[Faithful Reader]

t's Wednesday! We're more than halfway through Since we are over the hump, let's look at a question!

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This week, we have a simple question. Don't worry, I'll make up for it down the road, but for now tell us, what is your favorite mission and why?

Wait, that's a little too simple, you cannot choose a headquarters mission. Other than that, go wild. Do you like the requirements? Does solving trigger something nifty? Is it the only planet mission with a high span requiring a specific kill?

Let us know!

[Enabran]

This is not easy to answer. It depends on the affiliation.
In my Dominion Decks it is Rescue Prisoners of War - Space with Span of 2 and solveable with 4 Personnel.
In almost every other Deck it is Deliver Evidence - Space with Span of 2 and Anthropology for my Artifacts.
And Gateway, Historical Research for a possible quickstart.
And then the obligate Alpha 5 Approach, Transport Crash Survivor.

[Armus]

This is not easy to answer. It depends on the affiliation.
In my Dominion Decks it is Rescue Prisoners of War - Space with Span of 2 and solveable with 4 Personnel.
In almost every other Deck it is Deliver Evidence - Space with Span of 2 and Anthropology for my Artifacts.
And Gateway, Historical Research for a possible quickstart.
And then the obligate Alpha 5 Approach, Transport Crash Survivor.

Yeah all of those (except maybe A5A) are examples of terrible design.

When everybody is playing 10% of the missions, it leaves the other 90% out in the cold.

[jadziadax8]

I think my favorite mission is Sector 39-J, Investigate Annihilation. I always like missions with a Science-y skill set and I think the span reduction if your opponent has a completed mission is really cool. I ALWAYS draft that in an IDIC Draft tournament.

Oh, and the picture is gorgeous!

On that note, I have a thing for Nebula missions as well.

[The Guardian]

Kaleb Sector, Covert Rendezvous

It's not the most powerful thing out there. I just like it. Cloaking should be a bigger thing than it is and this is fun. Right now, having the I.K.S. Pagh be able to do double duty attempting and slowing down the opponent or using the Scimitar, Built for Only One Purpose to kill someone every time your opponent stops you are some of the best uses.

[Boratus]

Gateway Historical Research

Getting a specific personnel to your starting hand is always very helpful. It depends if your opponent goes 1st though, but still good if having a certain peep is key to your game.

[Armus]

Empok Nor, Deadly Salvage

If you don't like a good ol' fashioned romp through a Haunted House, you don't like fun.

[abargar7510]

Northwest Passage, Contact Extradimensional Species

[monty42]

This is not easy to answer. It depends on the affiliation.
In my Dominion Decks it is Rescue Prisoners of War - Space with Span of 2 and solveable with 4 Personnel.
In almost every other Deck it is Deliver Evidence - Space with Span of 2 and Anthropology for my Artifacts.
And Gateway, Historical Research for a possible quickstart.
And then the obligate Alpha 5 Approach, Transport Crash Survivor.

Yeah all of those (except maybe A5A) are examples of terrible design.

When everybody is playing 10% of the missions, it leaves the other 90% out in the cold.

+1

[monty42]

An example of good design and my favorite mission in recent years is Cardassia Prime, Secure Homeworld.
Accessible to (almost) every affiliation, yet relying on affiliation icons, which I think is a big plus over the "every affiliation..."-missions.
What I love about this mission is that it's all about choice. First off your choice. Do you want to play interrupts during mission attempts? Then you probably want to skip over this one. But if you don't, it puts the choice on your opponent. How much does he/she want to play interrupts? Does it warrant them going easy on me and possibly giving the mission away to keep that advantage?
Choice is what makes the game fun!