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    Primitive Culture

    First contact requires caution, subterfuge or force. Solkar's historic visit to Earth was peaceful, but Federation/Klingon contact in 2218 would ignite a century of hostilities.

    Dilemma Dilemma - Planet dilemma Planet

    To get past, requires 3 Vulcan OR Anthropology and CIVILIAN OR Vorta and 4 Jem'Hadar OR 2 Tal Shiar OR 2 Obsidian Order OR Arquisition and 2 Greed OR 6 Klingons OR 4 Borg Defense Borg.

    Characteristics: wall dilemma.
    Requires: Affiliation Borg affiliation, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Borg species, Jem'Hadar species, Klingon species, Vorta species, Vulcan species.

    Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
     

    Primitive Culture

    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jun 14th, 2000.

    On the face of it, this classic wall dilemma presents plenty of ways to get past it. The catch is that most of them are affiliation-specific. Vorta and 4 Jem'Hadar is the method of choice for the Dominion, while 2 Obsidian Order and two Tal Shiar are for the Cardassians and the Romulans. 6 Klingons or 4 Borg Defense Borg are about as specific as you can get; even the Federation can't muster that many Klingons in a non-treaty deck.

    The remaining three sets of conditions present multi-affiliation possibilities, however. While Acquisition and 2 Greed is obviously the key Ferengi option, the Non-Aligned Kivas Fajoimage can pass this dilemma singlehandedly. 3 Vulcans will be easiest for the Federation, but Talleraimage, T'Shonraimage, Solkarimage, Sevekimage and Sakonnaimage are all Non-Aligned and may be used by any non-Borg affiliation. And finally, it is possible for any affiliation (except perhaps Borg) to come up with Anthropology and CIVILIAN.

    Combos:

    • Primitive Culture + The Higher … The Fewerimage + Cardassian Trapimage: Drain your opponent of a few points, then trap one of his personnel. There's an excellent chance of at least one of the Away Team being unique. If you're worried about Empathy, throw in Empathic Echoimage before the Trap.
    • Primitive Culture + Bendii Syndromeimage + Alien Parasitesimage: With Vulcans available for everyone, you have a chance of lowering the AT's INTEGRITY enough to trigger an Alien Parasites infestation. Or, if your opponent uses Kivas Fajo to pass Primitive Culture, his utter lack of INTEGRITY will be no help at all.