Devil The devil ( also known as Satan or Lucifer ) was a malevolent entity from Christianity as depicted in the Bible . Some people claimed he didn ' t exist . ( ) In 2153 , Commander Charles Tucker III referred to a found Borg as a " handsome devil . " ( ) In 2254 , in an illusion created by the Talosian s , Christopher Pike referred to his horse Tango as " you old devil . " ( ) When Khan was exile d to Ceti Alpha V by James T . Kirk in 2267 , he referred to a passage from Milton ' s poet ic dramatization of the story of the Devil ' s fall from grace , " Paradise Lost " , in which the Devil states that it is " " better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven . " " ( ) James T . Kirk considered practical joke r Finnegan his " own personal devil . " ( ) Matthew Decker compared the planet killer to the Devil . ( ) In 2268 , Kang ordered Captain James T . Kirk to tell the transporter room to beam him and his crew aboard . After Kirk told him to " " go to the devil " " ( meaning hell ) , Kang replied that the Klingon s had no devil , but were familiar with the ways of the Earth Devil . Later , Montgomery Scott asked Hikaru Sulu if he ' d seen " any signs of those devils " ( i . e . , the Klingons ) . ( ) Lucien , a Megan from Megas - Tu , lived on Earth during the late medieval and early modern periods , between the 13th and the 17th centuries . In 2269 , the " Enterprise " crew visited Megas - Tu and were tested with an elaborate ruse to determine if their attitudes had changed since the times of the Salem witch trial s in 1691 where the Megans were persecuted . During the ruse , the Megans claimed that Lucien was known on Earth as Lucifer . Later , the crew of the " Enterprise " wondered if Lucien really was the same being as Lucifer . ( ) Other religious characters resembling the biblical devil included the Klingon Fek ' lhr , the Ventaxian Ardra , the Drellian and Mendora in the Berussian Cluster . ( ) On Omega IV , an entity known as the Evil One was cast in the same light as the Devil . Captain Ronald Tracey , in violation of the Prime Directive , tried to trick the Yang s into thinking that Spock was the Evil One . ( ) In 2286 , the Klingon Ambassador Kamarag compared James T . Kirk to the Devil . ( ) In describing Ardra to Captain Picard , Doctor Howard Clark described her as being " for all intents and purposes , the devil , " that the people of Ventax II literally believed they ' d sold their soul s to the devil . Later , while demonstrating her abilities to Captain Picard and Lieutenant Worf , the transformed into the Devil and Fek ' lhr . Picard , however , stated , " " I have encountered many who more credibly could be called the devil than you . " " ( ) In 2369 , after Vedek Winn Adami accused Commander Benjamin Sisko and the Federation of living in a dark universe into which they wanted to drag the spiritual Bajoran s , Sisko replied that the Bajorans who had been living and working with the Federation officers aboard the space station Deep Space 9 for month s could prove that they were not the Devil . This statement was later confirmed by Kira Nerys . ( ) In 2373 , Captain Kathryn Janeway compared her unholy alliance with the Borg to " a deal with the Devil . " ( )