Wesley's STCCG card of the day #69

Hi, folks,

Magic has (sorry: had) its Atog and ST:CCG didn't want to leave out the chance to include an equally hated card:

K'TESH

Personnel, Klingon, common.
Integrity 5
Cunning 5
Strength 6
ENGINEER, Stellar Cartography, Hologram, universal.
"Re-Creation who assisted in the Age of Ascension ritual. Perfected current pain-stick design for ritual use."

WHAT? A Klingon Hologram whose skills (sorry: skill) are useless on planet missions? If I go all the way to carry Holo-Projectors, I want to use my Holos on planets, too. And this one is not very useful on a planet (except perhaps as a reusable redshirt, I will come back to this later).

Other ways to play a K'Tesh if I really want to? Two.

Play a Klingon / Federation Alliance. Holodecks galore, no need for that #&%$ Holo-Projector. Now he can be used in space where he is useful.
Use Husnock ships. Slow but powerful (see the review of that card).

Now if there only were a range enhancer card...

Alternatives? One. Uncommon, though. Use Dr. Reyga. An extra SCIENCE, an extra Astrophysics, and a Staff Star. Not universal though and he can be killed...

Now that redshirt thing I talked about. Remember Holograms cannot be killed, abducted, etc. They can only be deactivated. So if you really need to red- shirt (no better ideas?) use them. Holo #1 beam down, suck dilemma, get deactivated and return to ship. Remainder of ship crew is still unstopped, so send Holo #2, suck dilemma...
Repeat until all dilemmas are gone. Solve mission. Works best for Romulans, as they have two not-so-useless common Holo cards, but two or three K'Teshs can do the same trick.

Of course don't try this with me. A simple Holographic ruse or Shaka will nullify this idea of yours and once your crew is down there... (grin)

Favorite combo(s):

A Handful of K'Teshs as redshirts. There even is a lot of red on the card :-)

Ratings for : K'TESH

Wesley's rating:                3.0
Conner's rating:                0.5 (Uh, 1.0 that is)
Phil's rating:                  8.0
Mike's rating:                  6.4
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AVERAGE RATING:                 4.7

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Wesley Crusher, the new STCCG Lord

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