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IfStar Trekhas taught audiences anything over the preceding six decades , it ’s that one should never try by appearances , as prove by numerous enemy aliens who became heroes . Gene Roddenberry believed in " non-finite multifariousness in infinite combinations " , and this is patent in howeveryStar Trekshowstrives to research the nuance in Starfleet ’s greatest opposition . One of the most notable ways thatStar Trek : The Next Generationachieved this was in the episode " I , Borg " , in which Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) had to confront his trauma at the hands of the Collective via an encounter with the laissez-faire drone Hugh ( Jonathan del Arco ) .
at last , Star Trek ’s United Federation of Planetsis an alliance which can provide security in an irregular universe . Former foe of the Federation can become allies or even member , bet on the circumstances . Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s Dominion War create a irregular alliance between the Federation , the Klingons , and the Romulans , something which would have been unheard of during the clip ofStar Trek : The Original Series . The fact that Starfleet ’s foeman can also become heroes is one of many reasons that theStar Trekuniverse is so racy .
Star Trek features some of the most iconic foreign coinage in all of science fable , and those species are often fix by one exceptional character .
8Lt. Worf (Klingon)
Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1
Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) is the ultimateStar Trekalien enemy turn hero sandwich . When conceivingStar Trek : The Next multiplication , Gene Roddenberry need to communicate that Starfleet had made peacefulness withStar Trek : The Original Series ' primary antagonists , the Klingon Empire . A Klingon bridge policeman would be a quick style to visually transmit this and so Worf became a symbolical recurring character inTNGseason 1 . gratefully , Rick Berman and theTNGwriters realized how much presence Michael Dorn had as Worf in the pilot episode , and swiftly made plans to expand the character intoStar Trek ’s well - loved Klingon and one of its great torpedo .
Michael Dorn hold the record book for the mostStar Trekappearances , clocking up 285 performances across television and film .
7Quark and Rom (Ferengi)
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek : Deep Space Ninefixed the villainous Ferengi after they failed to make the desired wallop onStar Trek : The Next Generation . DS9introduced Ferengi barman Quark ( Armin Shimerman ) and his brother Rom ( Max Grodénchik ) and they quickly made an notion on audiences . Quark ’s inexcusable crimes inDS9were always mollify by his conscience and desire to do the right thing . Despite his deplorable nature and unsatiable thirstiness for profit , Quark was responsible for some truly heroic act , the most famed of which was risking his life to give Captain Benjamin Sisko ( Avery Brooks ) the entropy needed to recapture Deep Space Nine from the Dominion inDS9season 6 .
Quark ’s brother Rom also pervert the villainous image of the Ferengi inStar Trek : Deep Space Nine . In one of his good episodes , " Bar Association " , Rom unionized the stave at Quark ’s streak to guarantee better pay and conditions . Like his brother Quark , Rom also played a polar role in the Dominion War , by contrive ego - replicating mines to block the Dominion from sending reinforcements through the wormhole . Rom was eventually made Grand Nagus , allowing him to twine out reformist societal variety back home on Ferenginar . Rom ’s ascension was clearly tempt by his heroical Word , Nog ( Aron Eisenberg ) who was the first Ferengi to join Starfleet .
6Agnes Jurati (Borg Queen)
Star Trek: Picard season 2
Star Trek : Picardseason 2 ’s hybrid of the Borg Queen ( Annie Wersching ) and Doctor Agnes Jurati ( Alison Pill ) began as a deep and lowering force on the nosepiece of the USS Stargazer . However , once Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) and his friend learned more about who she in reality was , Agnes was able to satisfy her heroic destiny . Having merge with the Borg Queen from an alternate universe , Agnes take to use the powers of the Collective for good . This benevolentversion of the Borg Queenand her Collective stand sentry go over the mysterious temporal anomaly that was threatening the Federation .
The cause ofStar Trek : Picardseason 2 ’s temporal anomaly was never disclose , being written off by Captain Liam Shaw ( Todd Stashwick ) as " weird s**t " in season 3 .
Since her launching to the Star Trek franchise , the Borg Queen has become a legendary baddie with a long , complex , and absorbing history .
