worst hostilespace encounters.

[Kamil]

In 'laser' books, movies, games we get plenty of hostile creatures no one wants to encounter. I'm asking what's the worst according to you.. Which race you hope you'd never meet? for me the biggest space threat and nightmere are borgs ( let's forget about ex-borg ladies) What makes them terryfing? they' take away the captive's identity, dreams, thoughts, ambitions and assimilate them to the collective. and if that wasn't enough borgs have horrible haircuts that make volcans look stylish

[Micah]

maybe the Aliens from Alien and the sequels? Not only can they spit acid and eat your face off but they will also keep you alive; only to implant you with one of their eggs by having a scary ass spider creature sit on your face and choke you with its crazy ass tail. And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse the damn baby Alien will chew its way out of your belly while you are still alive. Finally killing you. That's a lot of agony to go through if they ever caught you.

[Aloha]

I'd have to agree with Micah on that one.

[Rasnac]

The thing from "The Thing" :)

[[deleted user]]

Freddie Kruger would suck also, im no good without my sleep.

[Ayesha]

Micah wrote: an incredibly visceral description of every terrifying scene in all the Aliens movies.

I blame you for the nightmares I'll have tonight.

Aliens gets my vote too.

[Casey]

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra

[David(LA,CA)]

Hard to argue with the xenomorphs from Aliens.

But as a runner up: The Vashta Nerada. "The shadows that melt the flesh". Piranha of the air.

[Aloha]

Slime Creatures from Outerspace

[Casey]

Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra, their eyes closed!
(sorry, I'll stop now)

[Leesa]

Hahaha! Can't think of something serious now thanks to Casey :)

OK, can't think of anything worse than Alien.

[Micah]

Ayesha wrote: "Micah wrote: an incredibly visceral description of every terrifying scene in all the Aliens movies.

I blame you for the nightmares I'll have tonight.

Aliens gets my vote too."

And my job here is done...

@Casey-THEIR EyES OPEN!!! THEIR EYES OPEN!!!

[Kamil]

ok, let me rephrase the question... what would be the worst hostile space encounter if only hamanoids and robots were taken into consideration?

[[deleted user]]

Darren wrote: "Kamil wrote: "ok, let me rephrase the question... what would be the worst hostile space encounter if only hamanoids and robots were taken into consideration?"

Hamanoids sound tasty. Sentient or no..."

Ok now I vote Darren as the scariest :O

[Casey]

@Leesa - any time :)

@Micah – When the walls fell!!!

[David(LA,CA)]

The Vidiians from Star Trek: Voyager.

"Hey, I'm kinda dying over here. Are you, by any chance, using your lungs? You are? Huh. Well, yeah, I sorta need them, so... I'm just going to take them."

[Peter]

The Predators...fugly and deadly...while they care about honor, their tactics are insanely deadly.

[Rasnac]

They are not exactly humanoid but "Shadows" from Babylon 5 are very very intimidating.

[Rod]

I have to say the xenomorphs from the Alien films too. They are just terrifying.

[Liv]

Weeping Angels from Doctor Who, enough said.

[Ulmer Ian]

Anyone who likes this thread needs to go out and watch Cabin in the Woods (it is out on disc in September). Horror monsters rather than scifi monsters (though the movie itself is more scifi than horror), but regardless, it's full of fan service for monster fans. :)

[Kirsten]

What about the reavers from firefly? They rape you to death, eat your flesh and sew your skin into their clothing - and if you're really lucky, they do it in that order.

[Mel (booksandsundry)]

Casey wrote: "Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra"

I danced with glee when I saw this and knew exactly what you meant!

[Susan]

i second reavers

[David(LA,CA)]

Definitely. Gorram Reavers.

Although, do we get to count them due to the nature of their origin? Everything else on this list were things that were out there waiting for unfortunate people to run into. Reavers are home grown things you don't want to encounter.

[Dharmakirti]

Among the worst hostile creatures for me are the Inchoroi from R. Scott Bakker's ongoiong fantasy series, Second Apocalypse.

The Inchoroi are aliens (they crased their spaceship into the fantasy world in which the story takes place) who believe themselves to be a "race of lovers" and are practioners of something referred to as the Tekne (the Old Science) in the books. I think of the Tenke as extreme biological and genetic engineering/manipulation, they alter or make flesh into pretty much whatever they want (typically monsters--that rape and kill).

The books in the series are:
The Darkness That Comes Before
The Warrior Prophet
The Thousandfold Thought
The Judging Eye
The White Luck Warrior

[Peter]

Dharmakirti wrote: "Among the worst hostile creatures for me are the Inchoroi from R. Scott Bakker's ongoiong fantasy series, Second Apocalypse.

The Inchoroi are aliens (they crased their spaceship into the fantasy w..."

that sounds fascinating and disturbing all at once...I think I'm going to have to find it :D

[Lindsay]

Dharmakirti wrote: "Among the worst hostile creatures for me are the Inchoroi from R. Scott Bakker's ongoiong fantasy series, Second Apocalypse.

The Inchoroi are aliens (they crased their spaceship into the fantasy w..."

That's the series that starts with The Darkness That Comes Before right?

[Dharmakirti]

Lindsay wrote: That's the series that starts with The Darkness That Comes Before right?

Yes.

[Ayesha]

David(LA,CA) wrote: "Definitely. Gorram Reavers.."

Eating people? When does that get fun?

[Emily]

Cthulhu. Someone had to say it.
...though I wonder what Cthulhu would do with Reavers?

[Rasnac]

Emily wrote: "Cthulhu. Someone had to say it.
...though I wonder what Cthulhu would do with Reavers?"

Pick his teeth with them?

[Keith]

Klaus Kinski