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This Whole 'Iconian Invasion' is a Farce!
dabelgrave
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At first glance, it seems the Iconians attempted to use the 'divide and conquer' strategy to weaken the different factions prior to their invasion. However, we all know how well that works. The Dominion attempted to divide and conquer, and failed. The Undine attempted to divide and conquer, and failed. It's not so much that the strategy is flawed, its just that when the divided factions realize who the true enemy is, they're already mobilized with significant resources diverted into their war effort. The newly allied factions are then often better prepared for a vicious war than the real enemy.
Now the Iconians are attempting the same thing?
I think not. The Iconians have stirred the hornets' nest before. They angered enough worlds that an alliance formed, and led to the destruction of Iconia. They know that enough angry 'insects' can overwhelm their superior godlike abilities. Why would they risk doing so again?
I think the events leading up to the invasion are a calculated attempt to FORCE an alliance. There are fairly obvious clues for us to find, quite often expressing how foolish it would be for them to attack an alliance, so they must attack each faction separately. One of the Iconians even shows up at a meeting to explicitly warn against forming an alliance. These clues and their guest appearance seem designed to goad us into forming the alliance. It is also an overt warning that war with the Iconians is coming, and nothing we do can prevent it.
Now we have the invasion, a swift onslaught of Iconian minions that initially overwhelms our allied forces. However, we still have significant resources diverted into our war efforts after the recent Undine invasion. This makes us more resilient, and quicker to bounce back from the initial defeats. We can beat them, and we will, but the Iconians are sure to have realized this long before launching their invasion.
Why would the Iconians coax us into a major alliance, and risk the destruction of their Herald forces? The answer is peace. After our victory against the Heralds, all will be calm. There will be celebrations, the forgiving of old grievances, and increased cooperation between the factions in the knowledge that together we did what separately we could not. The great challenge of the Herald attacks will bring greater stability to the Milky Way than anytime in the past few centuries, and as time moves on, resources will flow away from military commitments, and back into reconstruction and civilian matters. When this happens, our increased sense of security will leave us even more vulnerable than ever before.
So there you have it. The Iconian Invasion is a farce designed to leave our great factions in an alliance of peace. When we start to forget the threat they pose, the Iconians will return with their real invasion force, and unlike the Heralds, there will be no stopping them a second time.
<holds up sign: The End is Near!>
Now the Iconians are attempting the same thing?
I think not. The Iconians have stirred the hornets' nest before. They angered enough worlds that an alliance formed, and led to the destruction of Iconia. They know that enough angry 'insects' can overwhelm their superior godlike abilities. Why would they risk doing so again?
I think the events leading up to the invasion are a calculated attempt to FORCE an alliance. There are fairly obvious clues for us to find, quite often expressing how foolish it would be for them to attack an alliance, so they must attack each faction separately. One of the Iconians even shows up at a meeting to explicitly warn against forming an alliance. These clues and their guest appearance seem designed to goad us into forming the alliance. It is also an overt warning that war with the Iconians is coming, and nothing we do can prevent it.
Now we have the invasion, a swift onslaught of Iconian minions that initially overwhelms our allied forces. However, we still have significant resources diverted into our war efforts after the recent Undine invasion. This makes us more resilient, and quicker to bounce back from the initial defeats. We can beat them, and we will, but the Iconians are sure to have realized this long before launching their invasion.
Why would the Iconians coax us into a major alliance, and risk the destruction of their Herald forces? The answer is peace. After our victory against the Heralds, all will be calm. There will be celebrations, the forgiving of old grievances, and increased cooperation between the factions in the knowledge that together we did what separately we could not. The great challenge of the Herald attacks will bring greater stability to the Milky Way than anytime in the past few centuries, and as time moves on, resources will flow away from military commitments, and back into reconstruction and civilian matters. When this happens, our increased sense of security will leave us even more vulnerable than ever before.
So there you have it. The Iconian Invasion is a farce designed to leave our great factions in an alliance of peace. When we start to forget the threat they pose, the Iconians will return with their real invasion force, and unlike the Heralds, there will be no stopping them a second time.
<holds up sign: The End is Near!>
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hear hear
/10 char
...#LLAP...
Exploring? Ah...I wouldn't hold your breath guys.
Iconian gateways can't melt phaser beams.
Wake up, sheeple.
Never going to happen.
Not to mention, this latest mission allowed me to have a good laugh! A fat Kayless!!! Rofl! I see he's been putting away the Gagh during his time in retirement!
I can understand Trekkies wanting to live up to the old Star Fleet tradition of being explorers, Picard even complained about it in one of those movies. But If they go back to peace and diplomacy, what would a trigger happy conqueror like me do in the mean time? I would have to slap a Klingon and motion to a Romulan, in order to get things going again! :rolleyes:
"Where monsters rampage, I'm there to take them down! Where treasure glitters, I'm there to claim it! Where an enemy rises to face me, victory will be mine!" -Lina Inverse
Yeah, after a few years of peace, the Federation will start building big bloated starships with families on board and horrifically bad turn-rates... again. :rolleyes:
Then we'll stumble along,... exploring,... and wind up accidentally kicking some new hornets nest and get in to a tussle with the next new baddie after venturing where angels fear to tread.
Maybe after a few years The Borg will turn their full attention back to us and transwarp a few shinny new Begers into our homeworld systems and the whole military buildup brouhaha will start up again.
Factions will quarrel about how to handle this or that, allegiances will be tested, some may dissolve..... again.
You know the saying:
The more things change....
There just isn't enough in game to make me feel like I'm fighting a war. Maybe if the Red Alerts were Iconians or something like that? But outside of the story line missions, the Iconians are surprisingly invisible in other aspects of the game.
I still feel like the biggest 'threats' are the Borg and maybe Tholians. It would be nice if red alerts or random sector encounters contained Iconian Forces to make it feel more like they're right 'on our doorstep.'
So far the only experience I have had with Iconians is them attacking me in story missions and me wiping the floor with them. The closest I have come to that war like feeling is the STF mssions which are actually pretty descent. I just need more to make it feel like a real 'war.'
if I stop posting it doesn't make you right it. just means I don't have enough rum to continue interacting with you.
Just be glad you have a game that has at least some of real Trek in it and JJ TRIBBLE. Ever see the game laughinly called Star Trek based in JJ verse? Go on scurry off to you tube...
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
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To boldy conquer where no man has conqured before!
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They are working against us for a while, at the very least 30years (Hobus supernova), perhaps more (Solanae in TNG). If they attacked at the beginning of STO, when fed and KDF were fighting, Borgs invading here and there, no "friendly" contact with the Dominion, no Delta quadrants allies, no New Romulus and powerful Tial Shiar allied, Undine undercover in every faction.... they would have completely annihilated any defenses real quick.
But no, they waited. Why bother doing decades of plot and lies, to not to use it ?
You *do* realize all these other races only failed because otherwise the series/game would be over, right?! :P In reality, divide and conquer is a valid, and often successful strategy.
I couldn't have said it better myself. I'm tired of fighting. I want to tour the galaxy and make peace treaties with new races. I want to discover new planets and minerals. Maybe find a new element to build Transdimensional warp drives or a new food that could feed a starving race of ppl on a newly discovered planet. I'm almost to the point if the iconians want to take over earth, they can have it. I'm going rouge and 3rd star to the right and straight on till morning. Engage.