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[–] 31 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Q pretty much only helped humanity.

Yeah, he’s chaotic, but introducing Picard to the Borg before the Borg showed up and steamrolled them was a massive gift.

Even the earlier trial of humanity and temptation of Riker served to strengthen their resolve and principles so they didn’t go all Sisko everywhere when the Borg arrived.

I hope Picard and the federation eventually looked back on Q as the gift that he was.

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  • [–] 14 points 12 hours ago (5 children)

    It was always a mixed blessing. For instance, with the Borg, while it did forewarn them, it also brought them into contact much earlier than they would have naturally.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 hours ago

    Wasn't the start of that episode the enterprise trying to ascertain why some outlying colonies had gone dark? The borg were just studying the federation at that point; if they'd had more time they could have become even more dangerous

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