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The Heralds of the Iconians

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited April 2015 in Galactic News Network [PC]
The Iconians never truly disappeared. Their 'absence' have simply been marked by their servants - those who do their absolute bidding. The Solanae, the Elachi, the Vaadwaur all played a part in the Iconian's plans.

But these servitors pale in comparison to the Heralds.

~LaughingTrendy
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  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,166 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    /excitement_building

    Also,
    The Heralds are not a servitor race. They were not conquered, coerced, subjugated, bargained with, or grown. The relationship between the Heralds and the Iconians goes much deeper. The Heralds are children of Iconia. They are not the Iconians themselves, but they are native to Iconia and probably share a common ancestor with the Iconians.

    That settles that little debate some were having about the Heralds actually *being* Iconian.
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  • spock1190spock1190 Member Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    We have B:FAW.
    'Nuff said.
  • ceekayzeroceekayzero Member Posts: 411 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Can we have a picture of an Iconic Ship fighting an Iconian Battleship please?
  • quintarisquintaris Member Posts: 816 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Two eyes good, six eyes bad.
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    spock1190 wrote: »
    We have B:FAW.
    'Nuff said.

    B:FAW will save us. B:FAW will solve all our problems. It doesn't really matter what Cryptic throws at us, the solution will always be B:FAW.

    B:FAW is victory. Victory is life. All hail B:FAW.
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  • nikolunusnikolunus Member Posts: 162 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Please may these ships never appear in any lock box.
    Space is vast, it's wonderful and maddening. Yet in that madness is some of the greatest beauty I have ever seen.
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Great blog. I love reading all this lore, and I'm super excited to test these Heralds in combat.

    Do we have a launch date for S10 yet? Or even a name?
    Save the Foundry!
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    -Thomas Marrone
  • sharpie65sharpie65 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Bring 'em. Give me a few battlegroups consisting of:

    Command Battlecruisers, Iconic Battleships, Fast Attack Ships (i.e. Saber-variant or Defiant/Birds-of-Prey Pilot ships) or Destroyers, and various Support Craft. Then throw a couple of carriers and their escorts in the mix.

    Then we'll have some fun.
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  • lordstipe2000lordstipe2000 Member Posts: 61 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Gateways that discharge the energies of a solar flare or a pulsar... yay! Challenge accepted!

    Note to self.. Forget BFAW...you get hit with one of those you're dead. Time to reinvest in hull and shields.. Oh and tell my chief engineer to add some nitrous to the warp core!
  • ficrficr Member Posts: 235 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    The Iconians don't have a Science Ship?
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  • e1ime1im Member Posts: 63 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I thought Iconians are called that way because they come from the planet Iconia. Since the Heralds also are native to Iconia, this officially makes them "Iconians" as well. So, now we have 2 types of Iconians? Or is there any other reason that Heralds cannot be referred to as "Iconians", except for not to confuse the two species? It's a writing mess, IMHO.
  • sentinelbluesentinelblue Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    So now brutes with energy hammers.

    Halo - check

    Mass effect - check

    Starship Troopers - Check

    Star Wars - Check (crystalline sword)

    Tron - Check

    Can we get some Battlestar and Buck Rogers added?

    :rolleyes:
  • sharpie65sharpie65 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    lordstipe2000 wrote: »
    Gateways that discharge the energies of a solar flare or a pulsar... yay! Challenge accepted!

    Are these vulnerable to torpedoes, or do we just shoot whatever we can at them? Warp cores included, of course.
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  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Glad to see these guys aren't actually Iconians.

    So, Season 11 - Iconia Rising?
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  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Where the Iconians are few in number (possibly very few), the Heralds are many.

    So, they're from the same planet. And after 200.000 years there are billions of Heralds but only few Iconians left, even though the Iconians were spread out through the entire Milky Way galaxy?

    I hope there will be some story details on why exactly there are only a few Iconians left and why they chose to breed Heralds rather than reproduce.
  • sharpie65sharpie65 Member Posts: 679 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    ficr wrote: »
    The Iconians don't have a Science Ship?

