Wesley's STCCG card of the day #214


Hi, folks,

with this issue, some of you might notice a slight format change (But most of you probably won't as it's pretty invisible). Until now, I used tabs to space out the ratings table which did not work too well if your tab spacing was not 8. Due to a request I changed this to spaces, but now probably the lovers of proportional fonts will complain ;-) (Yeah, the joys of ASCII...)

And you might also notice a content change as the harsh reality has caught up to me in the form of nearly all good cards already having been taken and no expansion in the near future, so I'll also jump back to the basic set again and mix in some of those, in the hope of somehow making it into QC before I run out of any even halfway decent cards...

Anyway, here is...

NEELA DAREN

Personnel, Federation, rare.
Integrity 8
Cunning 8
Strength 5
SCIENCE, Astrophysics, Stellar Cartography, Music, Staff Star (+).
"Lt. Commander Neela Daren is a specialist in stellar cartography. Accomplished pianist. Romantically involved with Captain Jean-Luc Picard."
Now this finally is a space mission-slated card like none before. Near useless on any planet but about the best thing to get when way out there between the stars (at least among the types with the blue shirts). 6 calls for astrophysics in Fed-doable space missions and 3 uses for that Stellar Cartography in space stand on the one side, on the other side there's a lone Astrophysics in Restore Errant Moon and of course the Music on Risa Shore Leave. 9-2.

So let's assume you are indeed playing space missions. Preferably like about six of them. If you build your deck around Astrophysics (good start anyway), we could add some Physics (let's use Geordi and while we're in space anyway, how about Einstein), a sprinkle of Navigation and Youth (did somebody call my name) and a lot of CUNNING. (like the characters just mentioned). That does it for the mission-relevant skills. Now on to something else. Like Classifications for Dilemmas. We'll need some ENGINEERs (have that already), a Doctor (for lack of better alternatives: Beverly Crusher), some SECURITY (Jenna D'Sora with backup Stellar Cartography and a Worf), and another Diplomat (Picard will do).

Now wait... D'Sora, Daren, Picard? Do I see a pattern here? Let's throw out that oh-so-rare Wesley card and use a common McKnight instead, Nav and Youth are also on that card. And while we're at it, a Data and as we only have 9 personnel yet, a Dr. Reyga and 4 more McKnights. WHAT???
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Oh, did I forget to mention the Ressikan Flute so conveniently tucked aside in the Cryosatellite?
And did I also forget to mention the 45 extra points you could get from it? Oh, too bad.
And did I also forget to mention to put Jack Crusher and Ian Andrew Troi into the satellite to increase that to 55? Sooooo sorry...

[And thus, a not-so-spectacular card has proved to become the core of an entire deck, built around it to fit like a well-made suit. Now you can do the same. Pick a personnel, do some evaluation and boom - instant deck. Neela Daren deck in this case, as all of it revolves around Astrophysics, Stellar Cartography and Music. And weren't these the things I had to talk about in this article anyway ;-) ? ]


Favorite combo(s):

- Neela Daren + Ressikan Flute + Cryosatellite.


Ratings for :

Wesley's rating:                7.5
Cole's rating:                  7.0
Conner's rating:                6.0
Data's rating:                  7.5 (*)
Hal's rating:                   6.0
Heather's rating:               8.5
Jack's rating:                  6.5
John's rating:                  7.0
Q's rating:                     7.0
Ranger's rating:                6.5
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.95

(*) the oldtimers among you might still remember a rater named Data. This one is not identical, related or befriended to the original one, just happens to use the same name ;-)


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