Wesley's STCCG card of the day #209


Hi, folks,

now it's the hour of truth...

And the winner is:

Star Trek Customizable Card Game
The Internet Expansion

Rank #1, 864 points, Author: Cole Bozman (brentcol@overlord.dmv.com)

WESLEY CRUSHER: ALTERNATE

Personnel, Federation, rare.
Integrity 7
Cunning 8
Strength 6
SECURITY, Honor, ENGINEER, Leadership, Astrophysics, Computer Skill, AU Icon.
"In an alternate future, Wesley Crusher was the Chief Security Officer and Tactical Officer aboard the USS-Enterprise."
This was his secondary entry. His primary was yet another Spot card which I rejected in favor of the other one and then he got this one into the contest as the second choice and maybe a little because I am slightly biased towards Wesley cards. And what happens next??? He wins! Grmph... (But that's life.)

Anyway, this card is well-modeled after one of the best STTNG episodes ever - Parallels. In this episode, Wes Crusher turned up as a full Lieutenant and Chief Security Officer. And all the skills he has on the card have actually been seen in the episode, so no problem here. Also, the increased Integrity and Strength reflect a Security Officer's training and thus make as much sense as the rest.

The game value:

The SECURITY/ENGINEER combination is one of the rarest and best two-classifica- tion combinations in the game. As both are immune to Tsiolkovsky Infection, they are even better than Roga Danar's (whose ENGINEER will suffer when drunk). And Roga is of course the first card we should compare this one to. Here you get Astrophysics and Honor, Roga has Biology and the command Star. Besides this, Roga's Strength is much higher but Wes has the better Integrity. But the thing that makes this card actually better than Roga is the Wesley bonus that this one gets from Lakanta (11/12/10 - ouch!) and the fact that he nullifies a Zaldan which Roga cannot do.

On the other hand, Wes is a Federation guy which means you cannot easily send him out to reinforce your Klingon or Romulan troops.

And he's also a little more geared towards space missions where the lower Strength and the missing Biology don't hurt that much but the Astrophysics is a great asset out in the void. Also, he easily fits into a Cryosatellite which helps you get started faster if you find an easy space mission to begin with (like Study Plasma Streamer which his real world cousin can do - cool combo, solving a mission with Wes to get out another Wes...)

The basic attributes are okay for a bridge crew guy (total 21 is about average for the big blues) and he has no particular strengths or weaknesses. And his total personnel playability score of 84 (see the list I published on the webpage) makes him the 3rd best personnel card in the game after Data (>110) and Geordi (86).

A good personnel card and a good translation of the episode. A just winner because he found the fine balance needed for creating a powerful card everybody would want to play with and not making a game-breaking "I win" card like Data or the Horga'hn.


Favorite combo(s):

- Wes alternate + Tasha Alternate + Rakal + Future Enterprise + any AU. Four great upgraded cards at one place.

- Wes alternate + Lakanta (+ Cryosatellite): Where did these attributes come from?


Ratings for : WESLEY CRUSHER: ALTERNATE

Wesley's rating:                9.0
Cole's rating:                  9.0
Conner's rating:                7.5
Heather's rating:               9.0
Jack's rating:                  7.3 Quote: "Woof". Woof? My name's not Woof!!!
John's rating:                  7.5
Leto's rating:                  9.2
Q's rating:                     8.0
Ray's rating:                   9.0
Tony's rating:                  9.9
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AVERAGE RATING:                 8.54

So that's it for this time around... The Internet Expansion part II will be there for you around COTD 300 (or #250 if Decipher takes much more time creating their next expansion), until then, have fun with your own cards and remember to mail them to me. I'll open entries right now so you'll have lots of time (and I'll have a much harder time selecting the stuff that makes it in there).

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LLAP,

Wesley Crusher, the new STCCG Lord

"A couple of lightyears can't keep good friends apart"