The Iconian Software Contagion
An Iconian software probe acts as a self-propagating contagion, infecting Enterprise systems. The crew must choose containment, purge, or capitulation to preserve ship integrity and lives against this alien technical agent.
Involved Characters
Arc Timeline
Season 2
3 eventsPicard 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 …