Delta's Most Evil Species

[Oso Blanco]

I think there is one question that we have to find an aswer for first: Is evil something you are, or something you do?

The Borg did evil things, for sure. But does that mean that they ARE evil? The single drone surely is not, because it's forced to to what it does by the collective. It has lost its free will. And the collective seems to think that they are actually improving people's lives by assimilating them.

 

[UssHell]

Yea, so if we look at all the drones 'singlely' then they are all not evil, but 'forced' ... like anyone will believe that...

 

[DanCPA]

Photon said:
good pt. but the friggin pain inflict by the Vidiians, sheez

They were just trying to survive... The Voth for me is the most evil species... They were willing to destroy Voyager to preserve their myth

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Isn't the characterization of an entire species as evil completely contrary to the Star Trek philosophy?

 

[Trekwatcher]

Gotta go for 8472-one of VOY's best creations.

 

[UssHell]

8472 wasn't evil... It was just trying to defend itself from the borg - but your right... they were probably the best aliens VOY has produced. But in my opinion... to powerful in one area (space combat) and to weak in another (borg nanoprobes). Doesn't really match out when they can kill the borg so easily and yet be defeated by them just as easy.

 

[DanCPA]

UssHell said:
8472 wasn't evil... It was just trying to defend itself from the borg -

and their Federation allies... Remember that Voyager willingly helped the Borg

 

[I Love Chakotay]

Vidiians. Sh*t happens. That doesn't mean you can go out and harvest organs from others/commit murder to keep yourselves alive. Not even if you know the answer to life the universe and everything. Just put your affairs in order and slip off with maximum dignity and poise.

 

[DanCPA]

I Love Chakotay said:
Just put your affairs in order and slip off with maximum dignity and poise.

I doubt that's how they started... Shades of grey and such... also the slippery slope saying

I am sure that at first they started with organ donation and such before black market organ became common place... and finally full on, lets go get those organs mentality

 

[Jimmy_C]

What about the alien that posed at Jainway's father in order to eat her soul as nourishment?

 

[amalie]

I thought the Vidiians were horrid yet I can't completely condemn their actions. If we were in their situation and humanity was dying who knows how far we'd go to preserve our race. Saying that the face transplant in 'Faces' was one of the most disgusting things I've seen in all Trek so It's hard to be sympathetic with them sometimes.

 

[Arianwen]

The Vidiians make my skin crawl. They f-ng beamed Neelix' lungs right out of him and left him to die like a fish out of water.

Imagine wondering when someone is going to randomly beam out one or more of your organs and there's jackshit you can do to stop it? YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Photon]

Totally agree. Really didn't like the Mulleted Talaxian but that was totally uncalled for and changed (somewhat) my opinions about Neelix.

 

[z06kos]

Finn said:
I'd go with malon, polluting a region sickening its inhabitants with their waste while their homeworld is clean, gleaming and beautiful.

Interesting, what VOY episode features the Malon homeworld?

 

[UssHell]

Tighs Eye said:

UssHell said:
8472 wasn't evil... It was just trying to defend itself from the borg -

and their Federation allies... Remember that Voyager willingly helped the Borg

They did not willingly help the Borg, but they had to in order to cross Borg space without some Cube chasing after them. I would call it more of a 'forced trade'

 

[JD]

I really can't blame the Viidians for what they did, extreme situations call for extreme measures. Sure maybe what they did was alittle to extreme, but they were desperate. I think the Hirogen commited the worst acts of any of the DQ species we saw, they hunted sentient beings just for the hell of it, IMO that is alot worse than taking some people's organs to keep yourselves alive.

 

[GMDreia]

IMHO no Trek species is ever truly "Evil". We always end up sympathetic of them, in the end. The Hirogen did awful things, but we would've ended up understanding them, too.

8472 was the most *alien* species, and a definite threat because of how alien it was. 8472 could've replaced the Borg in terms of threat level IMHO. I was really happy to see an alien species on Trek that was actually ALIEN!

 

[Kegek]

Considering that some other once-off aliens have been mentioned, I'm surprised nobody has brought up the Haakonians.

The who? Well, Voyager, Season One, 'Jetrel.' They completely killed off all life on Talax's colonized moon, Rynax, including Neelix's entire family. Jetrel himself does have a tortured conscience, but it doesn't obviate what he or his people did.

Let's also have a shout out to the Enarans from 'Remember,' who systematically massacred everyone in their society who wasn't willing to accept new technology.

Two great, serious VOY episodes, incidentally. While we're on it, I'm giving a nod to the sinister, outsider-killing Swarm from 'The Swarm', a genuinely weird and creepy insectoid race, unlike their silly Enterprise counterpats.

 

[Richard1701]

I loved Species 8472. They were not evil. As has already been mentioned they were just defending themselves from the Borg. But they were definitely one of the more scarey species on the series!

 

[Akiraprise]

I'm going to have to go with the Viidians as well. Stealing other people's organs (and leaving them to die) just to save your own life is pretty evil. I know their situation is desperate, but that still doesn't justify what they do. Samantha Wildman had just given birth and they started sucking her organs out without a second thought.