-=> Quoting Charlotte Jerscheid to Michael Marek <=-
 MM>>> I direct you to Q-Who, in which we saw a Borg nursery.
 JM>> AFAIK it was never stated wether the baby was born or assimilated.
 CJ> 8x---------SNIP
 
 MM> I can't imaging the Borg having the built-in capability to reproduce and
 MM> not using it.
 CJ> But remember that the Borg assimilate different species, although most
 CJ> of the Borg we've seen have been humanoid. Wouldn't it be easier to
 CJ> assimilate babies than to go through all the trouble of pregnancy and
 CJ> birth? And since we've suddenly discovered they have re-engineered red
 CJ> cells in their blood, would that affect the ability to get pregnant?
Wouldn't that lead to quite an unstable position? In order to keep replacing 
themselves they would need access to an unassimilated population so they can 
assimilate the babies but they also assimilate the adults as well who when 
they become Borg stop reproducing so they lose access to babies which means 
they have to assimilate another world.... Sooner or later the core Borg 
Worlds are going to have a severe baby shortage if they don't produce their 
own.
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