Here's how I rank the Big Boys of TOS in a contest of powers:
1. Trelane - He can do pretty much anything, except stay up past nine pm. Just one notch below the Q Continuum, and they don't figure in TOS.
2. Gary Mitchell - He was well on his way to Trelane-like powers, and could be stopped by nothing less than another of his own kind.
3. The Organians - We don't know "what all" they can do, but they overcame two opposing fleets of battle cruisers without batting an eye. Plus points for being pure energy beings.
4. The Vians - They can transport an entire planetary population to another solar system all at once, or at least all in a very short time. That requires some kind of vast power. They come in behind the Organians only for being corporal humanoids and thus presumably less advanced.
5. The Metrons - They can stop two starships in space and immobilize them both, and prepare a field of battle, cleverly stocked with weapon-making materials, on a moment's notice. And they claim to be immensely ahead of us in general.
6. Charlie Evans - He has powers somewhat like Gary Mitchell, but they are borrowed and not growing in strength. I think the Vians could give him some pretty serious gas pains with their Panasonic remote, and he'd cry Uncle.
7. Sargon - He can power-down the Enterprise, and claims to have powers we haven't seen. The whiff of near-supernatural powers puts him ahead of the rest of the list.
8. Balok - He can shut down the Enterprise remotely. He lost to Kirk but only purpose, by not using the big, honkin' Fesarious that was at his command all along.
9. Apollo - I figure that if Kirk could overcome Apollo by technological means, then Balok could do so quite easily.
10. (Tie) Landru, Vaal, the Triskellion Providers. Mere techno powers. They're a handful for Kirk, but one-on-one Apollo could probably "blow 'em up real good" before he tired. It's true that Kirk never overpowered the Triskellions, but their collar of obedience would not fit on Apollo's giant neck, and without it to hobble their opponents, they didn't look so tough.
1. Trelane - He can do pretty much anything, except stay up past nine pm. Just one notch below the Q Continuum, and they don't figure in TOS.
2. Gary Mitchell - He was well on his way to Trelane-like powers, and could be stopped by nothing less than another of his own kind.
3. The Organians - We don't know "what all" they can do, but they overcame two opposing fleets of battle cruisers without batting an eye. Plus points for being pure energy beings.
4. The Vians - They can transport an entire planetary population to another solar system all at once, or at least all in a very short time. That requires some kind of vast power. They come in behind the Organians only for being corporal humanoids and thus presumably less advanced.
5. The Metrons - They can stop two starships in space and immobilize them both, and prepare a field of battle, cleverly stocked with weapon-making materials, on a moment's notice. And they claim to be immensely ahead of us in general.
6. Charlie Evans - He has powers somewhat like Gary Mitchell, but they are borrowed and not growing in strength. I think the Vians could give him some pretty serious gas pains with their Panasonic remote, and he'd cry Uncle.
7. Sargon - He can power-down the Enterprise, and claims to have powers we haven't seen. The whiff of near-supernatural powers puts him ahead of the rest of the list.
8. Balok - He can shut down the Enterprise remotely. He lost to Kirk but only purpose, by not using the big, honkin' Fesarious that was at his command all along.
9. Apollo - I figure that if Kirk could overcome Apollo by technological means, then Balok could do so quite easily.
10. (Tie) Landru, Vaal, the Triskellion Providers. Mere techno powers. They're a handful for Kirk, but one-on-one Apollo could probably "blow 'em up real good" before he tired. It's true that Kirk never overpowered the Triskellions, but their collar of obedience would not fit on Apollo's giant neck, and without it to hobble their opponents, they didn't look so tough.