5Elim Garak (Cardassian)
Star Trek : Deep Space Nine ’s inscrutable intelligence factor , Elim Garak ( Andrew Robinson ) was the show ’s greatest anti - hero . When the Cardassian Union join the Dominion , Garak remained loyal to his Starfleet and Federation colleagues aboard Deep Space Nine . It was always clear that the Cardassian seamster had done some morally refutable , even deplorable , thing in his past , but many of Garak ’s bestDS9episodes were about his seeking for redemption . During the Dominion War , Garak helped Sisko with a top secret mission to postulate the Romulans in the conflict , and eventually help to liberate Cardassia from the Founders and the Vorta .
4Lt. D’Vana Tendi (Orion)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Star Trek : Lower Decks ' D’Vana Tendi(Noël Wells ) has been instrumental in shift Starfleet ’s perceptions about the Orions . SinceStar Trek : The Original Series , the Orions have had a reputation as pirates , thief , and slave trader , but Tendi proved that the coinage have hidden deepness . Like Worf before her , Tendi is prove herself to be a kick - assStar Trekhero , displaying her fighting acquirement inLower Decksseason 4 . As Tendi , a.k.a . the Mistress of the Winter Constellations returns to Orion inLower Decksseason 5 , she will have plenty more opportunities for heroics .
3Gwyndala (Vau N’Kat)
Star Trek: Prodigy
As the clone progeny ofStar Trek : Prodigy ’s Diviner ( John Noble ) , Gwyndala ( Ella Purnell ) start the serial in opposition to Dal and the crew of the USS Protostar . However , Gwyn promptly became one ofProdigy ’s most significant heroes thanks to her knowledge of the Vau N’Akat and their tragic future . Gwyn ’s gifts for infer alien nomenclature also prove invaluable when the Living Construct place waste to Starfleet and the Federation inProdigy ’s season 1 closing curtain . Gwyndala will spendProdigyseason 2 prepare her people for the comer of Starfleet in the hopes she can prevent their tragic time to come from coming to pass .
2Thy’lek Shran (Andorian)
Star Trek: Enterprise
The Andorians were initially great enemies of both the Vulcans and Captain Jonathan Archer ( Scott Bakula ) . However , the incompatible human relationship between Thy’lek Shran ( Jeffrey Combs ) and Captain Archer inStar Trek : Enterprisebecame something of a begrudging friendship . Shran was instrumental in stave off a 2nd waste Xindi attack on Earthby relaying covert Andorian intelligence service to the Enterprise NX-01 . Shran then lean interference while the Enterprise crowd stole the Xindi ’s super weapon and later aid Archer deactivate a Romulan trailer ship . Shran and Archer ’s partnership was key to establishing secure relations between Earth and Andoria , leading to the foundation of the United Federation of Planets .
Star Trek ’s Jeffrey Combs has made a vocation from open nuanced performances behind stratum of alien prosthetics from DS9 to Enterprise , and beyond .
1Captain Seven of Nine (Borg)
Star Trek: Voyager/Star Trek: Picard
Star Trek : Voyager ’s Seven of Nine(Jeri Ryan ) had a harder sentence in Starfleet than Worf or Tendi , due to the prevailing fears about the Borg Collective . Seven bear witness herself to be a large paladin duringVoyagerand did so once again when she joined Admiral Jean - Luc Picard ’s crew ten afterwards . Some of Seven ’s most heroic actions admit taking the USS Titan - A back from the Borg without loss of animation inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , and facilitate a annihilative civil warfare within the Borg Collective inVoyagerseason 7 .
Sadly , Seven had to deal with a big business deal of prejudice after the USS Voyager generate to the Alpha Quadrant . This prejudice prevent Seven from becoming a commission Starfleet officeholder for decades . Finally , after the endorsements of Admirals Jean - Luc Picard and Kathryn Janeway , she was bear into the organisation and swiftly climbed the ranks . Now thatStar Trekhas made Seven the master of the enterprisingness , it reaffirms that Starfleet and the Federation should always strive to see the nuance in their enemies , because they just might become their greatest heroes .
Star Trek : Prodigyseason 1 is streaming now on Netflix .
All episode of every otherStar Trekseries are streaming now on Paramount+
