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Q is an vastly knock-down god - same being with few peers , butStar Trekhas substantiate that one specie is more than a match for the Continuum . In 2014’sThe Q Gambitstoryline , running throughStar Trek#35 - 40 , the deceiver dropped in on the Kelvin timeline , seek their help in defeating the one race more powerful than the Q , and they stand unveil in issue 40 .
Star Trek#40 , first published by IDW , was written by Mike Johnson and take out by Tony Shasteen . Q , trying to learn Kirk a moral about “ no - win ” scenarios , creates a timeline where theFederation was overrun by the Dominion . However , Q unwrap a rich motive for his dodging : the Pah Wraiths and the Q Continuum have been at warfare – and the Pah Wraiths are win .
Q secretly hoped that , somehow , the Kelvin crew would be able to help him stop them .
Q is successful in wiping out the Pah Wraiths , but only thanks to an assist from the Bajoran Prophets .
The Prophets Are Gods–And Not Just to the Bajoran People
The Prophets Have A Dark Counterpart–And They Nearly Destroyed Ben Sisko
TheStar Trekuniverse is chock - full of god - like beings , let in the Q and the Bajoran Prophets . Q is the dealership ’s trickster anatomy , and the Prophets dwell in the Bajoran Wormhole , and are reverence by the Bajoran people . The Prophets , for the most part , are benign . Despite the wormhole being their realm , the Prophets still allow Alpha Quadrant vessels to travel through it . The Prophets , likemany otherStar Trekgods , keep themselves hidden , mostly revealing themselves to their Emissary , Ben Sisko .
A Guide to Canonical Pah Wraith Appearance in theStar TrekUniverse
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Star Trek : Deep Space Nine
5
" The Assignment "
6
" The count "
" snag of the prophet "
7
" Shadows and Symbols "
" Til Death Do Us Part "
" Strange Bedfellows "
" What We depart Behind "
The Pah Wraiths are the evil counterparts to the Prophets . premise in the fifth seasonStar Trek : Deep Space Nineepisode “ The Assignment , ” the Pah Wraiths dwell in the Fire Caves of Bajor . The ancient enemies of the Prophets , the Pah Wraiths , avow retaliation on the universe . Like the Prophets , the Pah Wraiths have vast office , including the ability to induce visions as well as possess hoi polloi . InDeep Space Nine’sfinal time of year , a Pah - Wraith possess Gul Dukat nearly freed the rest of the Wraiths , if not for the treatment of Sisko .
The Pah Wraiths' Just Ascended to the Top of theStar TrekFood Chain
Q Had to Get Assistance from the Prophets To Beat The Pah Wraiths
The divine revelation that the Pah Wraiths may be more potent than Q throw away new lighting on the hierarchy of king in theStar Trekuniverse .
The revelation that the Pah Wraiths may be more powerful than Q casts new brightness on the hierarchy of power in theStar Trekuniverse . Q was assume to be the most powerful , capable of creating entire timeline and traversing the multiverse at a notion . Yet for all his power , he is useless against the Pah Wraiths , which places them higher in the pecking order . Another Q - link up story , The Q Conflict , hint the Prophets posed a threat to him , mean the same can be said of the Pah Wraiths . The Pah Wraiths have the rare honor of humiliate Q.
