What civilization/species in Star Trek is, in your opinion, most evil?

[Laughing Dragon]

Custers?

Yeah, you are right. Custer was small flash in pan and ineffective here as Cardassian's took over an entire planet and not a small reservation with an iron fist for about a century. Though, it was said that it was a space western and Kira was supposed to be this no nonsense NA. Not sure I buy it. They did not act like them nor did native American's win back the country let alone a planet. But they were fighters.

 

[BK613]

Humans.

As evil as root beer...

 

[TheAdmiralty]

I'm not sure the Borg really constitute a "civilization" and they are more amoral than actively evil.

Honestly, the species I'd least want to conquer my planet might be the Klingons with the Cardassians as a close second.

 

[Shawnster]

I'm not sure the Borg really constitute a "civilization"

Sure they do.

A civilization is a complex society characterized by features such as urbanization, a state-level government, social stratification, symbolic communication systems like writing, and a division of labor.

The Borg fit every aspect of this. Complex society, definitely urbanized, have a queen, rank stratification, digital communication plus their own unifying symbol, and labor is divided.

 

[DonIago]

I never understood why the Borg felt any need to have a symbol. I'm not sure when that first became a thing, but I'd say it was a misstep.

 

[Shawnster]

I never understood why the Borg felt any need to have a symbol. I'm not sure when that first became a thing, but I'd say it was a misstep.

It was first seen on the floor of the rebel Borg building in Descent part 1.

And I agree with your sentiment.

 

[DonIago]

It was first seen on the floor of the rebel Borg building in Descent part 1.

And I agree with your sentiment.

I'm okay with the Lore-Borg having a symbol given we're talking about a group of Borg led by Lore, but making it the symbol of the Collective in general makes, to me, about as much sense as the Borg suddenly changing the design of their ships because they've decided aesthetics matter.

 

[Set Harth]

It was first seen on the floor of the rebel Borg building in Descent part 1.

And I agree with your sentiment.

It's also in "Q Who"

 

[TheAdmiralty]

I never understood why the Borg felt any need to have a symbol. I'm not sure when that first became a thing, but I'd say it was a misstep.

Do you think the Borg assimilated a marketing consultant or graphic designer for the purposes of creating their logo?

 

[DonIago]

Do you think the Borg assimilated a marketing consultant or graphic designer for the purposes of creating their logo?

I am SalesForceUs of Borg. We will add your stylistic flair to our own. Pastels are futile.

 

[PumpkinSpiceFoodCube]

Sure they do.

A civilization is a complex society characterized by features such as urbanization, a state-level government, social stratification, symbolic communication systems like writing, and a division of labor.

The Borg fit every aspect of this. Complex society, definitely urbanized, have a queen, rank stratification, digital communication plus their own unifying symbol, and labor is divided.

I like that they're actually one of the few civilizations in Star Trek not based on earth stereotypes. Paranoid Romans, Quasi-Mongols, Space Bat Capitalists, Space Nazis. I suppose Dominion are more original and fleshed out, also.

 

[Shawnster]

I feel the Cardassians were developed pretty well. Better than the Klingons. OK, maybe not better. Msybr6i just like the Cardirs more.

Still, they all suffer from being too monolithic.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Spoiler: ST:SNW S3 Spoilers.

Where would the Vezda rank in all this?

 

[kkt]

Talaxians. Don't let Neelix fool you!

psst! He's actually a really good cook! He just cooks awful food to torture the Voyager crew.

 

[kkt]

As evil as root beer...

So bubbly and cloying.

 

[Uhura's Song]

Some examples, though not necessarily bad to worst. These are all bad.

- Armus. Pure evil, by admission.
- The Founders. Their idea of first contact is mass murder, and the Jem'Hadar are abominations.
- The Nazi planet. It's Nazis.
- Planet Omelas, in "Lift Us Where Suffering Cannot Reach".
- Those people in "Half a Life", for whom genocide is near-universal.
- Yeah, those Pagh Wraiths are pretty bad. I mean, they're basically demons.
- The Hirogen, who hunt and kill sentients.

I will take 2 off that good list. The folk in Suffering and Half a Life were not evil.

 

[Pumpkin Bread]

Maybe, but I still say their actions were.

 

[Grendelsbayne]

Star Trek has many alien civilizations and species and, while they are generally not entirely good nor entirely evil, I would like to ask you this. Which one ios the most evil of all?

My own opinion is Pagh - Wraiths. Even Borg had more redeeming qualities. And every main character that wasn’t a villain didn’t try to negotiate with them, just destroy them or seal them off forever. And the show seems to endorse this.

I've never viewed the Pagh-Wraiths as a distinct species. It seems pretty obvious they're the same 'people' that the Prophets are, just culturally/morally opposed to them.

Yeah, you are right. Custer was small flash in pan and ineffective here as Cardassian's took over an entire planet and not a small reservation with an iron fist for about a century. Though, it was said that it was a space western and Kira was supposed to be this no nonsense NA. Not sure I buy it. They did not act like them nor did native American's win back the country let alone a planet. But they were fighters.

The Cardassian Union was a classic evil empire. Cardassians individually were really the closest to Humans (ie, the opposite of being monolithically anything, certainly not monolithically evil) that any major Trek species has ever come.

 

[Uncle Sock]

Nagilum has my vote, too.
Maybe even Armus.

 

[Rahul]

Which one ios the most evil of all?

I would say SNW's iteration of the Gorn.

They got the Alien- lifecycle of infesting & killing their hosts - but paired with the intentionality of intelligence & consciousness, so they know what they're doing.

I just wish SNW would have gone a bit more into the nitty gritty details (e.g. why don't they use animals/clones/... for breeding purposes).