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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Futurama Guy: [QB] In Varleys case it was all about maintaining the balance of power. Some relavent points from "Contagion": [QUOTE] <qb>VARLEY</qb> - I know what you're thinking, what the hell am I doing here? Well, I had heard rumors about a couple of archaeological digs that started making the Iconians sound a lot less like legend. I did a little investigating, and I located their homeworld. <qb>PICARD</qb> - Donald, this was quite a risk to run just to satisfy an archaeological curiosity. <qb>VARLEY</qb> - No, the risk would be in allowing the Romulans to locate Iconia. Fortunately, I got there first. It's a virtually dead planet, but enough of the technology remains to give the Romulans an edge if they were ever to find it. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE] VARLEY (from log) - My first officer is questioning the wisdom of my order to violate the Neutral Zone, but I am convinced I have taken the only proper course. Should this advanced technology fall into the hands of the Romulans, we might as well dock our ships and defend ourselves with sticks. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE] VARLEY - Personal log. I am unable to send an away team to the surface of Iconia, nor can I scan the energy source on the planet because of these maddening system failures. It is infuriating to be stopped at the threshold of a dream by one's own ship. We are leaving orbit to rendezvous with Picard. If his people can't help us repair the Yamato, I must convince him to continue this exploration. The future well being of the Federation may depend upon it. [/QUOTE]By all of this, it would seem that Varleys mission-of-boyhood-fantasy turned into a mission to save the Federation once he discovered the location of the Iconian homeworld and that the location of it is well within the grasps of the Romulans and giving them an opportunity at grasping a foothold over the competition. [QUOTE] WORF - Sir, that would put us substantially closer to the Romulan side of the Neutral Zone. PICARD - It can't be helped. Ensign Crusher, lay in a course. Warp factor eight. (Riker is staring at him.) PICARD - We are going to assume the Yamato's mission. RIKER - And risk a war? PICARD - If that's what it takes to get some answers. [/QUOTE]Picard, too, is compelled to do the same thing, no matter the cost, be it war or his ship. He, like Varley, put his crew at risk to save the Federation, a conclusion he draws upon viewing Varleys evidence. It seems that this premise was true, too, with Weyoun and Siskos need to destroy the Jem'Hadar controlled Iconian Gateway in "To the Death": to prevent both the destruction of the Dominion and the Federation. Even Weyoun was more interested in destroying the Gateway moreso than the renegade soldiers controlling it, despite the vast upperhand it could have given the Dominion. The fear of total destruction against a foe you have no way to combat, seems to play a large role in the command decision of a starship [/QB][/QUOTE]
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