Wireless power transmission is bretty shitty in practice. Anything transmitted wirelessly will be occupying that space in whatever scifi spectrum they’re using. So for high speed data transfer also they will have much much more spectrum. To use within each each cable.
No matter what companies will tell you, cables is always faster and more efficient than wireless, there’s physical reasons foe that. Drones are linked to others and to cubes wirelessly because they need to do stuff and move around. Vessels are linked wirelessly with each other for obvious reasons. But there is likely an elabration center in each vessel and it’s going to be cabled to every alcove and every sensor and actuator of the ship
You have the accumulated memories of trillions of prior drones, including the ones who built that mess in the first place, so you already know what each cable does and where it goes.
A starship would more similar to a mine than a server room. What if the hydraulics pipe is broken and needs replaced, but the electric line and compressed air hose are tangled around it? Even with perfect knowledge and memory it makes the repair last longer.
The Borg are played up to be this hyper-advanced ruthlessly efficient hive mind, but they nearly never act like it. Case in point: Seven of Nine has two tits and one eye.
You will be assimilated. (and forced to wire things as directly as possible because that is more efficient as long as it doesn’t hinder future endeavors)
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