#+collective

[booksandladybugs]

The last thing Riko saw before getting his arm absolutely obliterated by Andrew.

[miamaimania]

Naked volunteers pose for Spencer Tunick in the Europarking building, Amsterdam (2007)

[zynvaites]

[fairygodsystem]

Do you have any system names for just the grouping that aren't system or collective?

We are really wanting a one worded collective name

♡ Alternatives to "system" or "collective" Master-list ♡

Association　　Assembly　　Aggregation　　Assemblage　　Assortment　　Array　　Alliance

Band　　Body　　Batch　　Battery　　Bunch　　Bundle　　Battalion　　Bracket　　Brigade

Class　　Club　　Chain　　Circle　　Crew　　Collection　　Cluster　　Clutch　　Clique　　Clump　　Clot　　Combine　　Conglomerate　　Congregation　　Crew　　Crowd　　Company　　Collaborative　　Communal　　Cooperative　　Common　　Corporation　　Compilation　　Collation　　Caboodle　　Convocation　　Cumulation　　Constellation　　Clan　　Consort　　Crop　　Coalition　　Classification　　Conspiracy　　Cabal　　Coven　　Corps

Division

Establishment　　Enterprise

Faction　　Function　　Formation　　Foundation　　Fellows　　Fellowship　　Family　　Force

Group　　Gathering　　Grade　　Gaggle　　Grouping　　Gild　　Guild　　Genus　　Generation

Herd　　Horde　　Hoard　　Heap　　Huddle　　Hodgepodge

Institute　　Institution

Lot　　League　　Legion　　Layout　　Lads

Mass　　Medley　　Mess　　Miscellany　　Mobilization　　Muster　　Mess　　Melt　　Mutual　　Mob

Number　　Network

Operation　　Outfit　　Order

Platoon　　Party　　Parcel　　Posse　　Phalanx　　Pack　　Personnel　　Pile

Round　　Ring

School　　Squad　　Squadron　　Set　　Species　　Syndicate　　Staff　　Stack　　Stock　　Suite

Team　　Troop　　Trust

Union

Variety

[stanford-photography]

The Coneflower Collective By Jeff Stanford, 2026 Buy prints of this image at: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-coneflower-collective-jeff-stanford.html   or more of my images at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

[startreksetplans]

Borg and Queens - A fan theory of the role of Queens

By default there are no Queens - the Borg are a pure hive mind with all the voices as one.

However sometimes problems arise…

If a section of the Borg is separated from the hive, this smaller collective can start to break down into individuals. A minimum number of members is needed for a group mind

To ensure cohesion, a single Borg is elevated and "Brings order to chaos" by dominating all the minds and forcing unity.

When a single small vessel was sent into the past, their link to present collective was severed.

Knowing this was likely, a queen was preselected and stored on board. She took command of the sub collective and became the one mind. With her death, remaining Borg died from neural feedback.

Being elevated above the rest of the hive mind, the Queen units are far more individual due to not being enmeshed with others.

A smaller example was shown in VOY 6x02. Seven and other Borg were separated from the collective. Seven in this case filled the role of a Queen - she enforced unity and cohesion with herself above the new tiny collective.

Perhaps this is why she was of interest to other Queens.

In Voyager, we encounter the Borg during their war with species 8472. Their mass losses lead to a splintering of the collective.

One or more Queens were activated.

The Queen's function is to reunify the collective until it is sufficiently cohesive to no longer require a Queen.

However Queens have a habit of failing to relinquish control, even to detriment of their drones. They place their own welfare over that of the hive.

Locutus was not a Queen - he was however a conduit for the collective. A focal point. Although elevated, his personally did not dominate the Hive - he was as enslaved as any drone.

There are likely splinters of collective out there that are sufficiently cohesive or numerous to ensure that no Queen was activated.

These Borg may be far more dangerous.

What happens when they encounter a smaller Queen dependent collective?

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Santa at Kebab Stand

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“A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” ― Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home