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The traditional Borg greeting you're liable to get if you stumble upon this scene: "Prepare to be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness shall be added to our own. Resistance is futile."

This is based off a scene from before the beginning of the Star Trek two-part episode "Best of Both Worlds" which is considered by many Trek and sci-fi fans to be probably one of the finest Star Trek episodes, ever. The Borg were at the absolute pinnacle of their game in this two-parter, putting humanity, Earth, and our way of life at risk of total annihilation (or, worse, absorption into the Borg's uncaring, unfeeling quest for perfection). I was inspired after Terragen spat out a ruddy colored scene, and was later reminded that Jouret 4, the planet the Enterprise visits to find a colonial city completely GONE, replaced by a hollowed out crater, could be easily duplicated.

Plus, I'd always thought it'd be cool to show the Cube actually digging up a city off the planet's ground. Most fanart of the Borg has cubes floating in space or the like. I wanted to try something....different. This is the result.

Terragen for the scenery (sky and landscape both)....the rest is done in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 with Aiptek digital pen and tablet.

This one I got together in about....4 hours maybe, between puttering in Terragen getting the terrain right, and then painting all this stuff in Photoshop. The worst part of it probably had to be, once again, detailing the Cubeship.

The last time I did such an extensive Terragen/Photoshop hybrid like this was that pic of Jark's homeworld, complete with probe-shaped towers. I'd like to think I did a better job of combining the elements this time around, but that could just be me. I'd appreciate any comments, criticisms, or thoughts. I gave the TG render a quick eyeballing to make sure things weren't too pixilated...and when zooming in to do the smoke effects, I don't think I saw anything glaringly WRONG with this render. I hope.

Oh yeah, Star Trek and the Borg are copyright Paramount Studios. I just wanted to pay homage to both in this picture.

Description
The traditional Borg greeting you're liable to get if you stumble upon this scene: "Prepare to be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness shall be added to our own. Resistance is futile."

This is based off a scene from before the beginning of the Star Trek two-part episode "Best of Both Worlds" which is considered by many Trek and sci-fi fans to be probably one of the finest Star Trek episodes, ever. The Borg were at the absolute pinnacle of their game in this two-parter, putting humanity, Earth, and our way of life at risk of total annihilation (or, worse, absorption into the Borg's uncaring, unfeeling quest for perfection). I was inspired after Terragen spat out a ruddy colored scene, and was later reminded that Jouret 4, the planet the Enterprise visits to find a colonial city completely GONE, replaced by a hollowed out crater, could be easily duplicated.

Plus, I'd always thought it'd be cool to show the Cube actually digging up a city off the planet's ground. Most fanart of the Borg has cubes floating in space or the like. I wanted to try something....different. This is the result.

Terragen for the scenery (sky and landscape both)....the rest is done in Adobe Photoshop 7.0 with Aiptek digital pen and tablet.

This one I got together in about....4 hours maybe, between puttering in Terragen getting the terrain right, and then painting all this stuff in Photoshop. The worst part of it probably had to be, once again, detailing the Cubeship.

The last time I did such an extensive Terragen/Photoshop hybrid like this was that pic of Jark's homeworld, complete with probe-shaped towers. I'd like to think I did a better job of combining the elements this time around, but that could just be me. I'd appreciate any comments, criticisms, or thoughts. I gave the TG render a quick eyeballing to make sure things weren't too pixilated...and when zooming in to do the smoke effects, I don't think I saw anything glaringly WRONG with this render. I hope.

Oh yeah, Star Trek and the Borg are copyright Paramount Studios. I just wanted to pay homage to both in this picture.