Wesley's STCCG card of the day #72

Hi, folks,

I would like to insert a bridge crew here, but somehow I ran out of cards. (See the various reviews) So I guess we have to stick with the second best:

SAREK

Personnel, Federation, rare.
Integrity 9
Cunning 10
Strength 3
V.I.P, Diplomacy x 3, Mindmeld, Command Star (*).
"Illustrious Vulcan Federation Ambassador. Over 200 years old. Married at least three times: to a Vulcan Princess, to Amanda and to Perrin. Father of Spock."

Not only is he the one person with the highest INTEGRITY, he also is the most CUNNING of all (biologically) living STCCG personnel. This alone makes him valuable, but more important, he is a vital part of one of the best crew/mission combinations. Take Wormhole negotiations as the mission, and solve it with Sarek and Picard for a 22.5 average. (of course you can improve on this: Picard + Excavation gets 25.0, Wesley + Study Plasma Streamer gets you 30.0, same goes for Deanna + First Contact and Data + Investigate Time Continuum goes up to 35.0. There is another 35.0 possibility, but I leave that one to you for the next honorable mention...) [Gods explicitly excluded from this - It's TOO EASY]

Mindmeld is another point. With the corresponding interrupt, you can create incredible two-card crews: How about Diplomacy x 7 , Leadership x 2, Honor x 2 all with two personnel?

Sarek is fun in another way, as he is a keystone of one of the few real theme decks possible with the present cards: Sarek + Picard + Riva + whoever can support the theme and a big lot of missions with a Diplomacy requirement to make an Ambassador deck. Counting the related skill of Honor you can build a deck full of Diplomat type characters (you will need to use a Med Kit to supply a doc...) I'd suggest Wormhole negotiations, Diplomacy mission, First Contact, Evacuation, Investigate Massacre and Study "Hole in Space" as mission choices.

Favorite combo(s):

Sarek + Picard + Wormhole Negotiations. "What? Only x5?".

Ratings for : SAREK

Wesley's rating:                8.0
Conner's rating:                ---
Phil's rating:                  9.0
Mike's rating:                  8.7
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AVERAGE RATING:                 8.6

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