We've been able to liberate some people from the Collective. It's difficult; requires intense care and medical knowledge to remove as many of the inorganic components that the body hasn't become dependant on to survive and then trying to make the permanent inorganic components as inobtrusive as possible, but once the neuro-transceiver is deactivated and the subject's mind isn't controlled by the Collective anymore, their individuality seems to resurface. In... in most cases. So, I suppose we don't have a preventative measure, but we have a chance to still save those who've been assimilated in some cases. But getting them back is even more difficult than reversing what was done to them.
[Julian did truly wish he could help her with the Hiss, not that he probably could, but he would be willing to try.
She seemed intrigued by the orbs and of anything, they were far more light-hearted to talk about than something like the Borg. Plus, he had first-hand experience with the Orbs.]
That's possible. And an interesting assumption. The orbs are this hour-glass shaped crystalline mass. They glow with power. They defy all scientific study that they've been put through and our Captain has had... visions? Contact? He's been involved with the Bajoran Prophets, despite being human and not Bajoran. So there is something to the Bajoran religion, at last something we can't exactly explain yet, and it makes sense that since the planet follows a singular religion that they would be uniform. [He looked over the gun when she held it up, but didn't dare touch the oddly shifting parts.] I did notice the unique properties of it when you fired it. I've never seen anything like it. So, if they attach to items people find culturally important, does that mean as they bond with different individuals, they change their shape?
[Look, Julian is fascinated. He will never not love learning about other people and their cultures. Even if their cultures seemed to be very similar. He was willing to fully embrace the idea that they were alternate realities with very similar histories. It wouldn't be the first time.]
Perhaps you're right. Have you looked at the directory? When I arrived, it was downloaded directly onto my padd. They have some of these items catalogued. I wonder if that was done by previous abductees.
No worries!
[Julian did truly wish he could help her with the Hiss, not that he probably could, but he would be willing to try.
She seemed intrigued by the orbs and of anything, they were far more light-hearted to talk about than something like the Borg. Plus, he had first-hand experience with the Orbs.]
That's possible. And an interesting assumption. The orbs are this hour-glass shaped crystalline mass. They glow with power. They defy all scientific study that they've been put through and our Captain has had... visions? Contact? He's been involved with the Bajoran Prophets, despite being human and not Bajoran. So there is something to the Bajoran religion, at last something we can't exactly explain yet, and it makes sense that since the planet follows a singular religion that they would be uniform. [He looked over the gun when she held it up, but didn't dare touch the oddly shifting parts.] I did notice the unique properties of it when you fired it. I've never seen anything like it. So, if they attach to items people find culturally important, does that mean as they bond with different individuals, they change their shape?
[Look, Julian is fascinated. He will never not love learning about other people and their cultures. Even if their cultures seemed to be very similar. He was willing to fully embrace the idea that they were alternate realities with very similar histories. It wouldn't be the first time.]
Perhaps you're right. Have you looked at the directory? When I arrived, it was downloaded directly onto my padd. They have some of these items catalogued. I wonder if that was done by previous abductees.