Concerning Flight
by Nathan Miracle, Designer
22nd May 2019
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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Decklist
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Draw Deck (50) |
Equipment |
41 | V | 7 | | 1x •Mobile Emitter |
Event |
0 | VP | 200 | | 3x Christening |
25 | V | 10 | | 2x Holodeck Arch |
25 | V | 11 | | 2x •Hunters' Training Program |
8 | C | 36 | | 2x Not Easily Destroyed |
25 | V | 15 | | 2x •Photons Be Free |
0 | VP | 221 | | 2x Tacking Into the Wind |
Interrupt |
7 | U | 39 | | 1x Cluttering Irrelevancies |
29 | V | 29 | | 2x Deleted Subroutines |
Personnel |
| Federation |
7 | C | 65 | | 1x •Dr. Leah Brahms, Holographic Representation |
7 | C | 66 | | 3x E.M.H. Program |
40 | V | 32 | | 1x •L.M.H. Mark I, Scintillating Personality |
13 | U | 72 | | 3x •Revised Chakotay, Imposturous First Officer |
13 | U | 73 | | 1x •Revised Doctor, Mass Murderer |
13 | U | 75 | | 1x •Revised Kim, Interrogator |
13 | U | 79 | | 1x •Revised Tuvok, Evil Instrument of Destruction |
| Non-Aligned |
18 | V | 35 | | 1x •Anastasia Komananov, Russian Seductress |
29 | V | 38 | | 2x Brian Evethers |
7 | U | 99 | | 2x Calisthenics Opponent |
8 | C | 82 | | 1x •Cyrus Redblock, Civil Criminal |
38 | V | 38 | | 1x •Hippocrates Noah, Visionary Mastermind |
25 | V | 45 | | 1x •Iden, Lustrous Demagogue |
39 | V | 14 | | 1x •James Moriarty, Awakened Nemesis |
25 | V | 46 | | 1x •Kejal, Radiant Mender |
48 | V | 16 | | 1x •Leonardo da Vinci, Renaissance Man |
0 | AP | 15 | | 1x •Mona Luvsitt, Valet |
7 | C | 107 | | 1x •Sigmund Freud, Father of Psychoanalysis |
21 | V | 19 | | 3x Sumek |
45 | V | 9 | | 1x •The Devil, Fearsome Illusion |
25 | V | 47 | | 1x •The Doctor, Brilliant Template |
25 | V | 48 | | 1x •Weiss, Glaring Tactician |
Ship |
| Non-Aligned |
25 | V | 54 | | 3x •Olarra, Chariot of Light |
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Hide Deck Stats
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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