Q7: Shaw recounts the battle of Wolf 359 as if Picard was to blame for it, when Picard was assimilated into the Borg Collective at the time. Was Picard responsible for Locutus’ actions during the Battle of Wolf 359?
A7. Can express regret w/o accepting guilt. Picard took credit, demanded status, privileges for his achievements, but before confronted, did not publicly acknowledge, accept the pain caused by his assimilated self.
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A7: I'm pretty sure #Picard's encounter with Sisko in DS9's series premier was not his first or only encounter with the people that Locutus caused pain. Hell, Star Fleet even sidelined him in #FirstContact when the Borg attacked Earth. I suspect he's been responding to outrage and acknowledging pain over what happened ever since #BestOfBothWorlds.
He said he remembered every minute of being a #Borg.😖
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But he didn’t comport himself in a way that showed sensitivity to that. Instead he challenged Shaw’s authority in his own ship. Arrogant, and putting his own traumas above those of others.
Shaw took over command of the earlier Titan from Riker. Riker would have known the details on Shaw’s career progression including major combat. Absolutely. Riker would have wanted to know who would be taking command of his ship and crew.
If Picard was just that much less self-absorbed than he was throughout his show, he would have asked Riker about Shaw and whether there was history to be aware of. Riker should have warned him though anyway.
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