Star Trek: Voyager
Summary
Although a few familiar antagonist change state up onStar Trek : Voyager , most alien villain that the USS Voyager encounters arebrand - new Delta Quadrant denizens unknown to the Federation and viewers likewise . The day of knowing exactly what to expect in a case - off against Klingons or Romulans are long behindCaptain Kathryn Janeway ( Kate Mulgrew ) , who makes first contact lens with more new exotic species than anyone since Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ) . Instead , Janeway and Voyager ’s crew need to survive by figuring out the sound plan of attack to discreetness with Kazon , Vidiians , and Hirogen , when no Starfleet officer had even hear of those species before .
Of of course , it does n’t always go consort to plan , as seeking out raw life history so often does onStar Trek . There ’s no guide tonavigating the Delta Quadrant ’s unsung cultures , soJaneway ’s attack to make well-disposed first contact with Delta Quadrant aliens might backfire and create raw enemies for theStar Trekcanon . The disconnection between ethnic mores is spacious whenVoyager ’s villains also do n’t know what to expect from Starfleet , so they eye Federation value with suspicion . Sometimes , these differences are simply too enceinte to overcome . Sometimes , it is n’t personal at all , but a thing of survival for either Voyager or the new alien scoundrel .
Star Trek has boast muckle of intimidating alien races over the twelvemonth , from the extremely secretive Romulans to the terrifying space zombies the Borg .
10The Hierarchy of Overlookers
Star Trek: Voyager Season 7
Although the Hierarchy control a wide belt of space in the Delta Quadrant , they do so through the enforcement of bureaucracy rather than actual firepower . Each piece of the Hierarchy contributes to a wide disparate wholethat ca n’t seem to synthesize a complete picture , even with across-the-board grounds gleaned from extremely - modern sensors . In the pastime of efficiency , each Overlooker is train in a single subject area , so individual Overlookers rarely guess right , instead jumping to ending establish off surveillance data point .
The Overlookers are toothless baddie .
With their commitment to efficiency , the Hierarchy seems to desire to run on the same model as theBorg , but without the important Collectivethat unites all bourdon as one , the Hierarchy are corporate Borg on a slashed budget , and that ’s being generous . The Overlookers are toothless villains , with the conflict between the Hierarchy and the USS Voyager arising from continued misunderstandings , and the Hierarchy ’s own unfitness to think critically .
9The Brunali
Star Trek: Voyager Season 6
An interesting subject as villains , the Brunali are the great unwashed trying to survive after a serial publication of devastating Borg attacksforces them to desolate the technological progress that made their social club ripe for repeated assimilation attempt . or else , the agricultural Brunali focalize their scientific effort on inherited engineering , seemingly to increase craw yield in a harsh surroundings .
The Federation scowl upon transmissible engineering , but the Brunali areStar Trek : Voyagervillains because of their callousness . Two Brunali parents by choice fiddle with the cistron of their boy , Icheb ( Manu Intiraymi ) , to get an anti - Borg computer virus , andknowingly allowed Icheb to be ingest by the Borg . Even after Icheb is returned to the Brunali home existence inVoyagerseason 6 , episode 19 " nestling ’s manoeuvre " , his parents intend to let Icheb be assimilatedagain , and Brunali club simply allows it to happen .
8The Kazon
Star Trek: Voyager Seasons 1 & 2
The Kazon onStar Trek : Voyagerare among the first new species Voyager come across in the Delta Quadrant , and they ’re set up as antagonists decently from the first . Each independent faction of the Kazon controls different territory and resource , soinfighting among their sect is one of the hallmarks of the Kazon . As a event , the technology that the Kazon co - opted from former oppressors , the Trabe , focuses on firepower and defense team .
The truth is the Kazon are essentially just Seska ’s henchmen .
The possible subsist for an interesting story about newly - liberated citizenry picture out ego - administration , but throughoutStar Trek : Voyagerseason 1,the Kazon exist mostly to make Voyager ’s passage difficult . After ex - crewmemberSeska ( Martha Hackett)allies with the Kazon and brings them stolen Federation technology to make the Kazon more powerful inVoyagerseason 2 , the Kazon are actually a fiddling more formidable , but the true statement is the Kazon are essentially just Seska ’s partner in crime .
