



However, his transmission to the Enterprise keeps cutting in and out. Upon rendezvousing with the Enterprise, Varley explains to Picard that he was investigating "rumors… that started making the Iconians sound a lot less like legend" and had, in fact, located the planet Iconia in the Neutral Zone.Īs Varley continues through the Enterprise's viewscreen, he reveals his goal of preventing the Romulans from gaining Iconian technology. Varley's ship, the USS Yamato, the sister ship of the Enterprise, has been plagued by a series of system malfunctions while in the Romulan Neutral Zone. The USS Enterprise responds to an urgent call from Captain Donald Varley, an old friend of Captain Picard.
