In Delta Rising, we encountered the neural parasites. We know the Dyson Spheres use Omega Particles to “jump” to potentially anywhere in the universe. We have found two of these massive structures so far. The Solanae also build the incredible Dyson Spheres. There has been recent evidence that this has been going on for much longer. The earliest record of this is in 2369, when the crew of the Enterprise-D was abducted.
Perhaps they are testing for weaknesses, or looking for a way to return to normal space. The Solanae live in subspace and have been using Iconian gateway technology to abduct people and experiment on them. We have also met the mysterious Solanae who are the Iconians' scientists. But the first recorded encounter with the Elachi was in 2151, when the NX-01 Enterprise and Captain Archer first encountered this silent enemy. We know the Elachi are the ruthless soldier servitors who brutally harvested the Romulan people and many others. They have been building alliances with other races – some perhaps through cunning and guile, some through force, and, at least once through genetic engineering. They have been planning, quietly over the centuries. Now the Romulan Republic lays claim to Dewa III as their new homeworld. Their experiments nearly tore the planet apart, and led to an environmental disaster that caused the extinction of the Dewans. The Dewans tried to follow, but their lack of knowledge of Iconian gateway technology proved fatal. The Dewans worshiped the Iconians as gods, at least until they abandoned the Dewans to retreat further into space.
Even today on what is now called New Romulus, we can still see their 6-eyed fauna still dominates much of the landscape. Some escaped to the Dewan system for a time.
We now know that not all the Iconians were killed. Two hundred thousand years ago, their civilization was destroyed when a coalition of their enemies joined together to destroy their cities through orbital bombardment. In their prime, the Iconians were an extremely advanced society whose technology must have appeared as magic to other races. History has described them as “Demons of Air and Darkness”, referring to the gateway technology which lets them appear seemingly anywhere in the galaxy, perhaps anywhere in the universe, with just one step. We have learned much over the years about the Iconians, but still know very little.
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