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Patrol Neutral Zone

    Submitted by stccgfaq.com on Sun, 01/11/1998 - 21:00

    ❖ Patrol Neutral Zone

    Neutral Zone Region • Nebula: Prevent incursions along border of Federation/Romulan Neutral Zone.

    Mission Mission - Space Space
    Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant Alpha Quadrant with span: 5 and points: 10X.
    Region: Neutral Zone. Counts as Nebula.
    Requirements: Leadership + No opposing ships in Neutral Zone
    Special Instructions: X = number of Neutral Zone locations in play.
    Affiliations: Mission Federation Mission Romulan

    Characteristics: Neutral Zone region, Nebula, Alpha Quadrant Mission.

    Rule hint for this card

    This card has an erratum:

    Revised lore: Adds Nebula. Counts as Neutral Zone Region now.

    Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.

    This card has an clarification:

    There are “no opposing ships in Neutral Zone” if your opponent has no opposing ships (including landed and docked ships) at any location that is part of the Neutral Zone (see regions of space). See unopposed, cloaking and phasing.

    Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.

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

    		Patrol Neutral ZonePatrol Neutral Zone (first version)

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

    This unassuming mission can provide a real bonanza for a Federation or Romulan player. Because it's universal, you can seed more than one, and the more you seed, the more each one is worth. The only skill required is Leadership, abundant enough within both affiliations.

    The strategy is most beneficial to the Romulans, because they already have three unique missions located "in the Neutral Zone," two of them planets. They can build an all-Neutral Zone section of the spaceline without running afoul of Balancing Actimage, and still have a couple of standard "backup" missions in case they can't get rid of an opposing ship.

    That's the catch, of course. Your opponent only has to park a ship - even a cloaked one - at one of the Neutral Zone locations to prevent you from completing any Patrol Neutral Zones. Defenses might include Isabellaimage (PNZ is a "Nebula at Neutral Zone"), Incoming Message, and La Forge Maneuverimage or Tachyon Detection Gridimage to force decloaking prior to attacking and destroying the intruder. If you're playing Federation, you'll need a Husnock and a totally non-aligned crew to use the last. And none of these will work against a Borg Cubeimage.

    Its universal nature also means you can use it as a substitute for a duplicate unique mission. If you're playing the right affiliation, it will be worth at least 10 points more than �Space or �Nebula, and can save you from tripping a Balancing Act penalty if one of your two unique space missions is the duplicate.

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