7John de Lancie as Q
Star Trek: Voyager Seasons 2, 3, and 7
The definition of " villain " is somewhat flexible when it comes toJohn de Lancie ’s Q , whose earlier appearances onStar Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Deep Space Ninerange from mildly annoying house guest to omnipotent agent of topsy-turvydom , but Q ’s threeStar Trek : Voyageroutings seea change in Q that impress the whole Continuum .
Make no mistake , though : a change Q is still inconsiderate and irrepressibly antagonistic .
Captain Janeway refuses to indulge Q ’s games , but each time Q comes scream onVoyager , the circumstances shift ever - so - slimly . Q ’s first appearance inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 2 , instalment 18 , " Death Wish " , seesthe first glimmers of change towards a kinder , gentler Q. InVoyagerseason 3 , sequence 11 , " The Q and the Grey " , and its follow - up , time of year 7 ’s " Q2 " , a more dire Q come in to Janeway asking for favors . Make no mistake , though : a exchange Q is still unconsidered and irrepressibly antagonistic .
Q ’s one of the best - get it on of Star Trek ’s cosmic beingness , and he ’s appeared in multiple Trek shows , to wildly differing responses from each Captain .
6The Devore
Star Trek: Voyager Season 5
The Devore are highly xenophobic and autocratic , making them primeStar Trekvillains that dividing line with the Federation ’s margin and diversity . While funny of all outsiders , the Devore have a special prejudice against telepaths , andare guilty of imprisoning unnumberable innocent telepaths based only on that genetic gift .
Because theDevore Imperium control 11 star system in the Delta Quadrant , it ’s difficult for the USS Voyager to fend off the Devore whole . InStar Trek : Voyagerseason 5 , episode 10 , " Counterpoint " , Voyager must accept strict footing to exceed through Devore space , with a positive flight of stairs plan , routine inspections , and verification that Captain Janeway is n’t harboring any telepaths . Of naturally , Janeway ’s hiding telepathic refugee in thetransporter pattern buffer . The Devore are n’t above emotional handling to counter Janeway ’s dissimulation , all to advance their own ill-conceived anti - telepath agenda .
InStar Trek : Prodigyseason 1 , episode 18 , " Mindwalk " , one of the telepaths that Janeway hides from the Devore is now a Starfleet officer who return Janeway ’s kindness at a crucial moment .
5Species 8472
Star Trek : Voyager Seasons 4 & 5
As indigene of fluidic place , Star Trek : Voyager ’s Species 8472are the only specie adequate to of stand up to the Borg , thanks to their powerful immune system and biological engineering science that defies assimilation . The Borg endure substantial losses to Species 8472 , since the Borg ca n’t empathize what they ca n’t imbibe , so when the USS Voyager inquire for guidance across Borg outer space , the Borg postulation Voyager ’s assistance in their warfare against Species 8472 .
Even though Species 8472 may have been a strong allyagainstthe Borg in dissimilar circumstance , Voyager ’s power to subdue Species 8472 paint a target on the back of the Federation . In a mirror to Borg assimilation , Species 8472 attempt to make themselves more like Starfleet to understand their Federation enemies and mount up an attack , but doing so just make it easier to pass , and induct a cease - fire .
Ray Walston hark back as the Species 8472 facsimile of Boothby , after playing the perspicacious groundskeeper of Starfleet Academy inStar Trek : The Next genesis .
4The Hirogen
Star Trek: Voyager Seasons 4 - 7
The Hirogen view themselves as the ultimate hunters , the apex predators of the Delta Quadrant , sothe Hirogen consider every other alien coinage to be potential prey for their sanctified Richard Morris Hunt , a ethnic practice central to Hirogen order . The Hirogen hunting is unsustainable , however , when the point is to subdue other coinage . Eventually , there will be no one exit to prosecute , and the graphics of the James Henry Leigh Hunt will be lost when the last prey demand its final breathing space .
The USS Voyager ’s economic consumption of an abandoned Hirogen electrical relay place catches the tending of the Hirogen , who become fascinated with engage Voyager as fresh blood , because Voyager ’s holographic applied science invigorate the James Henry Leigh Hunt . As a metaphor , story featuringthe Hirogen show how reserve onto traditions can be prejudicious , so acculturation must adapt to changing circumstances for fly high .
