Captain Picard's moral and leadership dilemma: whether to annihilate Iconia (and its miraculous gateways) to deny the Romulans and others access to catastrophic technology — weighing cultural destruction against preventing a far larger catastrophe.
Captain Picard's moral and leadership dilemma: whether to annihilate Iconia (and its miraculous gateways) to deny the Romulans and others access to catastrophic technology — weighing cultural destruction against preventing a far larger catastrophe.
Events in This Arc
The away team materializes in a dim, ruined control chamber dominated by three silver gateways and a pentagonal console crowned by a glowing blue dome. Data immediately begins methodical scans …
Picard physically initiates the Iconian console's launch sequence, sacrificing caution for decisive action. A low, metallic rumble fills the control room as the ancient system comes to life and an …
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 …