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Icarus IV was a comet which passed close to the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2266. This comet, with a magnitude of seven, was an ionized mass that left a trail of frozen vapor particles. Information on this comet was recorded in the Table of Comets.

In that year, the commander of an experimental Romulan Bird-of-Prey ordered his cloaked ship into the tail of the comet, in an attempt to elude the Federation Starship Enterprise, which had been pursuing them. Unfortunately for the Romulans, James Kirk, the Enterprise's commanding officer, anticipated this move, and used the Bird-of-Prey's disturbance of the comet's tail to calculate the Romulan vessel's position, and mount an attack. (TOS: "Balance of Terror")

According to the Star Trek Encyclopedia, Icarus IV was "named for the character in Greek mythology that flew too close to the sun, thus melting his wings made of wax." ^{(citation needed • edit)}

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-'''Icarus IV''' was a [[comet]] that passed near the [[Federation-Romulan border]] in [[2266]]. The comet was crossed by the [[Romulan]] [[Romulan Bird-of-Prey (23rd century)|Bird-of-Prey]] during the [[Neutral Zone Incursion]] of [[2266]], thereby revealing the position of the cloaked ship to the {{USS|Enterprise|NCC-1701}}. ({{TOS|Balance of Terror}})
+'''Icarus IV''' was a [[comet]] which passed close to the [[Romulan Neutral Zone]] in [[2266]]. This comet, with a [[magnitude]] of seven, was an ionized mass that left a trail of frozen vapor particles. Information on this comet was recorded in the ''[[Table of Comets]]''.
+In that year, [[Unnamed Romulans (23rd century)#Commander (2266)|the commander]] of an experimental [[Romulan Bird-of-Prey (23rd century)|Romulan Bird-of-Prey]] ordered his [[cloak]]ed ship into the tail of the comet, in an attempt to elude the [[Federation]] [[Starship]] [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'']], which had been pursuing them. Unfortunately for the [[Romulan]]s, [[James Kirk]], the ''Enterprise''{{'}}s [[commanding officer]], anticipated this move, and used the Bird-of-Prey's disturbance of the comet's tail to calculate the Romulan vessel's position, and mount an attack. ({{TOS|Balance of Terror}})
+{{bginfo|According to the ''[[Star Trek Encyclopedia]]'', ''Icarus IV'' was "''named for the [[Icarus|character in Greek mythology]] that flew too close to the sun, thus melting his wings made of wax.''" {{incite}}}}
+== See also ==
+*[[Icarus IV Spaceport]]
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