Wesley's STCCG card of the day #60

Hi, folks,

let's take a look at a card that isn't that bad as some people think it is:

PI

Ship, Romulan, rare.
Range 9
Weapons 4
Shields 4
No command requirements.
"Ship suspected of attempting a covert mission to Galorndon Core in Fede- ration territory."

This is the fastest ship you can ever get without stuffing several command crew in. However, the low shield and weapon rating can get you into some trouble. Shields of 4 just fall short of making it through a loss of orbital stability and Weapons of 4 can safely be ignored unless you try to assemble an armada at your outpost in order to destroy a Borg Ship. However, there are the Shield enhancer cards which come in very handy even if you cannot afford to put more than one Engineer or Science aboard the ship. Just one single +2 bonus protects you from the above mentioned Loss of Orbital Stability disaster and also makes direct hits even from Bynar-enhanced ships impossible (the latter doesn't hold true for the basic Scout ship).

Now some will say that the 8/5/6 Science vessel is even better. Just on the other hand, think of those 4/5 or 3/3/3 or 3/2/4 span combinations, they are not that uncommon and very annoying!!!

Favorite combo(s):

Pi + Science Vessels for a quick daisy chain along the spaceline.

Ratings for : PI

Wesley's rating:                7.5
Allen Castaban's rating:        6.5
Data's rating:                  4.9
Habib's rating:                 7.0
Jeff's rating:                  3.0
Jason's rating:                 6.0
Tim's rating:                   6.0
Owen's rating:                  7.4
Mike's rating:                  7.8
Ian's rating:                   8.7
MacPhisto's rating:             2.0
Jack's rating:                  7.2
Conner's rating:                ---
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.2

PS: I will be away for two days, but I won't let this get in the way to releasing the next two cards. Conner has my articles and will hopefully post them right on time.

Please direct all email concerning card of the day to: blohmer@pips11.informatik.uni-mannheim.de

LLAP,

Wesley Crusher, the new STCCG Lord

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