Wesley's STCCG card of the day #213

Hi, folks,

before there is another request for more Rommies, I'll just jump in there without further reminders:

D'TAN

Personnel, Romulan, uncommon.
Integrity 7
Cunning 6
Strength 3
CIVILIAN, Archaeology, Youth, Where present, Romulans without Treachery are INTEGRITY +1.
"Romulan boy. A bright and active member of Spock's underground. Once showed Spock artifacts depicting the syllabic nucleus of the Vulcan alphabet."

D'Tan is just a must for any Romulan deck because of his nifty special ability. Why? Romulans have one big problem, called Firestorm. Now they could prevent the worst with a Genetronic Replicator - if they had any MEDICAL crew that could survive the Dilemma. A quick check gives us Takket (Integrity 4), Jera (Integrity 4 but Holo) and in the non-aligned department Dr. Farek (Integrity 2) and Vekor (Integrity 2). So do whatever you want, that Firestorm just kills off your crew - NOT! With D'Tan our two Romulan doctors (who both do not have Treachery) get Integrity +1 and live. And they are universal, so you can include several of them just to be sure. And then the Replicator cares for the rest.
Result: Lots of living Romulans.

And besides: There is a handful of Romulans whom the +1 boost will help to go from 4 to 5. Thei, Jaron, Tarus, Varel, Tomek and of course the two MEDICALs all now live instead of dying. That's what I call a life insurance.

And D'Tan's second plus is his CIVILIAN classification, finally giving Romulans a chance at using that Kurlan Naiskos without non-aligned support (which is not that great in the CIVILIAN corner anyway except for Lakanta). Try Mirok, Takket, Sela, D'Tan, Tomalak and Jaron for a crew that is firestorm-proof, Q-Net-immunized and capable of commanding that 30/27/24 Naiskos'ed Decius to wreak havoc throughout the Galaxy. Add a Bynar Weapon Enhancement for extra fun and go hunting for Borg ships and Federation Outposts. Or use a Captain's Log for good measure (i.e. 30/36/33. Ouch.)

The remaining skills are just a ho-hum. Archaeology might sometimes (Charybdis) come in handy, but Youth is an abundant skill in Romulan crews who have to go with several commons to supplement needed classifications.

Anyway, a good fix for one of the prime Romulan weaknesses.

Favorite combo(s):

- The above crew + ship.

Ratings for : D'TAN

Wesley's rating:                7.0
Cole's rating:                  5.8
Conner's rating:                6.5
Heather's rating:               7.5
Jack's rating:                  8.0
John's rating:                  6.5
Q's rating:                     6.0
Tony's rating:                  8.5
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AVERAGE RATING:                 7.0

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