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Starship Constitution

    Submitted by stccgfaq.com on Thu, 08/03/2000 - 20:00

    ❖ Starship Constitution

    Class ship. Heavy cruiser designation. Mainstay of the Federation Starfleet in the 2260s. Registry number NCC-1700.

    Federation Federation icon  Ship Ship  - Constitution Class
    Staffing requirements: The Original Series
    Further Icons: Alternate Universe The Original Series
    Ship Equipment: Tractor Beam
    Special skill(s): Special Download Any ❖  Federation The Original Series personnel.
    RANGE: 6  WEAPONS: 4  SHIELDS: 6

    Characteristics: Affiliation Federation affiliation, Original Series The Original Series, Constitution Class, Tractor Beam, Federation ship, ❖ ship.
    Requires: Affiliation Federation affiliation, Original Series The Original Series.

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

    		Starship Constitution

    This Card-Review article was written by Todd Soper and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Aug 3rd, 2000.

    At last! The original Space Oddity. Before the Starship Enterprise (MM) came its prototype, the Starship Constitution (MM). This is the first Starfleet ship which launched a galaxy of heroes and space-faring cowboys.

    With this ship, an all-The Original Series icon deck will have no trouble getting a ship into hand to be able to go out and search the stars for new life and new civilizations. Not only is it downloadable via Spacedoorimage, but you can include multiple copies of it in your deck and not worry about having a card in your hand that you can't play. Also, as you accumulate Alternate Universe personnel in your hand, this is a great way to dump them into play using a Space-Time Portalimage. And this ship also provides a way to jump-start your deck by special downloading a universal Federation The Original Series personnel. Of course, the special download may only be used by one copy of the Starship Constitution, but getting a staffed ship for a single card play could put you lightyears ahead of your opponent.

    Combos:

    • Starship Constitution + Mr. Scottimage: Increasing all the ship's attributes from the get-go is a healthy way to start your day.
    • Starship Constitution + Spacedoorimage + Starship Enterpriseimage + Space-Time Portalimage: In one turn, download the Constitution and special download its one-person crew, then dump the Enterprise into play with an even bigger crew and special download one more. Ohhhhhh, yeah.