Wesley's STCCG card of the day #181

Hi, folks,

Picard and Gowron in COTD. Color of the sun. The riddle unsolved.

DATHON

Personnel, non-aligned, rare AU.
Integrity 9
Cunning 8
Strength 6
OFFICER, Diplomacy x 2, Leadership, Honor, Nullifies Tamarian-related Dilemmas where present, Command Star (*).
"Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. The Beast of Tanagra. Rosani, his army. Picard and Dathon at El-Adrel. Sokath, his eyes uncovered!"

(by popular demand this review will be conducted in English)

Hmm. 9/8/6, OFFICER, Diplomacy x 2, Leadership, Honor? Seems somebody has taken this from a very well-known blue card and just changed the second line in the skill box. Which is a very nice touch, as these two were very evenly matched in the episode, so why not make them very similar?

And still, this time they created two similar cards which are by far different enough to stand their own. One is just a good Fed Officer, the other is non-aligned and has a special ability which might come in very handy. One of the favorite combos of Outpost Raid players is to play that one behind a Shaka, when the walls fell so it cannot be redshirted - NOT! Shaka gets nullified by Dathon, so even if you have no other use for him (shame on you) he makes a great Outpost Raid sucker. And who says you can't have a second one in your deck to use after the first has fallen prey to the outpost raid (one of the few cases where duplicating a unique personnel might prove useful).

The other Tamarian-related Dilemma which currently exists is El-Adrel Creature. Also nice touch: If Picard and Dathon are alone on the planet, the creature would kill one of them. Exactly one. But I believe Dathon can nullify it, as it mentions him in the lore and thus should be considered Tamarian-related. Can a Netrep back this ?

And of course, use him with Tama. Plus Captain's Log. 7/12/11 for two crew (yes, take a Picard with him :-) ). Great ship then.

Favorite combo(s):

Dathon + Picard. Just cool.

Ratings for : DATHON

Wesley's rating:                8.0
Cole's rating:                  8.5
Conner's rating:                5.5
Hal's rating:                   9.0
Heather's rating:               9.0
Jack's rating:                  8.7
John's rating:                  7.5
Lore's rating:                  9.5
Movar's rating:                 8.0
Ray's rating:                   7.0
Serge's rating:                 9.0
Tony's rating:                  9.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 8.2

And today I present you a new STCCG challenge: Lay out a spaceline of six missions of your choice. Put one Dilemma (of your choice) under each mission.
Seed any other cards you like. Stack a draw deck (you arrange in whatever way you choose, but only one of each card). Draw a starting hand and play one turn. What is the maximum points possible ? If you get more than 300 you have beaten me!
(You may use a Devidian Door, but you must have it on your hand at the end of the turn! And the Horga'hn is of course not usable to get a second turn.)

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