I've been thinking, the coalition that destroyed Iconians 200k year ago didn't leave a trace, and the iconians want revenge on the galaxy, but why would they want revenge if their enemies no longer exist?
THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS US ALL ALONG! we went back in time, we were the coalition that fought the Iconians thousands of years ago, that's why they are back this precise moment, because they can't travel back in time, so they waited, now they are trying to have their revenge in the future, only that way it makes sense.
Why wouldn't they attack 400 years ago? when klingons and federation were basically powerless, they've been monitoring the galaxy since they left, why would they pick a fight against an unified coalition?
All their schemes, were not meant to create discord, the opposite, it was meant to unite the galaxy, one year ago the klingons and the federation were at war, chaos was rampant, why would they try to destabilize an already chaotic situation? all they had to do was invade, one year ago everyone was fighting everyone, and we didn't have access to the delta quadrant.
The Romulan republic exists thanks to the Iconians, the coalition exists thanks to the Iconians, the delta alliance exists thanks to the Iconians, we beat the borg thanks to the Iconians, without the gate to the delta quadrant the borg would still be able to launch attacks at us at will, no way to counter attack.
Your logic is flawed.
1) On the surface, we fought alien aggressors who had nothing to do with us. That was "the coalition" that bombed their planet and sough to exterminate them.
2) I forget the events that set it into motion, but the Iconians weren't aware of us until someone meddled in something. The Iconians can't conquer something that isn't on their radar.
3) One flaw humans have is they try to anthropomorphize everything, when in fact, intelligent aliens could have ways of thinking, values, behaviors, and responses that are very different than our own. How the Iconians perceived the aggression from the coalition that sought to wipe them out, combined with their outlook on lesser species moving foward may not make sense to us, but perhaps its quite normal in the Iconian thought process.
4) As for accidentally uniting everyone else, perhaps the Iconians just suck at warmongering. Every species has its strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps their "revenge" didn't just mean against the coalition that ganged up on them, but all lesser species? Us vs them, basically.
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The only thing that bothered me was when T'Ket threatened Sela, she addressed her as a "Romulan." How would T'Ket know what a Romulan was if Romulans didn't even exist yet?
While this is a necro thread and I will be closing it down, I will say that it's been a real delight to see player theories. I've wanted for a long, long time to comment whenever I see someone guess correctly.
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1) On the surface, we fought alien aggressors who had nothing to do with us. That was "the coalition" that bombed their planet and sough to exterminate them.
2) I forget the events that set it into motion, but the Iconians weren't aware of us until someone meddled in something. The Iconians can't conquer something that isn't on their radar.
3) One flaw humans have is they try to anthropomorphize everything, when in fact, intelligent aliens could have ways of thinking, values, behaviors, and responses that are very different than our own. How the Iconians perceived the aggression from the coalition that sought to wipe them out, combined with their outlook on lesser species moving foward may not make sense to us, but perhaps its quite normal in the Iconian thought process.
4) As for accidentally uniting everyone else, perhaps the Iconians just suck at warmongering. Every species has its strengths and weaknesses. Perhaps their "revenge" didn't just mean against the coalition that ganged up on them, but all lesser species? Us vs them, basically.
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The only thing that bothered me was when T'Ket threatened Sela, she addressed her as a "Romulan." How would T'Ket know what a Romulan was if Romulans didn't even exist yet?
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