Apollo (Star Trek)

Apollo was an antagonist in the original Star Trek television series, encountered by the legendary Captain Kirk and his crew this powerful being was an alien who was once worshipped as a god (becoming the basis for Greek mythology) - in time humanity would outgrow the need for the alien "gods" and Apollo, alongside others of his kind, left to a new world.

Yet even as the rest of his species vanished into obscurity Apollo never gave up on the hope that humanity would some day spread to the stars and planned on restoring the "natural order" by turning humans back into worshippers whilst he would serve as the father of a new generation of "gods" - despite Apollo likely feeling his plan was honorable the humans of Kirk's era had no interest in becoming the servants of another species and thus Apollo clashed with the Starfleet officers.