Star Trek Officially Debuts Major New Villain, Basically An Evil Q

The new villain in the Star Trek franchise is an evil mastermind capable of manipulating the whole Deep Space Nine crew without being spotted. Most of the time, the most dangerous Star Trek antagonists are the ones who represent a threat beyond traditional warfare or physical combat. A prime example is Armus, the literal skin-like puddle of concentrated negative emotion on a desolate planet that executes Lieutenant Tasha Yar for its own amusement. Likewise, the Enterprise crew meets the giant Planet Killer cone that devours celestial bodies like a mechanical shark, and a parasitic consciousness that hijacks Starfleet command through brain bugs.