worst star trek race

[kyser_soze]

I have giving it thought and the very, very worst aliens are those with plot-breaking abilities.
The two that spring to mind are Q and the Shapeshifters (you may be able to think of others).
Since Q only turned up irregularly, I'm going to have to give it to Odo.

Q wasn't a plot breaker by any means tho, surely?

I liked Q in his early appearences, fucking with Picard's head...

 

[kabbes]

Q wasn't a plot breaker by any means tho, surely?

I liked Q in his early appearences, fucking with Picard's head...

They managed to avoid anything too bad by using him sparingly. Unusual restraint for Star Trek. That's why my worst race is going to the Shapeshifters instead.

But as a concept, having a superbeing capable of doing literally anything it wants just by thinking it is a very dangerous thing to write into your series. It just invites "why didn't he just do this?" questions.

 

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They managed to avoid anything too bad by using him sparingly. Unusual restraint for Star Trek. That's why my worst race is going to the Shapeshifters instead.

But as a concept, having a superbeing capable of doing literally anything it wants just by thinking it is a very dangerous thing to write into your series. It just invites "why didn't he just do this?" questions.

they did make up for it by making q a seriosuly annoying POS who wouldn't do anything useful

 

[kyser_soze]

They managed to avoid anything too bad by using him sparingly. Unusual restraint for Star Trek. That's why my worst race is going to the Shapeshifters instead.

But as a concept, having a superbeing capable of doing literally anything it wants just by thinking it is a very dangerous thing to write into your series. It just invites "why didn't he just do this?" questions.

Wellll...he did do lots of stuff, but his character was a combination of trickster/teacher in TNG. Plus of course, the Q had very strict rules about interaction and engagement with lesser species (for obvious reasons), which was the 'restraining order' element...

 

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the only way they could write in a race of superbeings was to make them complete pratts. it works better than the stargate approach of ancients who can do anyhting they want, but are really, really hair splittingly 'good (apart from when their assistance is needed to speed the plot along a bit)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Much worse than that was Unimatrix Zero where all the nice Borg when went for dreamy time.

Oh my god. I am getting the feeling I didn't really watch as many star treks as I thought.

 

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Oh my god. I am getting the feeling I didn't really watch as many star treks as I thought.

i only get that with tng, need to watch a few more

 

[MikeMcc]

i only get that with tng, need to watch a few more

Virgin 1 are showing TNG, Voyager and DS9.

 

[Pingu]

it was watching an episode of DS9 on Virgin that prompted this thread

 

[likesfish]

I liked q same actor got a job being a pos in stargate as well and they employed the doctor and the non muppets from farscape

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It's weird that a job acting in sci-fi gets you more (if not only jobs in that field for the rest of your life.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

The majority of the races in Star Trek are piss poor imo. The only good ones are the changlings and the borg.

 

[Stigmata]

There were loads of supposed aliens (in the original series especially, but often in TNG too) that just looked exactly like human beings. They were lamesauce.

etc

 

[kyser_soze]

John de Lancie, who's been in a multitude of shows

 

[Stigmata]

John de Lancie, who's been in a multitude of shows

And he was in Planescape: Torment, one of the best PC games ever. He played an insane angel.

 

[maomao]

Talaxians. They're all fucking cunts.

And whatever Kes was.

 

[Stigmata]

Ocampa. A race whose women only fall pregnant once in their lifetime, and who rarely have twins. I see a small flaw in this, don't know about you...

 

[Dillinger4]

What was Neelix? Was he a Talaxian?

 

[kabbes]

There were loads of supposed aliens (in the original series especially, but often in TNG too) that just looked exactly like human beings. They were lamesauce.

etc

I actually prefer this to a succession of aliens that are nearly identical to humans but with different ridges on their heads. The latter is like you noticed that aliens should be different to people but couldn't be arsed to really do anything with the idea.

 

[Pingu]

Ocampa. A race whose women only fall pregnant once in their lifetime, and who rarely have twins. I see a small flaw in this, don't know about you...

depends on the ratio of women to men but yeah it has a teeny weeny survival of the species issue

 

[kabbes]

depends on the ratio of women to men but yeah it has a teeny weeny survival of the species issue

No, even if there are 15 women to every man, the species will still shrink by 1/16 per generation.

 

[kyser_soze]

Neelix, the Talaxian.

I was going to do an NSFW link to a hamburger shot but can't get to the required images while I'm at work...

 

[Bob_the_lost]

No, even if there are 15 women to every man, the species will still shrink by 1/16 per generation.

Unless 1 in 14 births are twins....

But yes, stupid idea that.

 

[8den]

From the original series episode "Let that be your last battlefield"

When the pilot emerges and subsequently collapses, he displays a unique appearance; black on the left side of his face and white on the other. Brought to sickbay, the pilot is revived by Dr. McCoy and identifies himself as Lokai from the planet Cheron. Although grateful for the rescue, he is combative when questioned about the theft of the shuttlecraft. Concluding that Lokai's coloration is a mutation of some kind, Kirk plans to return Lokai to Starbase 4 to face theft charges once the Arrianus mission is completed.

En route, however, sensors pick up a highly sophisticated (and invisible) vessel on an apparent collision course with the Enterprise. At the last moment before impact, the ship appears to disintegrate, but deposits its pilot on the bridge; Commissioner Bele – similar in appearance to Lokai, but the colors are reversed. Bele identifies himself as an official from the Commission on Political Traitors from Cheron, who has come to apprehend Lokai.

When Bele is brought to sickbay to see Lokai, we learn that Bele has been pursuing Lokai for a long time; 50,000 Earth years as it turns out. Bele charges that Lokai led a revolt of people who are black on the left side against the ruling order, which is black on the right side. Lokai counters that the black/right (white/left) order enslaved the white/right (black/left) people of Cheron and continues to oppress them. Bele demands that Kirk surrender Lokai, while Lokai claims political asylum with the Federation. Kirk ends the bickering and submits a report to Starfleet Command, looking for a solution.

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