The Borg are at Sector 001

For anyone familiar with the Star Trek universe, the Borg are a well-known fearsome alien adversary. They are a race of cybernetic beings, half-machine and half-biological.  They are actually more machine than creature. Their primary objective is to conquer and assimilate entire worlds. There is no individuality, each unit is a member of the Borg collective. They have no personal will, desires, or identity. Their weaponry is formidable, powerful, and adapts quickly to any defenses.

While the Borg are fictional alien villains in a popular science fiction series, a Borg-like threat is right here at sector 001, in our world. They are Satan and his followers who were cast out of the presence of Heavenly Father and cast down to the earth.

"And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." (Revelations 12:9)

"...behold, the devil was before Adam, for he rebelled against me, saying, Give me thine honor, which is my power; and also a third part of the hosts of heaven turned he away from me because of their agency; And they were thrust down, and thus came the devil and his angels." (D&C 29:36-37)

Each of us has been given the great gift of agency, that is, the ability to freely choose our actions according to our desires and wishes. Heavenly Father gave us this gift to enable us to make good and wise choices that will lead us back into His presence and glory in the eternities while bringing us joy and peace in this mortal life.

On the other hand, the adversary and his cohorts are actively working to take down our defenses and to lead us away from the safety of God's safe haven. Temptations are all around us in the media, at school, at work, in diverse places where ever we may be. He also uses otherwise good people to deceive us and try to convince us that the things we hold to be true are false and foolish. The devil wants to trap us and make us believe that "resistance is futile."

"Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself." (2 Nephi 2:27)

Succumbing to the temptations and deceptions of the adversary invariably lead to addictions, sufferings, or misery of one kind or another. We must resist! We have to keep our defenses up at all times and in all places. It's important that we turn away from temptations and use our agency to choose righteousness and the way of the Savior. The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the only way to eternal life and never-ending joy in the presence of our Heavenly Father.

"I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness." (Mosiah 2:41)

With God all things are possible, including safe passage around treacherous Borg territory.