Wesley's STCCG card of the day #330

Hi, folks,

I'm back from that little hiatus (somebody discovered me hiding under an STCCG card, oops ;-) )
Eh, what was that? Hiding under an STCCG card?

As in...

MIRASTA YALE

Personnel, Federation, uncommon QC
Integrity 7
Cunning 5
Strength 3
SCIENCE, Physics, Astrophysics, worth [5] bonus points to you while in play. Staff Star (+), Must seed at Malcor III like a Dilemma.
"Malcorian scientist befriended by Jean-Luc Picard. Departed Malcor III aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise."
Okay. SCIENCE, Physics, Astrophysics. That just cries for a really good Space mission deck. Especially with that Astrophysics thing which is not that common. But the catch of this card is somewhere else, namely the ability / restriction of being seeded at Malcor III instead of being drawn from your draw deck. Actually, this is a mixed blessing. On the up side, you can save yourself a card draw plus gain ten easy points if you seed Yale and Sarjenka at First Contact (Malcor III). On the other hand, you'll have to make sure that you're seeding these practically last and you might want to have a small ship early to fetch her (placing your outpost at First Contact in a deck that's otherwise space missions tends to attract Outpost Raids). Plus, you're placing a mission that's totally off the theme you are setting with Mirasta.

Or is it? How about doing it the other way round? The Federation is not too well equipped with good SCIENCE personnel. But in any Diplomacy/Empathy deck, I am not looking for scientific skills, but just for the classifications to pass the Dilemmas. Which means with an early Mirasta Yale I do not have to wait for a SCIENCE to come up in my draw deck which means two cards saved there. Optimum way to play this? Seed your outpost close to First Contact but not on it. Use Runabouts as fast ships and get Mirasta soon (using Sarjenka for 5 extra points and to avoid nasty Dilemmas that might lie in waiting). Beam back up and reunite your crew. Then start your regular mission solving spree a turn or two earlier than normal.

So what's the end result? Any deck with a Diplomacy component gets 10 free points and a free card if played right. Guess I like that card...

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Ratings for : MIRASTA YALE 

Wesley's rating:                8.5
Allen's rating:                 6.8
Cole's rating:                  6.5
Data's rating:                  6.8 
Drew's rating:                  6.1
Gowron's rating:                3.9
Hal's rating:                   5.7
Jack's rating:                  7.2
Mot's rating:                   6.5
Nanite's rating:                6.0
Nog's rating:                   5.0
Nouwa's rating:                 5.5
Picarde's rating:               7.0
Q's rating:                     8.5
Ranger's rating:                6.5
Rothspar's rating:              6.5
Tania's rating:                 6.0
Tebok's rating:                 5.0
Tony's rating:                  7.0
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AVERAGE RATING:                 6.4
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Wesley Crusher
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