❖ Planet
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This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jan 11th, 1998.
Here's the planetary counterpart to Patrol Neutral Zone: a universal planet mission with a point box. If you're playing two planet/four space and one of your planets is a duplicate, you can substitute this without fear of a Balancing Act 50-point penalty. Its low point value makes it irrelevant to the Borg, too.
Like Patrol Neutral Zone, it has one simple requirement (a single skill) and one trickier one: a landed ship. Time to dust off those Engage Shuttle Operations, Type VI Shuttlecrafts, and Yridian Shuttles. Now you actually have a reason to use them.
And because Planet may be attempted by any Away Team, the non-aligneds just edged another step closer to a viable all-non-aligned deck. Just add a few points dilemmas like Sarjenka or the Royale Casino sidegames (with Mickey D., of course).
Combos:
- Planet + Assign Mission Specialists + Dr. Farek: 5 extra points makes Planet just a little more worthwhile.
- Planet + Barclay's Protomorphosis Disease + Vekor + SECURITY Soong-type Android: A respectable 30-point non-aligned mission to go with Qualor II Rendezvous.