Wesley's STCCG card of the day #356

Hi, folks,

the first shape we ever saw Q in was...

ALDEBARAN SERPENT

Q-Event, common QC.
Unless the number of personnel in this crew or Away Team > lowest attribute present, place on mission. After experiencing any remaining [Q] icon cards in this Q-Flash, crew or Away Team is "stopped" and you must attempt a different mission before attempting this one again.
"You will abandon this mission, Captain. My business with you takes precedence."
This is just one of the cards that can't go wrong in a Q-Continuum unless you add just too many of them. It is quite effective if your opponent uses a redshirting strategy to get past your Q-Flashes (quite common from what I saw in games lately) and if not, well, it is about as good as drawing a third copy of some other Q-card already encountered (likely event against large teams).

The effect is similar to the one of Edo Probe, however it has two notable differences. The first is that it is absolute once it triggers, the other is the fact that it does not require completing another mission, just attempting it. So when you get hit by it, just send an expendable in a Runabout or Science Vessel to another mission, attempt and then continue the business you came here for in the first place. And don't even fear your expendable hitting another serpent, the fact that you are going to reattempt your original mission also clears the way for your crew at the second mission. So unlike the Edo, the Aldebaran Serpent can never deadlock a player.

I always like to have two or three of these, just to punish those nasty people who pass my "You will in Time" by sending in exactly two people.

Oh, and one little trivia (way too easy): In a recent game, one player beamed a single personnel to a planet mission, encountered Aldebaran Serpent and was unaffected. What was the mission?
(Note the personnel was in full health and unaffected by any attribute- draining cards)
[ Allen, I'll be disappointed if I don't get your answer within 45 minutes ;-) ]

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Ratings for : ALDEBARAN SERPENT 

Wesley's rating:                6.5
Allen's rating:                 7.0
Cole's rating:                  4.0
Cpt. Stasis' rating:            8.0
Data's rating:                  6.0 
Drew's rating:                  8.2
Gowron's rating:                7.4
Hal's rating:                   7.5
Jack's rating:                  5.8
Locutus' rating:                6.0
Mot's rating:                   3.0
Nanite's rating:                4.0
Nog's rating:                   6.0
Nouwa's rating:                 3.0
Picarde's rating:               7.0
Q's rating:                     3.0
Rothspar's rating:              5.1
Tania's rating:                 6.0
Tebok's rating:                 7.8
Tony's rating:                  7.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 5.8
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