Icheb was a Brunali xB male. He was liberated from the Borg Collective in the year 2376 by the crew of the Federation Starfleet starship USS Voyager. (VOY episode: "Collective")
Biography
Early life
Icheb was born on the Brunali homeworld in the latter half of the 24th century. Prior to 2376, Icheb's people sacrificed him to the Borg, in order to halt the Collective's attacks on their world. In doing so, Icheb was assimilated, and became one with the Collective, and was immediately placed in a maturation chamber due to his immaturity.
Return to Earth
When the USS Voyager returned to the Alpha Quadrant in 2378 and a Borg nano-virus erupted on Earth, Icheb (along with Seven of Nine) was taken into custody by Starfleet Security. During this time, he was prevented from regenerating normally and his Brunali physiology re-asserted itself. Shortly afterward, his remaining Borg implants were surgically removed, and he enrolled in Starfleet Academy. (VOY novel: Homecoming)
Starfleet Academy
Icheb was admitted into Starfleet Academy a semester after Voyager's return to Federation space. By 2385, Icheb had been adopted by "Annika Hansen" and was continuing his course work at Starfleet Academy. (STO website: The Path to 2409)
Death at Vergessen
Having become involved with the Fenris Rangers at some point after Seven joined the organisation, in 2386, Icheb was kidnapped and taken to Vergessen, where a surgeon hired by Bjayzl harvested his Borg parts while he was still alive. Seven of Nine arrived on Vergessen, killed the surgeon but arrived too late to save Icheb. She euthanized Icheb, at his insistence, tearfully referring to him as "my child" while cradling the young man's body in her arms. In retaliation, Seven would devote the best part of the next decade hunting Bjayzl to avenge the death of her surrogate son. (PIC episode: "Stardust City Rag")
Alternate realities
Lieutenant Commander Icheb in 2394.
In an alternate timeline created when Chakotay traveled to the future due to his body being charged with chroniton particles, Icheb was still on Voyager, and had been given a commission as a Lieutenant Commander in the command division by 2394. Icheb and Lieutenant Naomi Wildman helped Chakotay return to his own time. (VOY episode: "Shattered")
In a timeline affected by the Q Continuum's temporal anomaly crisis, versions of that lieutenant commander, and of Icheb from 2377, appeared in local space around 2380 and joined Starfleet to help resolve the crisis and related events. (ST video game: Timelines)
In permutations of the prime timeline where versions of USS Voyager mastered the challenges of their journey across Delta Quadrant in different ways, Icheb would not be rescued in scenarios where Voyager did not encounter First's cube, "Second" and the Borg children remained on the abandoned Borg cube. In scenarios where negotiations with the First failed, Second felt betrayed by Starfleet's promises and Voyager was stranded at sublight when the cube ripped its deflector dish out. In more successful realities, Second was rescued from the Borg and joined Voyager as an acting ensign in Starfleet's command division. At one point, Kathryn Janeway had to decide how many of her senior officers could tutor Icheb during his preparations to become a cadet at Starfleet Academy. (VOY video game: Across the Unknown)
First Splinter timeline
In 2378 of the First Splinter[1] timeline, Icheb watched over Naomi Wildman as she herself began at the Academy. (VOY novel: Unworthy)
Icheb was in his fourth and final year at the Academy by September 2381. (VOY novel: The Eternal Tide)
In late 2381, Icheb was recruited by Chakotay to participate in a ritual known as Pacrathar through which Icheb, Chakotay, and Seven would be joined mentally. The ritual was intended to draw Seven out of a comatose-like state which she had entered following the trauma of the Caeliar absorption of the Borg into their gestalt and the death of her Aunt Irene Hansen. The ritual worked and Seven was rescued from the psychological break, thanking Icheb and asking him to watch over Naomi during Seven's absence from Earth. (VOY novel: Unworthy)
Starfleet commission
Ensign Icheb in 2382.
In 2382, Fleet Admiral Leonard James Akaar promoted Icheb to the rank of Ensign and assigned him to the Project Full Circle fleet. (VOY novel: Atonement)
Ensign Icheb served as personal assistant to fleet chief engineer B'Elanna Torres. When she became pregnant, he took over more of her responsibilities. Later that year, USS Vesta chief engineer Phinnegan Bryce requested to involve Icheb in a special engineering project. Commander Malcolm Roach was aware of the blossoming romance between Icheb and Bryce, but Lieutenant Bryce convinced his superior officer that the reasons to include Icheb were practical in nature. (VOY novel: Architects of Infinity)
25th century
Lieutenant Commander Icheb in 2409.
In a permutation of the primary universe where Icheb remained alive in the 25th century, he was mentioned in a letter from Commander Naomi Wildman, sent on stardate 85563.8 (July 25, 2408) to her mother Samantha Wildman. Naomi received command of Deep Space Station K-7 and noted she had confidence in her crew, which included Lieutenant Commander Icheb as first officer. (STO novel: The Needs of the Many)
This letter was published, with Naomi and Samantha's consent, in Jake Sisko's anthology The Needs of the Many in 2423. (STO novel: The Needs of the Many)
By 2409, Icheb still held the rank of Lieutenant Commander and remained first officer of Deep Space Station K-7. (STO mission: "Neutral Zone Diplomacy")
- On March 5th, 2020, following Icheb's death on Star Trek: Picard, his character was removed from Star Trek Online and replaced with a Vulcan NPC.
Appendices
Connections
| Deep Space Station K-7 personnel and residents | ||
|---|---|---|
| station personnel | Anithro • Caani • M. Calhoun • Croghan • Dayor • Deafoy • S. Gabriel • Haadok • Icheb • Jaymahn • D. Kroll • Lepa • J. Lurry • Makza • Mez • Moorhead • Odria • M. Santiago • Silel • Stemo • Tal N. • N. Wildman • Yoc'm • Zihr • Zutan |  
|
| station residents | J. Kellet • Lobek • Talut | |
Appearances
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External links
- Icheb article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Icheb article at Star Trek Online Wiki.