Q explains that he is being punished by the Continuum for spreading chaos throughout the universe and he has been stripped of all his powers, banished from the Q Continuum, and transported to the Enterprise as a human, asking asylum.
But as of the end of Star Trek: Picard season 2, episode 4, Q lost his powers when he tried to snap the blonde and erase her from the timeline. But if Q can't use his powers to directly change the timeline in 2024, the formerly omnipotent being may have to resort to using intermediaries.
When these weapons were fired in the Continuum, this resulted in massive damage to subspace, causing some stars in normal space to go supernova. Eventually, it damaged subspace to such an extent that Q outside of the Continuum lost their powers and immortality. Later on, the new Q became an intergalactic troublemaker.
Q seemed frightened of Guinan, telling Picard that she is "not what she appears to be," and that Picard should remove her from the Enterprise. Considering Q's abilities, it's unclear why he would be afraid of Guinan, and Star Trek has never offered a real explanation for Q's reaction.
In "Deja Q", Q is punished by the Q Continuum by being made mortal; his committing of an uncharacteristically selfless act (sacrificing his life so that a race attacking him will not destroy the Enterprise) garners the return of his powers.
Like Q, he can be anywhere, during any time period and his thoughts become instant reality. Either Traum or Theodore is more powerful than Q because the end of all reality except 'a single solitary thought' comes to an end as a result of an epiphany at the novella's end.
Q. The Q are potentially the least likely to get assimilated, for not just one reason but two. Firstly, their near omnipotence and god-like powers would make it almost impossible for a Borg, or even all Borg working together, to capture a Q.
A highly advanced alien, Q's powers are nearly limitless. In his multiple appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Picard, Q routinely showcased the abilities of a god, easily able to manipulate time and reality to his liking.
We do know Guinan's has some sort of temporal sense, she can tell when timelines have been changed. (it's unknown if this is because of her Nexus experience or if its just part of her races), He's not readying a snap but bringing his hand up in a similar claw as to her.
Riker uses the powers of the Q to return the crew again and bring both Worf and Wesley back to life. Riker makes a promise to Picard never to use the powers again and the ship arrives at Quadra Sigma.
This suggests that the Q really do live forever and are incapable of dying (at least in the traditional sense). As Q is "dying" during the Picard season 2 finale, he says this: "I am moving on. In your parlance, I am dying." Dying could have a completely different meaning for the Q.
Summary. Q's relationship with Captain Picard was unique and based on love, which made their interactions special and meaningful. Q's appearances on other Star Trek shows lacked the same spark because his connection with Picard was personal and couldn't be replicated.
') The creators do go some way to explain this is the show. Q appears at first as the young that man Picard and audiences know, thanks to some fancy de-aging CGI. He would then snap his fingers to appear much older to match his old friend Picard, turning himself into de Lancie as he looks today.
Wesley Crusher Had to Sacrifice His Human Life to Become a Traveler. According to Wheaton, "One of the fundamental rules of being in the Travelers is that, once you've joined, you must NEVER interact directly with the people, places, planets, etc.
The Borg, while still a powerful threat, are nothing compared to this type of power. The Q are not only able to defeat their entire race without breaking a sweat, but can also eradicate any trace of their existence altogether.
While their cosmic powers have always been depicted as immeasurable in human terms, much like the Q, Star Trek #12 may in fact reveal that the Bajoran Prophets are more powerful than the Q. Although the Q and the Prophets never met onscreen, they have encountered each other in the comics.
Species 8472: Also known as the Undine, they were a highly advanced and biologically unique species from fluidic space. Due to their vastly different biology, the Borg were unable to assimilate or adapt to them.
Could "Q" or a "Founder" be assimilated by the Borg? Yeah, maybe. There seem to be some species like species 8472 though, that are just incompatible with assimilation, but for the most part they can usually find a way to assimilate many species.
Q only made one visit to DS9, and it was early on in Season 1. The moment that we love so much may be the reason why he never went back. Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) is not Jean-Luc Picard.
The borg collective as a whole didn't join the federation it was just a small splinter group of the borg that joined the federation the main borg collective is still an enemy of the federation and would mostly likely never join the federation instead would keep on trying to assimilate the federation.
