Wesley's STCCG card of the day #64

Hi, folks,

We've seen the hardest, we've seen the worst, let's now see the easiest:

RELIEF MISSION

Mission, Kli/Rom, Planet, 20 points, Span 2.
Geology OR Physics.
"Penthara IV: Alleviate planet of Ice Age conditions following Type-C asteroid impact."

Ok, quick, everybody tell me the one thing that this card a good card.
Got it?
Easy: it's a planet mission.
What? That should be it?
Yep. This is not a mission to solve for points (although this is a nice side effect), it is an excuse for a Romulan or Klingon player to seed an artifact. With just one each of MEDICAL, SCIENCE, SECURITY and ENGINEER you can be reasonably sure to solve it (+dilemmas) and get a speed advantage over your opponent - provided of course you seed your outpost there. (I prefer placing a Betazoid Gift Box underneath, but that is solely a matter of taste...)

The very same card as a space mission would be total crap. For points, you will need an average of 33.3 to win with three missions only. As you cannot count on getting Dilemma points, you will usually try to get two 35's and a 30 or two 30's and one 40. A 20 point mission would require two more hard 40's so forget this point-wise.

Unless, of course, you use it strategically as "half a mission". If you then strategically place a Cytherians somewhere you can trigger it with a small ship (Rommies, use your Science ships) and send the poor redshirt away to cash your 15 points. Net result: 35 (Almost for free...)

Favorite combo(s):

(Still out of order)

Ratings for : RELIEF MISSION

Wesley's rating:                7.0
Allen Castaban's rating:        6.0
Data's rating:                  7.8
Habib's rating:                 6.5
Jeff's rating:                  8.5
Jason's rating:                 5.0
Owen's rating:                  8.0
Mike's rating:                  4.2
Ian's rating:                   8.7
MacPhisto's rating:             8.0
Conner's rating:                6.5
Jack's rating:                  7.8
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.9

PS: You didn't expect me to list the minimum crew for this mission, did you????? (There are at least four possibilities for each affiliation)

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