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Recruit Mercenaries

    Submitted by stccgfaq.com on Sat, 07/11/1998 - 20:00

    Recruit Mercenaries

    Quark hired mercenaries in 2369 to help Rao Vantika steal a deuridium shipment. Individuals of questionable character are easily found for this kind of illegal operation.

    Event Event

    Downloads Affiliation Non-Aligned and/or Affiliation Ferengi Treachery personnel with up to 7 total Red Dot icons to where you have Treachery present. "Pay" them (lose points).

    Point-Box on card: -10 bonus points (you score points, when you play or use this card).

    Characteristics: bonus points.
    Requires: Affiliation Ferengi affiliation, Affiliation Non-Aligned "affiliation".

    Rule hint for this card

    This card has an clarification:

    The negative points for this event are scored (“paid”) at the location where you download the mercenaries. See Altonian Brain Teaser.

    Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.

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

    		Recruit Mercenaries

    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jul 11th, 1998.

    It may seem to favor the as yet almost non-existent Ferengi affiliation, but this card has "Romulan" written all over it. Who is more likely to have Treachery in play, and who is more likely to need even more? Deep Space Nine has several very good Non-Aligned Treachery personnel, and a few cards from earlier sets are very useful as well, with Galenimage being one of the best. Altogether a surprising array of useful skills is available, including all seven personnel types, Empathy, Diplomacy and even Mindmeld.

    Did one of your key personnel just get killed off in a mission attempt? Only one Diplomacy and you're stuck at Shaka, When the Walls Fellimage? Download your backup Non-Aligned. It will cost you 10 points, but it's worth it if you can complete the mission before your opponent does.

    Combos:

    • Recruit Mercenaries + Sharatimage + Devinoni Ralimage: Breeze by that pesky Q-Netimage blocking you from your outpost.
    • Recruit Mercenaries + Galenimage: Easily worth 10 points to any Romulan Arachaeology-Treachery deck.
    • Colonyimage + any Treachery + Recruit Mercenaries + Retayaimage + Ishara Yarimage + Recruit Mercenariesimage + Zef'Noimage + Mickey D.image: You'll quickly recoup your 10-point mercenary "salaries."
    • Recruit Mercenaries + Talleraimage: Who said you can't play a green-bordered card with Recruit Mercenaries?