Wesley's STCCG card of the day #262

Hi, folks,

we just had Data, right? So why not continue this thread and take a look at the

U.S.S. SUTHERLAND

Ship, Federation, uncommon.
Range 7
Weapons 7
Shields 7
Holodeck, Tractor Beam. Requires 1 Command (*), 1 Staff (+).
"Named for Horatio Hornblower's fictional flagship. Briefly commanded by Lt. Commander Data during the Klingon Civil War blockade."

This is one of the most bashed cards in this game. Or so it at least was until AU was released. Inferior to the common U.S.S. Nebula by one Range point, this ship does not seem the best buy in the fleet, especially compared to vessels like the Runabout (7/5/5 without requirements) or the Mercenary Ship (7/7/7 for one Staff, but no Tractors/Holodeck).

Then, AU suddenly fixed the situation with the release of the Captain's Log card. If you have the right person aboard, your ships get a +3 boost on both Weapons and Shields. And with the Sutherland you have a Captain that you'd use anyway in any decent Fed deck, so you could as well get a 7/10/10 ship. But somehow this still doesn't seem worth the effort. For one extra card, you can staff the Enterprise (9/8/9) or a Husnock (6/9/12) and get the skills of an additional person and gain the freedom of not having to rely on drawing two particular cards (Data + Captain's Log).

And in a Fed deck, I'd pretty any day prefer an 8/7/8 to a slower 7/10/10 with the same requirements. Shields are high enough to withstand a K'Vort class attack, and I'm not usually attacking anyway. Plus, for the extra Event card I'd need to get the bonus, I could also play a Nutational Shields, giving me at least 8/7/10 on the Nebula if Data is aboard plus an easier Shield bonus on the other ships in my fleet than the Captain's Log could give me.

So even with the Captain's Log, the Sutherland doesn't make the cut to being a good Federation ship. Give me a standard Nebula and I'll outfly you every day.

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- Yuck! Who put this section here ? ;-)

Ratings for : U.S.S. SUTHERLAND

Wesley's rating:                3.5 (-2 for Nebula)
Cole's rating:                  5.0
Conner's rating:                ---
Data's rating:                  7.0
Hal's rating:                   9.0 ?!?
Jack's rating:                  7.5
Nanite's rating:                8.0
Nouwa's rating:                 6.5
Q's rating:                     6.0
Ranger's rating:                8.7
Ray's rating:                   ---
Rothspar's rating:              5.5
Tania's rating:                 7.5
Tony's rating:                  7.0
Wa'Qah's rating:                7.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.0

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