*** Quoting John Aldrich to Mike Honig dated 03-22-98 ***
> Hello Mike!
> 
> Saturday March 21 1998 16:48, Mike Honig wrote to Rogier Van Eeten:
>  MH> Then the "non-assimilability" of shapeshifters is more of an 
> inference on
>  MH> your part.
> 
>  MH> It could be argued that, since adaptation is the hallmark of Borg
>  MH> technology, the nanoprobes might very well adapt to shapeshifter 
> biology
>  MH> and assimiliate them more or less like they do any other lifeform.
> 
> Well, then why couldn't the Borg assimilate Species 847? It took 
> Janeway, et al to figure out how to modify the nanoprobes enough to 
> allow the Borg to use them as a weapon against species 847.
All that proves is that the BORG are not infallible. No one mind can think of 
everything, and the BORG are essentially one mind. Also, the BORG will be the 
first to admit that the vast majority of their tech is assimilated from 
'conquered' species.
Nonetheless, to our knowledge no BORG has ever tried to assimilate a Founder, 
so we can only infer whether or not such an attempt would be successful.
ALso keep in mind that Species 847 was from another dimension -- the first 
and only species the BORG have attempted to assimilate from outside of our 
Universe, to our knowledge -- and therefore may not be directly eqivalent to 
any other experience their assimilation technology may involve in our 
space-time.
It is, to quote a BORGism, "Irrelevant." ;)
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