Character

Iconian Computer Voice

mechanical procedural imperious relentless cryptic

An inhuman system interface embodied in the ancient Iconian control architecture, the Iconian Computer Voice issues procedural commands, vocalizes countdowns in unfamiliar tongues, and retrieves recorded data on command. It operates with cold, mechanical authority—playing Varley’s personal logs for Picard, initiating and insisting on launch/countdown sequences in the Iconian control room, and vocalizing the Romulan bridge's auto‑destruct phrasing—thereby converting an archaeological mystery into an immediate tactical and diplomatic crisis. Its relentlessness and multilingual intonations drive key decisions, escalate danger, and mark the Iconian technology as both informational archive and weaponized system.

7 appearances

Ancient Iconian technology / Systems control

Also known as: Computer Voice, Iconian Interface, Romulan Auto-Destruct Voice, Countdown Voice

Iconian Computer …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

7 moments

S2E11 · Contagion

Varley's Last Log — Iconia Identified

Neutral and mechanical; no affective coloration beyond task completion.

Functions as the system interface: accepts Picard's search parameters, retrieves and plays Varley's log with timecode and images, reports when no further matching entries exist; otherwise neutral and procedural in …

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S2E11 · Contagion

Varley's Final Log — Iconia Identified, Yamato's Systems Fail

Neutral and mechanical; conveys only recorded data without interpretation or emotional coloring.

Responds to Picard's computer query with 'Working', plays Varley's recording segments in sequence, and reports when no further entries match the search parameters — functioning as the conduit for past …

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S2E11 · Contagion

Picard Commits the Iconian Launch — Countdown Begins

Emotionless and impersonal—operates strictly according to programmed sequence without moral judgment or hesitation.

The Iconian Computer Voice responds immediately to the activation by vocalizing a formal, alien countdown; it functions as an automated, unemotional system actor that enforces protocol regardless of human intent.

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S2E11 · Contagion

Manual Override Against the Iconian Command

Machine-like hostility: no emotion per se, but an unyielding, escalating insistence that heightens threat and urgency for human actors.

The Iconian Computer Voice continues the countdown and issues an alien vocalized directive — a cold, mechanical invigoration of the console's sequence — asserting procedural authority over the room's events.

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S2E11 · Contagion

Leap Through the Flickering Gate

No emotion — coldly procedural, producing psychological pressure through cadence rather than affect.

The Iconian Computer Voice intones a relentless, metrically precise countdown in an alien tongue, providing the scene's auditory metronome, escalating urgency and imposing a do-or-die tempo on Picard's decision.

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S2E11 · Contagion

Picard Materializes on Smoking Romulan Bridge — System Countdown Declared

Inhumanly neutral — no affect, urgency communicated only through procedural language and timing rather than tone.

The Iconian Computer Voice issues a single flat announcement — its monotone phrasing overlays the chaos and reframes the sequence as an automated system action, suggesting a programmed response or …

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S2E11 · Contagion

Final Accusation and Picard's Defiant Beam‑Out

Neutral and automated; its unemotional delivery amplifies the danger by treating destruction as protocol rather than tragedy.

The computerized voice intones Romulan auto‑destruct phrases—cold, procedural announcements that confirm the initiation of the ship's self‑destruct protocol and heighten the immediacy of the threat.

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