Star Trek variant (somewhat long read)

[Jedi Knight]

Are Borg by default to go hostile when other ST variants are in the same area?

Good question! :)
I haven't yet determined how the variant would play in multiplayer, I'll test it in single and see what it's like.

I don't know if the Borg should go hostile. From what I know, the Borg ignores individuals as long as they don't pose any threat. They seem to assimilate or eliminate people only if this is to their advantage. I think that a Borg player should ignore other players unless they go hostile, or talk to him while they are in the same area. Then he should go hostile and try to assimilate them, even if the unassimilated subject is far stronger than the drone - the Borg do not think if they should react, they just do it.

Imagine an happy-feet Federation (amazon) player trying to destroy a walking Borg Drone that keeps saying "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated" :) Roleplay is important and adds a touch to the game. Unfortunately, lots of people on bnet are just "1337 h4x0rz r0x1ng w1th 7h31r ub3r s0rc".