'Skin of Evil': Was it ever explained what Armus was?

[Mr. Laser Beam]

^ Oil agree with that one.

 

[Marsden]

Well at least we know he was regular with all of that fiber in him.

 

[f14peter]

I thought Armus was very slick...

I don't know, I found him kind of slimy

 

[doubleohfive]

I thought Armus was very slick...

I don't know, I found him kind of slimy

Come to think of it, he was a rather slick fellow, if a bit crude.

 

[f14peter]

I thought Armus was very slick...

I don't know, I found him kind of slimy

Come to think of it, he was a rather slick fellow, if a bit crude.

yea, after a while he does kind of stick on you

 

[Memory Alpha]

Someone else may have mentioned it, but Data in one of the later episodes (I think Legacy) refers to Armus as a "malevolent entity."

I think the writers fell into a fantasy genre trap in explaining Armus, and I never really liked it (quasi energy being may have been better), but the episode is pretty creepy. I always thought that Armus did not have to be EVIL to kill Yar since she did sort of provoke him or it.

 

[Kobayshi Maru]

Someone else may have mentioned it, but Data in one of the later episodes (I think Legacy) refers to Armus as a "malevolent entity."

I think the writers fell into a fantasy genre trap in explaining Armus, and I never really liked it (quasi energy being may have been better), but the episode is pretty creepy. I always thought that Armus did not have to be EVIL to kill Yar since she did sort of provoke him or it.

I think he is a sort of cousin to that other being from Where Silence Has Lease, that had a similar disregard for human life and seemed similarly practically indestructible.