exist. Then we come to Voyager, where the Borg practically become the villain of the week with more cubes than a D&D enthusiast.