Hirogen Appearances inStar Trek : Voyager
Voyagerseason 4 , episode 14
" substance in a Bottle "
Voyagerseason 4 , sequence 15
" hunter "
Voyagerseason 4 , episode 16
" Prey "
Voyagerseason 4 , episodes 18 & 19
" The Killing Game "
Voyagerseason 5 , episode 7
" Infinite Regress "
Voyagerseason 6 , sequence 15
" Tsunkatse "
Voyagerseason 7 , episode 1
" Unimatrix Zero , Part 2 "
Voyagerseason 7 , episode 9 & 10
" Flesh and Blood "
3The Krenim Imperium
Star Trek: Voyager Season 4
Star Trek : Voyagerseason 4 , episodes 8 & 9 , " Year of Hell " , is one of thebest episodes ofVoyager , thanks to the dour Annorax ( Kurtwood Smith ) , whose obsession with restoring the Imperium to its former resplendence is motivated by the departure of his married woman and family . No amount of meddle with timelines return a version of the Imperium that include Annorax ’s loved 1 , though Annorax believe erasing the USS Voyager from account will accomplish that finish .
Ironically , the Krenim are compelling villains because of how likeable they are . Annorax is paint in a similar light to Janeway , who harbors a similar fixation with bringing Voyager ’s crew family . As two English of the same coin , Annorax and Janeway vie for who is uncoerced to give the higher cost to make for " Year of Hell " to a substantial ratiocination .
2The Vidiians
Star Trek: Voyager Seasons 1 - 7
The Vidiians , witha patchwork appearance of body part stolen from other alien speciesthat are inelegantly incorporated into their own , are first introduce in one ofStar Trek ’s creepy-crawly episodes . InStar Trek : Voyagerseason 1 , episode 5 , " Phage " , when Vidiians slip Neelix ’s lung , it ’s revealed that the Vidiians are tolerate from the Phage , a multiplication - one-time wasting disease with no cognize cure . The Vidiians wage in aesculapian thievery as a means of survival of the fittest , with medical applied science that ’s far more innovative than anything the Doctor ( Robert Picardo ) has seen .
Besides their brilliantly design organic structure - repulsion makeup , what bring in the Vidiians so terrific is the deeply impersonal nature of their seeking for organs . In their ( stolen ) eye , other sentient coinage are neither friends nor enemy , but simply collection of living tissue that can be glean to prolong the Vidiians ' own life story .
One Vidiian doctor , Danara Pel ( Susan Diol ) provoke more sympathy inStar Trek : Voyagerseason 2 , episode 19 , " Lifesigns " , when the Doctor creates a holographic body in Pel ’s original , pre - Phage variety .
1The Borg
No longer only blank - slate drones , the Borg inStar Trek : Voyagerare different from their earlier embodiment inStar Trek : The Next Generation , made far more fascinating with added profoundness . ThroughSeven of Nine ( Jeri Ryan),Voyager ’s hearing is let out to the idea of the Collective , and what life-time is like for a drone . Voyager ’s Borg are prompt by an unceasing quest for perfection , and the practice of assimilation is an effective method of understanding other cultures , despite still being an human action of aggression .
And yet , understanding the Borg more clearly makes them far worsethan if they ’d simply remained a force of nature . There is a will behind the ineffable number the Borg commit in the name of understanding the galaxy , an awareness of pain that ’s irrelevant when it belongs to one so insignificant as an somebody . The Borg take without giving back , thrust individuals into their figure of speech , eradicate complimentary will , and their world-beater have joy in it .
Voyager ’s Borg are motivate by an unceasing seeking for perfection .
The alien villains ofStar Trek : Voyagerare broad and varied , witheach Delta Quadrant scoundrel representing a dissimilar conflict against Federation value . The Federation maven multifariousness , but the Devore and Species 8472 remain intolerant . Where the Federation would hope for public security , the Kazon and Hirogen prefer to oppose . However , with the Brunali ’s indurate forfeit , the Krenim so easily wiping others out , the Vidiians ' neutral reed organ harvest home , and the Borg ruthlessly eradicating autonomy in the Collective , the space from the Federation ’s respect for other people is a repeated theme inStar Trek : Voyager , and in the end what makes the good and worst exotic villains .
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