Wesley's STCCG card of the day #92

Hi, folks,

I don't have any more Bridge Crew for you, but how about the next best thing:

RO LAREN

Personnel, Federation, rare.
Integrity 4
Cunning 7
Strength 5
OFFICER, Computer Skill, Navigation, Treachery, Staff Star (+)
"Ensign Ro Laren is a Bajoran female. Protege of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. Sympathetic to the Maquis. A bit of a renegade."

OK, this one easily wins the "Mot Award (TM)" in the category "Worst flavor text". Such an interesting character and such boring stuff...

What else ? Not much. Use a Wesley instead. If you don't urgently need Treachery, that is. Wes does everything Ro does, and he does it a lot better. (Not surprising as Ro was his replacement...) Even for stats, you won't win anything with her. 4/7/5 is beaten by ALL Bridge crew members including Tasha, but except Deanna (Strength 4).

So what use is Ro Laren ?
You could say, she is an alternative for those players who cannot afford the high prices of Bridge Crew cards on the secondary market. But nope, not even this is a valid answer as Ro's value comes very close to those of the minor Bridge crew cards (Deanna, Tasha, Beverly, Wesley) and she's also included in most Bridge Crew sets I've seen sold. So this does not help.

Well, so only Treachery remains as an advantage. Let's check this: What we need is a mission that needs Treachery. Let's have a quick look.

Wormhole Negotiations. By the time I have the 4 Treachery I probably have 9 Diplomacy. Nah.
Khitomer Research. Romulan use only. Ouch.
Extraction. Same Thing. Ouch x2.
Covert Installation. Another one. Ouch x3.
Expose Covert Supply. This gets boring. Ouch x4.
Strategic Diversion. ENOUGH!!! Ouch x5.
Investigate Sighting. Not a good mission choice except for Empath decks. And in this case I have the Empathy x2. Booh.
Secret Salvage. Treachery x4 ? For this price I can get 45 points instead of 30. And Nav x2 plus Compy Skill is much easier. And I need to espionage. Arrgh.
Plunder Site. Built for Vash, not for Ro. And Espionage again. Doh.
Pegasus Search. Yup. If I really don't get my Interphase Generator. Treachery and Navigation helps. Use Picard for the rest. A few Strength from wherever. But only as a backup, in case I can't uncover my Interphase...

Favorite combo(s):

Remember Troi (COTD#39) ? Same thing here.

Ratings for : RO LAREN

Wesley's rating:                3.0 (Down from 4.0 because of high price)
Conner's rating:                6.0
Phil's rating:                  6.0
Michael's rating:               7.2
Owen's rating:                  8.0
Ian's rating:                   7.1
Cole's rating:                  7.5
Jack's rating:                  8.0
Jason's rating:                 8.0
Jeff's rating:                  5.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.58

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Wesley Crusher, the new STCCG Lord

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