Nurse Chapel

The indisputably competent and irredeemably infatuated Christine Chapel makes a fine addition to any Federation deck. She's an especially obvious candidate for inclusion in MEDICAL-focused decks and 23rd-century theme decks, especially since she reports for free if Dr. McCoy or Mr. Spock is in play.

Nurse Chapel features the ever-popular combination of MEDICAL classification with Biology and Exobiology, making her a great personnel to have around when facing down an Aphasia Device, DNA Clues, Garak Has Some Issues, Odo's "Cousin", and so on.

Christine's other regular skill, Archaeology, may not strike some players are particularly helpful. That's an illusion. Although Archaeology isn't required by a large number of dilemmas, it is required by some profitable Federation missions, such as Excavation, Hunt for DNA Program, and Historical Research. Moreover, Nurse Chapel can solve not only Evaluate Terraforming but also Plague Planet by herself. Neither Dr. McCoy nor Lt. Bashir nor Beverly Crusher nor Alyssa Ogawa can say that. Looks like dating Roger Korby wasn't completely worthless.

Besides all that, Christine makes a mean plomeek soup.

Combos:

• Nurse Chapel + Dr. McCoy + Lt. Bashir + Beverly Crusher + Alyssa Ogawa: Too bad you can only solve Evaluate Terraforming once. Add a Genetronic Replicator and laugh at death (planetside, anyway).
• Mr. Spock + Nurse Chapel: Report Christine for free, then solve Investigate Rogue Comet and Eliminate Virus with this unlikely pair.
• Nurse Chapel + Lwaxana Troi: No, these don't count as duplicates for Doppelganger. They're not instances of the same persona. Neither one counts as "any Majel." They aren't alternate reality counterparts. But the Great Bird of the Galaxy will smile on you if you get them together.