A friendly reminder regarding spoilers! At present the expanded Trek universe is in a period of major upheaval with the finale of Year Five, the Coda miniseries and the continuations of Discovery, Picard and Lower Decks; and the premieres of Prodigy and Strange New Worlds, the advent of new eras in Star Trek Online gaming, as well as other post-55th Anniversary publications. Therefore, please be courteous to other users who may not be aware of current developments by using the {{spoiler}}, {{spoilers}} or {{majorspoiler}} tags when adding new information from sources less than six months old. Also, please do not include details in the summary bar when editing pages and do not anticipate making additions relating to sources not yet in release. 'Thank You
READ MORE
Icarus IV vicinity.
Icarus IV was a comet which passed near the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2266.
In this year, the comet was passed by the ChR Gal Gath'thong during the Battle of Icarus IV and revealed their position to the crew of the USS Enterprise following an attack on several Earth outposts. (TOS episode: "Balance of Terror"; CCG set: The Trouble with Tribbles; ST novel: The Return)
