# Ranking the most powerful beings in in Star Trek universe

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**Created:** [April 16, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranking-the-most-powerful-beings-in-in-star-trek-universe/103871 "2002-04-16T02:19:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranking-the-most-powerful-beings-in-in-star-trek-universe/103871/41 "2011-01-22T02:16:13Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> There’ve been some very, very good ones (I’d nominate _Dark Mirror_ by Diane Duane and _Imzadi_ by Peter David), but none are ST canon as far as I know.

Mea Culpa!

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranking-the-most-powerful-beings-in-in-star-trek-universe/103871/42 "2011-01-22T02:36:13Z")

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> [@matt\_mcl](#):
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> You scoff. Don’t you remember the tagline for the novel _Q-In-Law?_ “Two of the most powerful forces in the galaxy are about to collide…” !!

I understand Peter David originally wrote that blurb as “Two of the most annoying forces in the galaxy…”

😃

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**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranking-the-most-powerful-beings-in-in-star-trek-universe/103871/43 "2011-01-22T02:44:42Z")

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The Dominion? With the Jem Hadar (sp?) as drug-addicted minions, they were pretty powerful.

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ranking-the-most-powerful-beings-in-in-star-trek-universe/103871/44 "2011-01-22T02:47:54Z")

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zombies!

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