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Lt. D'Amato

    Submitted by stccgfaq.com on Mon, 08/07/2000 - 20:00

    Lt. D'Amato

    Senior geologist aboard the Starship Enterprise. Eager to study a mysterious asteroid discovered in 2268.

    Federation Federation icon  Personnel Personnel
    Gender: male. Species: Human.
    Command & Staffing abilitys: Staff Alternate Universe The Original Series
    Classification: SCIENCE
    Red Dot Geology x2   Red Dot Archaeology  
    INTEGRITY: 6  CUNNING: 6  STRENGTH: 5

    Characteristics: Affiliation Federation affiliation, Original Series The Original Series, Human species, support personnel.

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

    		Lt. D'Amato

    This Card-Review article was written by Todd Soper and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Aug 7th, 2000.

    Lt. D’Amato, while seeming a rather average SCIENCE personnel with planet-oriented skills, is actually quite a lot more than that. I shall now begin the daunting task of listing most of the things (that I can think of) that make this card more than meets the eye...

    1. With a Classic Tricorderimage he can become a double-SCIENCE, or a triple-Geologist! Can you say Geological Surveyimage?
    2. His Alternate Universe icon makes him prime real estate for a Space-Time Portalimage drop.
    3. He can be downloaded, or allowed to report to your ship, with Assign Support Personnelimage.
    4. Archaeology is needed to solve some good missions, one of them being worth 55 points!
    5. He has a relatively low CUNNING, meaning he is less likely to be a target for Unscientific Methodimage.
    6. He can report for free to Sherman's Peakimage if Space Station K-7 is there.
    7. Both his SCIENCE and his Geology are important dilemma-passing skills, needed to overcome such walls as Odoimage's "Cousin" and Scientific Methodimage.

    While this is by no means a complete list, it is definitely enough to convince me that Lt. D'Amato will be going in all of my The Original Series-themed decks.

    Combos:

    • Lt. D'Amato + Classic Medical Tricorderimage: Give D'Amato Exobiology and getting past Odo's "Cousin" was never easier. He can even "stop" himself to get the extra 5 points.
    • Lt. D'Amato + Assign Support Personnelimage: In bad need of another SCIENCE out in the field? D'Amato can report straight to your ship.