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 -=> 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?
 JC> Wouldn't that lead to quite an unstable position? In order to keep
 JC> replacing  themselves they would need access to an unassimilated
 JC> population so they can  assimilate the babies but they also assimilate
 JC> the adults as well who when  they become Borg stop reproducing so they
 JC> lose access to babies which means  they have to assimilate another
 JC> world.... Sooner or later the core Borg  Worlds are going to have a
 JC> severe baby shortage if they don't produce their  own.
What of total test-tube babies?
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