    Why would you need a science ship when you can obliterate anybody and anything with a pulsar?
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  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    risian4 wrote: »
    So, they're from the same planet. And after 200.000 years there are billions of Heralds but only few Iconians left, even though the Iconians were spread out through the entire Milky Way galaxy?

    I hope there will be some story details on why exactly there are only a few Iconians left and why they chose to breed Heralds rather than reproduce.
    Perhaps they simply can't anymore.
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    ficr wrote: »
    The Iconians don't have a Science Ship?

    Escorts and science vessels are usually lumped together with cruisers. All of their ships seem to have science abilities anyway.
    Save the Foundry!
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  • holyknight22holyknight22 Member Posts: 174 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    We do have Battlestar Galactica references in STO.

    The A'pex dreadnought looks like a frigin battlestar and the Elachi Sheshar looks like the Ron Moore version of a Basestar.

    Oh and for homage sake can we please have one of the Harbingers say "We are the vanguard of your destruction."
  • daviesdaviesdaviesdavies Member Posts: 277 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    First we have the star gate

    then vaadwaur boss Gaul as Goa'uld

    now finaly we will face the army lead by prior

    time to make a toon named Teal'c

    and the whole SG1 bof team

    super excited!
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  • amoroxicamoroxic Member Posts: 57 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Perhaps they simply can't anymore.

    Ok, that settles it ... the Iconians lost their balls in the Orbital Bombardment thus that's why they cannot reproduce anymore ... so good news folks we can beat these sissies! ^^
  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Solar flare?

    Solar Flare.

    That's all I'm going to see when I fight those ships now. Thanks Cryptic. :P

    Oh and this all looks awesome. I'm ready for it.
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  • drreverenddrreverend Member Posts: 459 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    Perhaps they simply can't anymore.

    Gods aren't big on sharing power.
  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    somtaawkhar wrote: »
    This is the most logical answer.

    The Iconians we are facing now are simply 200,000+ year old Iconians, harboring the resentment for all these years.

    Makes more sense then 200,000 years of new Iconians all being this mad over something they never even experienced themselves.

    We already know the industrial accident in the solane dyson sphere made it to where the solane had to live in subspace or w/e, perhaps it changed the Iconians also.

    hmm.. I guess it would also explain why the Elachi are transforming their victims into new Elachi... they may be working on a solution for the Iconians' infertility, much the same way the Kobali did.

    Then again, I find it hard to believe that the most advanced species we encounter in STO is as good as extinct with only a few survivors remaining who are still angry for something we didn't even do. It's also hard to believe they wouldn't be able to find a solution to their possible problems. It makes them a bit less impressive for me.
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Between these Iconian ships and the Iconian Rep armor, I'm not sure wheather the Iconians are trying to laugh us to death or we're trying to laugh them to death. But all in all, the whole Iconian thing is shaping up to be one huge comedy.
    Sorry guys, but I'm just not feeling it. All of this is anticlimactic to me. Very dry, full of elements already seen in this game and other sci-fi shows.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    The ship designs make me think of one thing:

    "We need your help, Star Fox! Aparoids have declared war! They're invading the Milky Way and are trying to take over the quadrants! Our Delta Alliance army alone can’t do the job! Hurry, Star Fox!"
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  • januhulljanuhull Member Posts: 154 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I guess I have a few questions still:

    1) Why would a Type III civilization with the ability to colonize more geography orbiting one star than in most of the Class M planets in the galaxy combined give a flog about what goes on outside those walls?

    2) Any plans on expanding the Trek universe back to Andromeda? If the Iconians had a presence out that way, I'm sure the Kelvans have a few bones to pick with them.

    3) Given the level of development in the hierarchy of species the Iconians have at their disposal, it's starting to stretch credulity that they were actually more than inconvenienced by the loss of Iconia...with Dyson Spheres at their disposal, being cheesed off about the loss of Iconia seems...petty...after a quarter million years.
  • captmorenzocaptmorenzo Member Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    I really hope we can get a construct or a thrall as a boff, they look pretty sweet. The designers deserve a well earned high five.
  • thibashthibash Member Posts: 506 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    So basically...they're the Mursaat from Guild Wars 2?

    Really STO...the last game you'll want to borrow lore from right now is Guild Wars 2. They have Angel McCoy as writer...'nuff said.
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