#457557
(Counter-argument: missions don't say they "insert" like Bajoran Wormhole and therefore they can't.)
I believe the current position of the Rules team is that card types must state how they are played (e.g. "Playing an Objective card uses your normal card play.") If they don't state how they can be played, then they either cannot be played, or they must be authorized by gametext and/or rule to enter play in a specific way (usually as a different card type). Hence Orderly Mavek downloads Frame of Mind "as an Event" and Urgent Warning downloads [REDACTED] by "putting it [REDACTED] at a [REDACTED] (opponent's choice)".
This position the problem with missions: the rules don't say they can play, and therefore they can't. And it seems consistent with the rules: all the card types that CAN be played (at least, the ones that I checked) specify that they can be played as a normal card play, can report for duty (which has its own set of rules), or can play "at any time".
So, bottom line, it seems that missions cannot be played because the rules don't specify how they would if they could.
Takket wrote:I would argue that even if you can do this, it won't really help you. A of a card played on the spaceline has to go to the location and I can't a mission on top of another mission.Actually...
special download wrote:If the card is played at (or to affect something at, or to insert adjacent to) one particular spaceline or timeline location, the special download icon must be at that location.You can thank The Emissary for this. If he can download Bajoran Wormhole to a newly-created adjacent location, why can't Vic Fontaine download Amnesty Talks to a newly-created adjacent location?
(Counter-argument: missions don't say they "insert" like Bajoran Wormhole and therefore they can't.)
I believe the current position of the Rules team is that card types must state how they are played (e.g. "Playing an Objective card uses your normal card play.") If they don't state how they can be played, then they either cannot be played, or they must be authorized by gametext and/or rule to enter play in a specific way (usually as a different card type). Hence Orderly Mavek downloads Frame of Mind "as an Event" and Urgent Warning downloads [REDACTED] by "putting it [REDACTED] at a [REDACTED] (opponent's choice)".
This position the problem with missions: the rules don't say they can play, and therefore they can't. And it seems consistent with the rules: all the card types that CAN be played (at least, the ones that I checked) specify that they can be played as a normal card play, can report for duty (which has its own set of rules), or can play "at any time".
So, bottom line, it seems that missions cannot be played because the rules don't specify how they would if they could.
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