#358270
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2 •Kodos the Executioner, "Anton Karidian"
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Human
•Anthropology •Biology •Leadership •Programming •2 Treachery
You may play this personnel at cost +3 to search your dilemma pile for up to three copies of The Conscience of the King and place them on your opponent's missions. Then, shuffle and replace your dilemma pile.
"There was another part I once played long ago."
Integrity 2 Cunning 6 Strength 5
38 V 28
https://www.trekcc.org/2e/index.php?cardID=3989
Positives: 2 Cost for 5 Skills and Attributes. Possibility of playing him at Cost +3 to search Dilemma pile for 3 copies of The Conscience of the King and placing them on Opponent's Missions.
Negatives: Low Integrity. No Staffing Icon. Starfleet Federation is the only Affiliation that can use his Ability.
Thoughts: If the Player is using Starfleet Federation and lots of Planet/Space Dilemmas then this is a great Personnel to throw into decks. Not only does he download The Conscience of the King, but he places all three copies on Opponent's Missions, which would make Planet/Space Dilemmas cheap and much more powerful. Even making those Dilemmas 1 Cost cheaper is a huge advantage. I suppose, it's technically possible to place all three on one Mission which could be big trouble for the Opponent. If the Player wants to use him for his Skills it's good to have the option of just playing him for 2 Cost. He's certainly good for the Investigate Alien Probe or Sha Ka Ree, Quest for Infinite Knowledge Missions. He's a 8 out of 10.
Notes: While "The Conscience of the King" isn't as highly regarded as some Original Series episodes (too talky, not enough action,) but there are some very important things going on in this episode. It is the last produced OS episode appearance of Grace Lee Whitney as Rand. The second and last appearance of Bruce Hyde as Riley. And the first episode that gives Leslie (Ed Paskey) his name (really. . . That dude was in 60 episodes??. . .)
Most importantly it establishes a horrific backstory for Kirk. Now, if we go by series continuity Kirk is 33 or 34 at this point. Making him 13 or 14 at the time of the Tarsus IV events and the Kevin Riley character would probably been 6, or so at most.
The Tarsus IV events are so mysterious. How did Kirk get there? Were his parents and/or brother there as well? What about the other 4000 survivors? Why only were 9 people listed that could identify Kodos? (When there were clearly records of what Kodos looked and sounded like.) Were they present as 9 key witnesses when Kodos gave the orders for the execution of 4000 people? Who was Thomas Leighton to Kirk? He was one of the 9 and obviously kept in touch with Kirk. How did Kirk not seem to know, Kevin Riley one of his own crewmen, was one of the 9? This was a terrible occurrence, yet is never mentioned again, (yeah-I know episode reset.) It can be assumed to never have happened in the new Kelvin timeline. Was this why Kirk was so serious as a cadet? I know most people care about other aspects of Trek, but this is super interesting to me.
2 •Kodos the Executioner, "Anton Karidian" Human•Anthropology •Biology •Leadership •Programming •2 Treachery
You may play this personnel at cost +3 to search your dilemma pile for up to three copies of The Conscience of the King and place them on your opponent's missions. Then, shuffle and replace your dilemma pile.
"There was another part I once played long ago."
Integrity 2 Cunning 6 Strength 5
38 V 28
https://www.trekcc.org/2e/index.php?cardID=3989
Positives: 2 Cost for 5 Skills and Attributes. Possibility of playing him at Cost +3 to search Dilemma pile for 3 copies of The Conscience of the King and placing them on Opponent's Missions.
Negatives: Low Integrity. No Staffing Icon. Starfleet Federation is the only Affiliation that can use his Ability.
Thoughts: If the Player is using Starfleet Federation and lots of Planet/Space Dilemmas then this is a great Personnel to throw into decks. Not only does he download The Conscience of the King, but he places all three copies on Opponent's Missions, which would make Planet/Space Dilemmas cheap and much more powerful. Even making those Dilemmas 1 Cost cheaper is a huge advantage. I suppose, it's technically possible to place all three on one Mission which could be big trouble for the Opponent. If the Player wants to use him for his Skills it's good to have the option of just playing him for 2 Cost. He's certainly good for the Investigate Alien Probe or Sha Ka Ree, Quest for Infinite Knowledge Missions. He's a 8 out of 10.
Notes: While "The Conscience of the King" isn't as highly regarded as some Original Series episodes (too talky, not enough action,) but there are some very important things going on in this episode. It is the last produced OS episode appearance of Grace Lee Whitney as Rand. The second and last appearance of Bruce Hyde as Riley. And the first episode that gives Leslie (Ed Paskey) his name (really. . . That dude was in 60 episodes??. . .)
Most importantly it establishes a horrific backstory for Kirk. Now, if we go by series continuity Kirk is 33 or 34 at this point. Making him 13 or 14 at the time of the Tarsus IV events and the Kevin Riley character would probably been 6, or so at most.
The Tarsus IV events are so mysterious. How did Kirk get there? Were his parents and/or brother there as well? What about the other 4000 survivors? Why only were 9 people listed that could identify Kodos? (When there were clearly records of what Kodos looked and sounded like.) Were they present as 9 key witnesses when Kodos gave the orders for the execution of 4000 people? Who was Thomas Leighton to Kirk? He was one of the 9 and obviously kept in touch with Kirk. How did Kirk not seem to know, Kevin Riley one of his own crewmen, was one of the 9? This was a terrible occurrence, yet is never mentioned again, (yeah-I know episode reset.) It can be assumed to never have happened in the new Kelvin timeline. Was this why Kirk was so serious as a cadet? I know most people care about other aspects of Trek, but this is super interesting to me.
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