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minutes for the task, and an additional seventeen minutes for Ensign Kim's usual
conversational digressions. I am scheduled to take a nutritional supplement at fifteen
hundred hours, engage in one hour of cardiovascular activity, then I intend to review a text
the Doctor recommended entitled "A Christmas Carol." He believes it will have educational
value. End log."
• Frowned upon what she termed a "disorganized environment" (J)
• Did not enjoy sharing quarters with a Perceiver (J)
Seven: As a Borg, I was accustomed to cohabitating with thousands of other drones, but I
find it significantly more difficult to live with a single human.
Tuvok: In what way?
Seven: Ensign Brooks is negligent. She leaves her equipment lying around the quarters and
her clothing on the floor.
Tuvok: Indeed. I have found that most humans are less than meticulous when it comes to
their domestic habits.
Seven: Indeed.
• Impassive facial expression, body language (INTJs favored)
• Emphasis on precision, exactitude, perfection (INTJs favored most of all NTs) 175
Evidence Against INTJ
• Disliked being alone, silence (E)
"This drone is small now. Alone. One voice, one mind. The silence is unacceptable. We need
the others!"
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"So quiet. One voice."
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"I am finding it difficult to spend so much time alone. I am unaccustomed to it. The hours do
not pass quickly."
• Did not feel the need to obey rules or procedures (INTJs not favored)
"...Here's someone who's butted horns with you from the moment she came on board, who
disregards authority and actively disobeys orders when she doesn't agree with them."
There is little doubt about the NTJ aspects of Seven's personality. The real question comes down to
whether she is an introvert or an extravert. And here we run into some very interesting problems.
Let's first look at why Seven appears to be an introvert; then we'll look at why she has certain
extraverted traits.
90% of the time, Seven acts like an introvert. She uses minimal speech, displays muted body
language, prefers to avoid socialization, and spends a good deal of time alone. Reserved and aloof,
she only talked about herself with reluctance. If we looked simply at the obvious surface traits, it
would be clear that she was an introvert.
But then how do we account for Seven's claim that, "I cannot function alone"? As it turns out, this
is an aspect of her Borg socialization. The Borg share a collective consciousness where each drone
continually sends and receives thoughts from all the other members. (Think of it as having the
entire internet whispering in your head all the time, but without funny pictures of cats.) In a sense,
175 Thorne & Gough, 1991