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of the state museum in livia. (“Rapture” [DS9]). Major Kira Nerys's escape to other nearby planets. The similarity between the Iconian mother was an icon painter. (“Second Skin” [DS9]) language and Dewan, Iccobar, and Dinasian has been cited as evidence to support this theory. (“Contagion” [TNG]). Iconia. Planet, the home of a technologically advanced iconic display console. A highly sophisticated computer intercivilization destroyed some face system designed by Lieutenant Reginald Barclay while 200,000 years ago. Iconia under the influence of the Cytherians in 2367. The iconic display was discovered by Feder- console permitted a computer user's mind to link directly into a ation science in 2365 by computer. (“The Nth Degree" [TNG)) Captain Donald Varley of the U.S.S. Yamato. Varley Icor IX. Planet. A symposium on rough star clusters was held at uncovered evidence that the Astrophysics Center on Icor IX in 2366. Captain Picard con Iconia was located in the sidered attending the symposium on his vacation. (“Captain's Romulan Neutral Zone: he Holiday” [TNG)) violated the Zone to find the planet because he feared the consequences if the Romulans icosahedron. Twenty-sided geometric solid. (“Alliances” [VGR)) acquired Iconian technology. Although ancient texts portrayed the Iconians as aggressors in that conflict, recent students of archae ID trace. SEE: transporter ID trace ology (including Jean-Luc Picard) have speculated that the Iconians were innocent victims, attacked by enemies who feared Idanians. Humanoid civilization. Idanians are sometimes charactheir advanced technology. The surface of Iconia was a matte terized as a secretive people. (“A Simple Investigation” [DS9]) painting designed by visual effects supervisor Dan Curry. The Iconian control building, a model used as part of the painting, was ~~ “Identity Crisis.” Next Generation episode #92. Teleplay by designed by Mike Okuda, based on two swimming pool filter cov Brannon Braga. Based on a story by Timothy De Haas. Directed ers and part of the Star Trek | drydock model. (*Contagion” [TNG]) by Winrich Kolbe. Stardate 44664.5. First aired in 1991. Geordi and his former shipmates from the U.S.S. Victory are compelled Iconian computer weapon. A computer software weapon fo return to a planet they visited years ago, where they are trans employed by the ancient Iconians. The weapon, a destructive formed into alien life-forms. GUEST CAST: Maryann Plunkett as computer program, was delivered to an enemy spacecraft by Leijten, Susanna; Patti Yasutake as Ogawa, Nurse Alyssa means of a transmitter in a short-range space probe. The pro- Amick Byram as Hickman, Lieutenant Paul; Dennis Madalone gram would then alter the target vessel's computer software as Hendrick, Chief; Mona Grudt as Graham. Ensign. SEE causing failure of critical systems. The U.S.S. Yamato was Aries, U.S.S.; Bogrow, Paul; Brevelle, Ensign; Cousteau; jestroyed in 2365 by a still-functioning Iconian probe that trans Graham, Ensign; Hendrick, Chief; Hickman, Lieutenant Paul; mitted the computer software weapon into that ship's computer kayolane; La Forge, Geordi; Leijten, Susanna; Malaya IV; banks. The virus-like program subsequently caused the near Mendez; Ogawa, Nurse Alyssa; T-cell stimulator; Tarchannen destruction of the U.S.S. Enterprise-D and the Romulan warbird Ill; thymus; Victory, U.S.S.; warning beacons. Haakona. “Contagion” [TNG] IDIC. Acronym for Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations, a Iconian gateway. Sophisticated cornerstone of the Vulcan philosophy. Spock wore an IDIC jimensional transport system, in p — medallion to a dinner in honor of Dr. Miranda Jones aboard the ise by the ancient Iconians some 8 Starship Enterprise in 2268. (“Is There in Truth No Beauty? 200,000 years ago, that allowed = - [TOS]). Deep Space 9 entrepreneur Quark planned to sell Vulcan nstantaneous movement across IDIC pins on the station's monitors in late 2370. (“The nterstellar distances without the Jem'Hadar" [DS9)). The triangle-circle IDIC pendant Spock ise of starships. The first known wore was designed by Gene Roddenberry and William Ware discovery of an Iconian gateway in Theiss. The emblem has been used as a Vulcan national symbol modern times was in 2365 by the Bob Justman insists the acronym stands for “Incredible Detail, rew of the Starship Enterprise-D on Incredible Confusion,” a cornerstone of his personal philosophy the planet Iconia. The Enterprise-D crew destroyed the gateway rather than allow it to fall into Romulan hands. “Contagion” TNG]). A second gateway was discovered by Dominion scientists in 2372 on planet Vandros IV in the Gamma Quadrant. The gateway was housed in an ancient stone ziggurat whose internal structure was constructed of neutronium, making it impervious to external attack, even by quantum torpedoes. Rebel lem'Hadar soldiers attempted to seize the gateway, but were prevented from doing so by an unusual joint mission of Jem'Hadar and Federation forces that destroyed the gateway ’N mechanism and its surrounding building. (“To the Death” [DS9]) 5

Iconians. An ancient, highly advanced civilization that mastered the tech nique of dimensional transport across interstellar distances, SEE Iconian gateway. The Iconians 3 referred to in ancient texts as Demons of Air and Darkness," were all believed destroyed some Er 200,000 years ago by orbital “. bombardment that devastated v3 the surface of their planet. It has - been speculated that the Iconians So did not all perish in the attacks, but rather used their gateway technology to