The Iconian program (probe) as a self‑propagating software ‘contagion’ infects starship systems and forces the Enterprise to choose containment, purge, or capitulation — a fight to preserve ship integrity and lives against an alien technical agent.
The Iconian program (probe) as a self‑propagating software ‘contagion’ infects starship systems and forces the Enterprise to choose containment, purge, or capitulation — a fight to preserve ship integrity and lives against an alien technical agent.
Events in This Arc
Picard orders a hard, time‑sensitive rendezvous when Data confirms the USS Yamato's entire mission log will be uploaded by the rendezvous — establishing a fixed retrieval window and raising the …
Data unexpectedly reactivates after a shutdown, revealing that his positronic brain invoked a self-correcting shutdown that purged the Iconian corruption. Geordi realizes the same surgical approach can save the entire …
Picard beams back aboard and immediately orders the Enterprise to withdraw as the Romulan ship threatens auto-destruct — a last-minute tactical retreat layered over Riker's decisive diplomacy to open a …