I was just wondering if anyone has had a different take on the Iconians than I have had.
I'm tired of them always being the same, and would like to explore new avenues for them. This is basically a reworking of my mindset, not a version of, I have them and want to take them in a new direction.
I have envisioned the Iconians of being on par with current Federation, Klingon, et al. races with a few extra spikes in technology. Though they weren't the preservers, they might have had some concourse with them. I have been maintaining them as the Klingon "gods" as well as the original entity that was impostored in Devil's Due.
A politically factious race with multiple hidden agendas that are just now coming to fruition. Among their plans, the Dominion War, Romulan Reunification, Klingon ridgeheadedness questions, and many others.
And in one episode I ran, it was alluded that they were what "evolved" (or is it devolved) into the parasitic race that almost took over Starfleet in the first season of TNG.
Any further ideas are welcome.