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Six of Thirteen

    ❖ Six of Thirteen

    IDENTIFICATION: SCOUT DRONE
    TASK: Implement initial reconnaissance. Evaluate.
    BIOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS: Humanoid.

    Borg Borg icon  Personnel Personnel
    Gender is irrelevant. Species: Borg.
    Command & Staffing abilitys: Borg Communication
    Icons (other): Delta Quadrant
    Classification: No Classification
    Red Dot Astrophysics   Red Dot Immune to Thine Own Self. Red Dot If present when your Adapt: Negate Obstruction is nullified, you may place it beneath draw deck.
    INTEGRITY: 7  CUNNING: 5  STRENGTH: 5

    Characteristics: "Continuing Mission"-related cards, Affiliation Borg affiliation, Drone, Borg species.
    Requires: Adapt.

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

    Six of Thirteen

    This Card-Review article was written by Evan Lorentz and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jun 21st, 2000.

    The "tribble" expansion icon on this personnel might look just a bit out of place, but fans of the Borg affiliation aren't complaining. The Scout Drone shores up a number of weaknesses in your Collective, bringing you one step closer to perfection.

    First off, Astrophysics, though not in as high a demand as some skills, is not commonly found on Borg personnel. Having it here could prove quite helpful now and again. In counterpoint to that space-oriented skill is the planet-oriented special skill of being immune to Thine Own Selfimage, a favorite trick of opponents trying to hinder objectives like Assimilate Planetimage and Assimilate Homeworldimage. No more losing scouts you won't ever be able to retrieve.

    But the Scout Drone's final skill is the one you'll most likely want him for. If he is present when your Adapt: Negate Obstructionimage is nullified, it is "reabsorbed" to the bottom of your deck where you can use it again. Instead of shutting your Borg deck down, an opponent with a fistful of Amanda Rogersimage cards can only delay your scouting efforts. This makes the Scout Drone an asset at a space mission, and vital at a planet mission.

    Combos:

    • Scout Drone + Interlink Drone: The Scout Drone is, of course, a Communications drone. Since he can pick up all the skills shared from your Interlink Drone, you might not even need him to defend your Adapt cards.
    • Scout Drone + Countermeasure Drone: When your Scout Drone sends a nullified Adapt: Negate Obstruction to the bottom of your draw deck, you can use your very next card draw (by way of the Countermeasure Drone) to retrieve it.