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Star Trek has hosted a variety of special guest stars, but John Rhys-Davies dwarfs them all with his role as the holographic representation of Leonardo da Vinci. We first see Rhys-Davies in Scorpion, Part I, right after an unknown assailant (later revealed to be Species 8472) beats the living daylights out of the Borg. We see him again in Concerning Flight, in which thieves raid Voyager and the holographic polymath assists Janeway on her crusade to recover the stolen items.

John Rhys-Davies has played so many roles, if I tried to work in references to all of them I would never finish this article. So how about we focus on the card itself:

Leonardo da Vinci has a wide variety of science-based skills, and boasts an impressive Cunning of 7. He should prove himself valuable for any science-based endeavour, be it dilemma or mission. One would expect no less from the Renaissance Man himself. Still, any personnel can bring skill and attributes to the table. The thing which really sets da Vinci apart is his ability.

Fair warning, da Vinci requires a price for his services. In order to trigger his ability, you must provide him a workshop aboard your ship, represented by playing him directly to the ship. Not coincidentally, both U.S.S. Voyager and the Olarra provide that ability. Apparently somebody on the U.S.S. Equinox also enjoys the da Vinci program. Ships without the built-in playing feature can still take advantage of da Vinci’s ability by installing a Holodeck Grid , provided of course that da Vinci and the ship could both play at your headquarters.

If you do provide da Vinci a workspace, he will reward you with one of two options. If you happen to be suffering from a Stolen Computer Core or some other damage marker, da Vinci will come up with an ingenious solution to fix it. Or you can browse his designs to invent some equipment from your deck. A Tricorder to double up his Geology, perhaps, or a Mobile Emitter that he accidentally took. He could even invent an Orb of Time! Okay, I’m not sure how that one works, but it does.

Just, don't call him Flint.

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Dilemma Deck Total Dilemmas 30 Space 3 (10%) Cost 2 1 Cost 4 2 Planet 2 (7%) Cost 4 2 Dual 25 (83%) Cost 0 3 Cost 2 9 Cost 3 5 Cost 4 6 Cost 5 2 Total Dilemma Deck cost 85

Draw Deck Total Draw Deck 50 Equipment 1 (2%) Cost 1 1 Event 13 (26%) Cost 1 6 Cost 2 2 Cost 3 3 Cost 4 2 Interrupt 3 (6%) Personnel 30 (60%) Cost 1 7 Cost 2 11 Cost 3 10 Cost 4 2 Ship 3 (6%) Cost 6 3 Total Draw Deck cost 113

Skills Count Skill # Missions # Personnel 1x 2x 3x Total Acquisition 0 2 2 Anthropology 1 9 9 Archaeology 0 1 1 Astrometrics 0 3 3 Biology 1 10 10 Diplomacy 0 3 3 Engineer 1 3 3 Exobiology 1 7 7 Geology 0 8 8 Honor 1 8 8 Intelligence 0 1 1 Law 0 1 1 Leadership 1 4 4 Medical 2 9 1 10 Navigation 0 0 Officer 1 6 6 Physics 0 3 1 4 Programming 1 4 4 Science 1 6 1 7 Security 2 8 8 Telepathy 0 0 Transporters 0 1 1 Treachery 2 6 4 1 11 Icons Count Icon # Personnel % Personnel Staffing Icons Staff Star 1 3.33 % Faction Icons Deep Space Nine 1 3.33 % Earth 3 10.00 % Next Generation 1 3.33 % Voyager 7 23.33 % Temporal Icons Future 6 20.00 % Keyword Count Keyword # Cards Assassin 1 Commander: Olarra 1 Consume: 1 2 Holoprogram 4 Infiltrator 1 Replicate: Discard two cards from hand 2 Species 8472 3 Thief 1