Senega was a noted female philosopher from the Iconian civilization.
Thousands of years ago, after the Iconians made First contact with other races, Senega warned that the disparity in technology could unsettle other races. She predicted that the knowledge of Iconian superiority would ultimately foster fear and distruct amongst their galactic neighbours. Before her death, she left her final legacy in a prophecy which stated that the final fatal connection between fear and rage was the act of destruction what one could not understand. She was also noted as being alone in the view that the Gem was a cursed item that brought ruin on its owners.
Upon the bombardment and destruction of Iconia, Kanda Jiak noted the words of Senega as he attempted to flee through a Iconian gateway. (TNG novel: The Devil's Heart)