"Machines, no. Despotic Romulans, angry bipedal lizards, and the occasional Kligon, yes." He'd face Nero over the Gorn any day, honestly. At least Nero was just one person with one ship, however massive. The Gorn were an entire species who seemed to exist only for one purpose, one single and resolute purpose. The annihilation or assimilation of... well, everything.