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6. The flagship can then be sent on a mission to "wipe out the Borg", the idea being that the Borg will be well on their way to permanent irrelevance within thirty minutes of assimilating the hapless Binks.
5. Allows for the creation of numerous limericks that begin with "There once was a captain named Binks..."
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3. He's got a buddy who's fluent in over 6 million forms of communication.
2. It keeps him busy out of the way of the Empire's cloners.
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