Wesley's STCCG card of the day #326

Hi, folks,

methinks there was another card type in STCCG, one I don't visit very often. Not because it would not be too hard to find cards of that type, just because they are often not very interesting. Anyway, for the fans among you, here's one. A ship, of course.

T'PAU

Ship, Romulan, uncommon QC.
Range 8
Weapons 7
Shields 6
Requires 0 Command (*), 1 Staff (+). Tractor Beam, may report for duty at Qualor II.
"Vulcan merchant vessel named for the only person to ever turn down a seat on the Federation Council. Stolen from Surplus Depot Zed-15 at Qualor II."

A good ship for any Armada deck. With the one staff as only requirement, you can man quite a few of these. Add a Nutational shields and a Narik and you have an Armada of 8/7/8's capable of blowing about everything out of space with an investment of only 2 cards for each 7 firepower. A Bynar weapon enhancement makes this 8/9/8. (8/6/8 or 8/8/8 for each ship beyond the 3rd, as you run out of non-univ...

OOPS! HEY! THAT'S NOT THE T'PAU!!! (Actually it was a cool little quote from a very old COTD - #70, to be exact)

Just somehow the old quote looks very much like our Romulan Beauty here. 8/7/6 for one staff star and equipped with a tractor beam. Yes, the named K'Vorts are just the same thing. Well, almost. Except that they have a cloaking device and this ship has a different special ability. And, what shall I say, the K'Vorts have a different border color ;-) Okay, leaves us with the differences.

The lack of a cloaking device is not too hard to swallow, these don't see much use anyway. Instead we have a cool special ability, namely to report for duty at a non-outpost location. Just too bad that ability isn't too useful either as you will either already need a ship there to transfer crew or use a Devidian Door to get your crew aboard the T'Pau. Remember, you can't even leave a Romulan Redshirt on Qualor II - aligned personnel are in stasis down there.

However, the most important limitation of the T'Pau is not printed on the card. Rather, it is the absence of something that limits this otherwise cool ship. Got it? The primary use of K'Vorts is to form a fast Armada. But for an Armada, you'll need several ships. And that's what is missing. Other ships of the same type. Too bad. But then, Romulans aren't Klingons or did I miss something here?

Favorite combo(s):

T'Pau + any non-aligned crew + Qualor II.

Ratings for : T'PAU

Wesley's rating:                6.0
Allen's rating:                 7.0
Cole's rating:                  8.75
Data's rating:                  7.8
Drew's rating:                  6.9
Gowron's rating:                7.3
Hal's rating:                   8.8
Jack's rating:                  5.1
Mot's rating:                   6.0
Nanite's rating:                6.5893
Nog's rating:                   4.0
Nouwa's rating:                 6.0
Picarde's rating:               6.5
Q's rating:                     7.0
Ranger's rating:                6.6
Rothspar's rating:              6.0
Tebok's rating:                 7.5
Tony's rating:                  6.5
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.7

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