The Borg means of coordination is the Hive Mind. This allows the collective to be in constant communication within itself. All drones always hear the other drones in the collective and in this way they work together to accomplish tasks. The Queen has her own ship from which she can coordinate the entire collective. She has a screen where she can see for example how a specific battle is going. She uses the Hive mind to give orders if it is needed. She has complete power over the collective and can use it in any way she desires. The drones will always obey unless some technology is malfunctioning.

Assimilation is a very efficient way of learning of about opponents defences. When the Borg assimilate an individual that person’s knowledge of defence systems, anatomy etc is immediately available to the collective. Since most space travelling individuals are well acquainted with their own species weapons and tactics, this knowledge is not difficult to attain. In this way, the Borg knows exactly how and where to attack.

The Borg has a very large and efficient fleet. It is very fast and well armed. One of the most useful features in Borg fleet is that they can adapt their weapons, shields and defences in a few seconds. In this way their opponent’s weapons and strategies are easily overcome. A skilled crew can do the same thing to the Borg though, but manually, by rotating shield frequencies, weapons modifications etc.

Common weapons that theBorguse are the tractor beam. It is very powerful and are used to lock on to a ship and pull it into the Borg vessel, where they can capture the crew and assimilate them and their ships technology. The tractor beam is so strong that the shields of a star ship cannot hold for more than a few minutes. The Borg also uses a laser beam that can cut out a section from a star ship and than pull the section into the cube. The Borg also use torpedoes and phasers.

The Borg consists of approximately 50 trillion drones. There are different types of drones, the Tactical drones are used for battle. All drones are equipped with exo plating which is a kind of armour. They also have a shield, which protects them from weapons fire. This shield has similar traits to vessels shields. It is very effective since it adapts. Opponents only have one or two chances to fire at drones, after that, all drones' shields have adapted to that weapon. It is possible to program weapons differently so that every weapon can fire about two shots each. If they have the same programming, none of them penetrates the shield after it has adapted. Except for excellent protection, the drones have handheld weapons. In close combat they can use their inhuman strength to hit their opponents or neutralize them by inserting their tubules and injecting nanoprobes. Both are effective but the nanoprobes makes the opponents passive and easy to capture. The Borg are very decisive about keeping their drones alive. They are also searching for drones that have been left behind. But they can sacrifice many drones if it serves their purposes. Even though many drones can be sacrificed, the collective grows because many more are assimilated than are killed.

In spite of the Borg's effectiveness, their strategies and technology have weaknesses. The only way the Borg learn about another species defence strategies is through assimilation. This is sometimes a weakness because if the Borg encounters a species that they are not able to assimilate they have no strategic advantages and are very vulnerable for attacks. The Borg have no ability to investigate and draw conclusions from a material, thus scientific research is beyond their abilities.

This is a major setback which proved to be fatal when the Borg encountered species 8472 that had an immune system that rejected the nanoprobes used in assimilation. The Borg were unable to defeat the species and were swiftly overrun in every battle. The Borg, pressured and on the brink of defeat, made an agreement with the crew of U.S.S Voyager who could do research and find a way to penetrate species 8472's defences. The Borg collective survived the war thanks to Voyager.