Prodigaest

by Ross Fertel, Lavisherer

13th August 2022

In the leadup to The Motion Pictures, Decipher put out a contest called Prodigal Sons (and Daughter). The goal was to predict what property logo the main cast of The Original Series would have. With a whopping eight property logos making their debut, this was an opportunity to show off some next new shiny fixtures.

Several of the cards in The Motion Pictures have a version in Paradise Lost. Therein lies a fun little logic puzzle for me to present to you.

Below are some statements about every single personnel who appears in both sets. Names are omitted for you to figure out. Take Starship Enterprise, for example. That card from The Motion Pictures is from The Wrath of Khan. If there was a card in Second Star to the Right with a version from from The Motion Picture, the statement would say 'One card from The Motion Pictures appears one property logo earlier in Paradise Lost,' because The Motion Picture is one films earlier than The Wrath of Khan. To make things easier, we'll consider everything not part of the first six films part of Generations, the seventh movie.

Without further ado, there are seven cards in The Motion Pictures that have a version in Paradise Lost.

Two cards in Paradise Lost are one property logo earlier than in The Motion Pictures.

Two cards in Paradise Lost are two property logos earlier than in The Motion Pictures.

Two cards in Paradise Lost share the same property logo they had in The Motion Pictures.

Finally, one card from Paradise Lost is an indeterminate number of property logos from The Motion Pictures.

Have fun with your deductions.

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