Wesley's STCCG card of the day #93

Hi, folks,

just found time for this one:

GORTA

Personnel, Non-aligned, universal, common (and common WP)
Integrity 3
Cunning 7
Strength 4
ENGINEER, Physics, Greed.
"Male of Dopterian race. Representative of non-aligned agents. An opportunist. Had an encounter with the sisters of Duras in 2370."

Well, his best trait? He's non-aligned. His second best? He's universal, too. His other good traits? ............................. (Eh, can't think of anything right now)

Okay, what's the deal with this card ? A card they had to reprint for the Warp Pack ! Actually, the question as for why they did this is quite easily solved. Gorta has one acceptable skill: Physics. Unfortunately, this skill is not very common and it's even less common amongst common personnel. But with Test Mission and Relief Mission there are TWO common Warp Pack missions that do require Physics. So to make these usable, they had to include a non-aligned (to make it usable for all) common (as all WP cards are commons) character with Physics. Look at all four non-aligned commons: only one choice remains open :-(

What else? ENGINEERs are useful but they exist in abundance. On the other hand, you often need more than one of them. Greed can be neglected (Never used). Stats are crappy, especially with that 3 Integrity. Result: A beginner's card. At best.

Favorite combo(s):

Er, ahem, do I really need to say anything here?

Ratings for : GORTA

Wesley's rating:                4.0
Conner's rating:                3.5
Habib's rating:                 3.0
Phil's rating:                  2.0
Lore's rating:                  4.3
Owen's rating:                  1.5
Ian's rating:                   3.1
Jack's rating:                  5.2
Jason's rating:                 4.5
GoOski's rating:                2.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 3.31

PS: Lore is not a new rater, just an old one under a new Alias... As for who: his new alias is 75% identical with his real last name :-)

PPS: Hey GoOski, what's yer real name (or net.alias) ???

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Wesley Crusher, the new STCCG Lord

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