Character

Husnock

aggressive collective (portrayed as a unified threat) predatory narratively catalytic (drives others' moral crises)

A belligerent extraterrestrial species portrayed as defined by aggressive expansion and wanton destruction. Their savage assault on Kevin's colony and the killing of his wife Rishon catalyze Kevin's genocidal retaliation, making the Husnock the moral and emotional fulcrum of the episode. The species functions narratively as a near‑faceless external threat whose eradication forces the crew to confront mercy, culpability, and legal limits when a single immortal commits atrocity. Little cultural detail is provided; they operate primarily as catalyst and indictment.

3 appearances

External Hostile Species / Interstellar Threats

Also known as: the Husnock, Husnock species

Husnock's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

3 moments

S3E3 · The Survivors

The Douwd's Confession and Vanishing

N/A — represented posthumously as victims; their prior aggression contextualizes Kevin's motive but does not ethically excuse his act.

Referenced by Kevin as the species whose warship attacked Rana Four and who were subsequently annihilated by him; function here as the absent victims and moral fulcrum of the confession.

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S3E3 · The Survivors

Kevin's Confession — The Weight of a God

N/A (extinct in Kevin's account); their portrayal elicits horror and moral disgust from the crew.

Mentioned as the warlike species that attacked the colony and whose annihilation by Kevin is confessed; they function as the absent but central antagonist whose eradication creates the moral crisis.

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S3E3 · The Survivors

The Douwd's Confession — Mercy's Price

Not present; described as eradicated and therefore incapable of response — their absence shapes the moral and legal impasse.

The Husnock are portrayed via Kevin's description as the aggressive species whose warship attacked the colony; Kevin confesses to annihilating them entirely, making them the subject of genocide rather than …

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