Iconia

Iconia was a formerly inhabited planet located in the Beta Quadrant. This planet was located at coordinates two two seven mark three five nine.

In the distant past, this was the homeworld of the presumed extinct Iconian species, located in what was, in the 24th century, the Romulan Neutral Zone. The planet was devastated by a massive orbital bombardment approximately 200,000 years ago. The Iconians were believed to have been annihilated, although a part of the population may have escaped through their gateways. By the 24th century, the planet had one working automated structure which launched probes at orbiting ships.

In 2256, its location was labeled on the star chart "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" in the ready room aboard the USS Discovery. Although it was in Klingon space, it was not claimed by the Klingon Empire. 

In 2257, during the first, Iconia was occupied by the Klingons. 

The precise location of Iconia was lost to history until 2365, when an artifact bearing an ancient starmap was discovered in an archaeological dig on Denius III. From there, Donald Varley of the Federation starship USS Yamato was able to locate Iconia, and chose to violate the Neutral Zone to reach the planet so as to prevent Iconian technology from falling into Romulan hands. After the Yamato was destroyed by an Iconian software transmission, the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D) and the Romulan warbird Haakona both traveled to Iconia, where Jean-Luc Picard had the last operational structure on the surface destroyed. 

In 2372, Worf told the crew of the USS Defiant (2370) of the events that had taken place on Iconia when they were on a mission to destroy an Iconian gateway on Vandros IV in the Gamma Quadrant. 

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