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Originally Posted by Raptor1
The scene with the Tommy gun in First Contact is exactly what I was wondering about, because blasters (along with 'lasers') in the Star Wars are most often depicted as particle weapons, which, despite being energy weapons, deliver damage by kinetic energy. So, if the Borg can't adapt to kinetic energy weapons, I'd be inclined to believe they couldn't adapt to the majority of Star Wars weaponry either.
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It's entirely possible, however there's only one instance (that I can recall of) of the Borg being attacked with kinetic based weaponry and that's the Tommy Gun and if I recall correctly, Picard only shot two or three drones, which is about the number it takes before the Borg adapt.
Evidence in favour of the adaptation of the Borg to kinetic weaponry comes from a scene in First Contact where, trapped in the temporal wake of the Borg Sphere, the bridge crew of the Enterprise-E witness Earth transform into a Borg world because of the assimilation of Earth in 2063. Now, if the Borg had a weakness to kinetic weapons then they would have struggled against the humans of 2063 with their kinetic weapons, although the humans would also have the disadvantage of being a) bombarded from orbit and b) dispersed and reduced in number following World War Three.
However, I think that a race that has absorbed such a large amount of civilizations that the Borg has done, would be able to use a forcefield to stop an object propelled at velocity. It was likely that they just hadn't adapted to a Tommy Gun when Picard used it, otherwise, if it was the 'golden bullet' (pardon the terrible pun) then the crew of the Enterprise could have used the replicators to manufacture all sorts of firearms and used them in lieu of the ineffective phasers. It would be easier than using swords (since only a handful would have had that sort of training, like Worf) and would make for a much shorter film
So I think it's safe to assume that the Borg would adapt to kinetic based weaponry given enough exposure to it.
And, Steve, you're welcome.
