Wesley's STCCG card of the day #63

Hi, folks,

after my little (unvoluntary) sabbatical, here's what y'all are waiting for:

INVESTIGATE SIGHTING

Mission, Fed/Rom, Space, 35 points, Span 4.
Empathy x 3 OR Treachery + Exobiology + CUNNING > 40
"Beta Stromgen: Investigate sighting of Gomtuu, an interstellar creature code-named Tin Man."
This is a not-so-balanced card. The Federation can overcome this mission with only two crew (e.g. Tam Elbrun + Lwaxana Troi), whilst the Rommies won't get more than ONE Empathy, even with Non-aligned support. So they will have to go for the second solution. Mendak is good choice for them (both skills), but we will then need two crewmembers with a CUNNING of 9 to meet the 41 limit. Sela is one, and the other candidate would be Dr. Reyga or Bok. Add any two crew with CUNNING 8 and you will be able to solve this mission with 5 cards. Not really the best point/card ratio considering that five Rommies can also do Hunt for DNA program. (BTW:I've recieved a beautiful 4-card solution to that mission, but it's Federation only... see below)

Now let's try the second way to solve the mission for the Federation... Exobiology and Cunning really screams "Data", so let's include him. Sarek will supply 10 more Cunning, Bok nets another 9 and Treachery and I complete the crew with Albert Einstein or Isaac Newton. 4 cards. (Almost all Fed ships have Holodecks and this is a space mission, so no problem here.)

The problem with this mission? Well, all the easy solutions require the inclusion of an otherwise relatively weak card or cards. The Scientist Holos are no regulars in most decks and Empaths are our favorite hated cards. Only the Rommie solution seems a little more flexible, but then it needs a lot of cards for not so many points and this mission can be "stolen" by another affiliation.

Quick Facit: NAH. There are better cards.

Favorite combo(s):
Ratings for : INVESTIGATE SIGHTING 

Wesley's rating:                2.0
Allen Castaban's rating:        6.0
Data's rating:                  5.6
Habib's rating:                 6.0
Jeff's rating:                  6.0
Jason's rating:                 ---
Tim's rating:                   9.0 Ya sure ya rated the right card? :-)
Owen's rating:                  5.3
Mike's rating:                  6.3
Conner's rating:                ---
MacPhisto's rating:             ---
Ian's rating:                   6.5
Jack's rating:                  6.3
James O'Brien's rating:         5.5
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.0
PS: The solution to Hunt for DNA program (I didn't see it, but it IS great!)

Now if you who sent this (patience@muskox.alaska.edu) could just tell me your real name for the hall of fame...

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"