>The biggest flaw with the script I see is the cardboard villain nature
>of the new alien species -- the Scorpions.  It kind of reminds me of
>Time's Arrow, which gave us aliens killing people for no reason that was
>ever explained.
     In Time's 
Arrow it was explained why they aliens were killing humans, I
could plainly see that they were using the humans for a food source.
>And speaking of established continuity, since when did Borg cube ships
>use Transwarp drive?  Never before this episode.  (The Descent transwarp
>conduits don't count, because these Borg ships were not traveling
>through transwarp conduits.)  Even if they do, on occasion, use
>transwarp drive, how did the people on Voyager know, since this has not
>been seen before?
     Transwarp drive was mentioned in STTNG.  There was talk about it on a
couple of the episodes.  When Picard was 'assimilated' he unwillingly gave 
all 
information of knowlegde about everything he knew to the borg.  He may have 
n
own something of transwarp drive.  (i.e. Where no One had Gone Before).  I 
el
ieve in this episode they were discussing Transwarp drive.
>  The Doctor mentions that as the beginning of the assimilation process, the
>Borg take over red blood cells.  Does that make sense?  Why do the Borg want
>to control the distribution of oxygen to the tissues of the body they are
>assimilating? 
     This could be a way of explaining why skin pigment changes to grey.  
Nce
the blood cells have been taken over, the skin pigment changes.  I have no
idea why they would need to take over blood cells, but it may have to do with
re-establishing the amount of oxygen flow to the brain because of the newly
emplanted borg chips.
     Star Trek is just a television show, of course they are going to have
loopholes and parasoxes, but if you use your imagination, I am sure you can
some up with a good reason why something happened in the Star Trek universe.
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