Wesley's STCCG card of the day #83

Hi, folks,

another card for those of you who prefer a slow game:

SUBSPACE WARP RIFT

Event, common.
Plays crosswise on any spaceline location. Any ship passing over here without stopping incurs damage.
"Dr. Serova proved in 2370 that disastrous rifts occur in the fabric of space due to the excessive use of warp drive. Discovery led to a Federation-wide speed limit of Warp 5."

Note one tiny detail on this card that makes it one half of a fun combo: It says "Spaceline location", not "Mission". (If you don't want to be spoiled try to find the combo now, I will place it under the appropriate section below.)

Now the card in itself: It is of course one of those cards that affect both players, so be very careful not to hurt yourself more than your opponent. A location to play it on is your own outpost as you will often stop there anyway.

Its effect is not too great, but might sometimes gain you one turn if it is strategically placed. If playing it (not very probable) I'd rather re- serve it for a situation in which I can count the movement of my opponent and can guess (or know) her destination. Helps in cases where there are effects like incoming messages or Cytherians (preferably with Birth of Junior) in play. The extra turn lost here can (rarely but possibly) lose a game (or destroy a ship in the Cytherians/BoJ combo).

Or (I didn't think of this, but two raters did - THX) use two of them. If played in conjunction with an Incoming Message or a Cytherians: BOOM! (She can't decide how far to move and thus can't stop, but you need a few low-span missions in a row to fire the second one)

Normally an endgame card when you need it to gain just one turn to win.

Favorite combo(s):

Or of course try this: Play Gaps in normal space next to your opponent's outpost (preferably in the direction she's gonna go most times). Then put a Subspace Warp Rift atop it. Stop and lose a personnel, don't stop and hurt your ship. (Evil grin)

Ratings for : SUBSPACE WARP RIFT

Wesley's rating:                4.0
Conner's rating:                5.0
Phil's rating:                  7.0
Michael's rating:               6.8
Owen's rating:                  6.9
Ian's rating:                   5.8
Cole's rating:                  6.0
Jack's rating:                  6.7
Jason's rating:                 6.5
Jeff's rating:                  7.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.17

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Wesley Crusher, the new STCCG Lord

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