In Season 1 of Enterprise the episode "The Andorian Incident" introduces us to the Andorians, a future founding member of the United Federation of Planets. During the episode we learn that the Vulcan are spying on their neighbours from a secret spy station underneath of a Vulcan Monastary on P'Jem. This shows us that the Vulcans weren't just up in Starfleet's business, but in others' business as well.
During the development of Live Long and Prosper we knew we needed to do something related to the Vulcan and their spying nature. We built a few Espionage cards, P'Jem and its Sanctuary, and The Secret of P'Jem itself, and finally IDIC: Courage of the V'Shar. These cards together allow you to make a Vulcan spy deck that benefits from spying on their neighbours.
Below is a deck I built to make use of the Spy related cards.
Seed Deck Details:
You will have two locations to report your Vuclans to; P'Jem and Vulcan. Try to get them close together, if possible.
I chose to run Kolinahr instead of Protect the Timeline for this deck for two reasons:
Seed Duck Blind on Rebuild Monastary and for the V'Shar download you get from P'Jem Sanctuary, I recommend grabbing Tavek.
Since the deck is 22 focused it will also seed Finally Ready to Swim which will allow you to get an additional card draw when you play a personnel or ship.
Turn 1:
On turn one you'll want to report at least two personnel to P'Jem Sanctuary. If you get an Espionage card in your opening hand, play it to draw two cards before you play any personnel. The personnel you play first can be any Vulcan and should use the report for free granted by Kolinahr. The second will be after your card play phase via download from Defend Homeworld and should be Sinam (for Anthropology x2).
If you happen to draw Charles Tucker III make sure you play him as one of your Vulcans; if you do not draw him you should use Quark's Isolinear Rods to download him to had to play on turn 2 (once played make sure to use his Special Download to get Neuropressure Massage). IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not use Quark's Isolinear Rods until after you have used Defend Homeworld as this will protect you from Computer Crash.
After you have Tavke, Sinam, and any other Vulcan at P'Jem Sanctuary, use Temporal Conduit to transport them through time to the planet's surface. With Duck Blind on the planet you will get an additional card draw at the end of your turn.
Don't forget to use Temporal Conduit to download Temporal Investigations, which could end up granting you card draws on later turns.
Other Notes for Future Turns:
For more advanced players:
Pay attemtion to the missions your opponent is using. Using the espionage cards you can attempt your opponent's missions worth 40+ point that are either Non-Aligned, Starfleet, Klingon, or Federation. Make sure you note what missions you may want to steal before you place dilemmas and remember what you put under those missions. By using Espionages will will by pass the restriction on HQ: Defensive Measures.
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Mission (6) | ||||
Mission | ||||
19 V | 1x Assemble Fleet | |||
20 V | 1x Attend Ambassadorial Banquet | |||
22 V | 1x Deliver Ancient Artifact | |||
34 V | 1x Extract Rare Mineral | |||
24 V | 1x Locate Telepaths | |||
26 V | 1x Rebuild Monastery |
Seed Deck (12) | ||||
Doorway | ||||
1 V | 1x Q's Tent | |||
34 VP | 1x Space-Time Portal | |||
15 V | 1x Temporal Conduit | |||
Event | ||||
14 V | 1x Duck Blind | |||
13 V | 1x Finally Ready to Swim | |||
Incident | ||||
16 V | 1x Crossover | |||
77 P | 1x Kolinahr | |||
61 VP | 1x Quark's Isolinear Rods | |||
Objective | ||||
28 V | 1x Defend Homeworld | |||
14 V | 1x HQ: Defensive Measures | |||
Time Location | ||||
61 V | 1x 22nd-Century ShiKahr | |||
62 V | 1x P'Jem Sanctuary |
Draw Deck (38) | ||||
Event | ||||
5 V | 5x Espionage: Vulcan on Andorian | |||
74 P | 1x Espionage: Vulcan on Starfleet | |||
Incident | ||||
10 V | 1x IDIC: Courage of the V'Shar | |||
15 V | 1x The Secret of P'Jem | |||
Interrupt | ||||
C | 3x Vulcan Nerve Pinch | |||
Personnel | ||||
Starfleet/Vulcan | ||||
42 V | 1x Commander T'Pol | |||
48 V | 1x Crewman Soval | |||
Vulcan | ||||
80 P | 1x ❖ Delvok | |||
34 V | 1x Koss | |||
35 V | 1x Minister Kuvak | |||
36 V | 1x Minister T'Pau | |||
37 V | 1x Oratt | |||
38 V | 1x ❖ Sedis | |||
39 V | 1x Sinam | |||
82 P | 1x ❖ Sopek | |||
42 V | 1x Soval (Live Long and Prosper) | |||
84 P | 2x ❖ Strom | |||
44 V | 1x Sulok | |||
46 V | 1x Syrran | |||
49 V | 1x T'Mik | |||
86 P | 1x T'Pol (Pre-Warp Pack) | |||
51 V | 1x Tavek | |||
53 V | 1x V'Tal | |||
87 P | 1x ❖ Valrik | |||
Vulcan/Non-Aligned | ||||
30 V | 1x Menos | |||
Vulcan/Romulan | ||||
52 V | 1x V'Las | |||
Vulcan/Starfleet | ||||
32 V | 1x Charles Tucker III (Live Long and Prosper) | |||
33 V | 1x Jonathan Archer (Live Long and Prosper) | |||
Ship | ||||
Vulcan | ||||
56 V | 1x Ni'Var | |||
57 V | 1x Sh'Raan | |||
58 V | 1x Ti'Mur |
Q-Tent Side Deck (13) | ||||
Equipment | ||||
71 P | 1x Vulcan PADD | |||
8 V | 1x Vulcan Tricorder | |||
Event | ||||
5 V | 1x Espionage: Vulcan on Andorian | |||
73 P | 1x Espionage: Vulcan on Klingon | |||
74 P | 1x Espionage: Vulcan on Starfleet | |||
6 V | 1x Neuropressure Massage | |||
19 C | 1x Temporal Investigations | |||
Incident | ||||
14 V | 1x The Katra of Surak | |||
78 P | 1x Vulcan Database | |||
Interrupt | ||||
C | 1x Activate Tractor Beam | |||
29 V | 1x Combat-Ready: Tactical Reserve | |||
U | 1x Vulcan Mindmeld | |||
Objective | ||||
28 V | 1x File Mission Report |