B-4 b-gone
Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:08 pm
Should B-4 be reported and gain a skill due to not playing Federation, if he infiltrates, thus gaining the affiliation icon, what happens to the skill?
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Faithful Reader wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:08 pm Should B-4 be reported and gain a skill due to not playing Federation, if he infiltrates, thus gaining the affiliation icon, what happens to the skill?<Fed> !=
Armus wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:27 pmFaithful Reader wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 5:08 pm Should B-4 be reported and gain a skill due to not playing Federation, if he infiltrates, thus gaining the affiliation icon, what happens to the skill?<Fed> !=
B-4 as infiltrator is still (or ) for purposes of what you're playing.
When your personnel starts infiltrating, its affiliation changes to match that of the infiltration icon (or gains that icon, in the case of a faction) and it becomes an infiltrator.
You are "playing [affiliation or faction]" or are an "[affiliation or faction name] player" if you control or have controlled at least one card belonging to that affiliation or faction (or any Borg Use Only card, if Borg), or used a multi-affiliation card you have controlled in that affiliation mode at any time during the game, regardless of whether any such cards are still in play.Based on that, I regretfully agree that infiltrating Fed become Fed, and seem to qualify.
You are "playing [affiliation or faction]" or are an "[affiliation or faction name] player" if you control or have controlled at least one card belonging to that affiliation or faction (or any Borg Use Only card, if Borg), or used a multi-affiliation card you have controlled in that affiliation mode at any time during the game, regardless of whether any such cards are still in play.Wait a second... did that rule change at some point? Because I specifically remember this being discussed in the past that you were only playing an affiliation if YOU played the card of that affiliation. This kept you from being screwed by, say, seeding Genesis Device and being unable to use it because someone gave you a person with The Naked Truth
Takket wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:17 pm Wait a second... did that rule change at some point? Because I specifically remember this being discussed in the past that you were only playing an affiliation if YOU played the card of that affiliation.Sorry, the next lines in the glossary specify it only matters for cards you own. I didn’t quote that because it wasn’t relevant to this question.
boromirofborg wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 9:35 pmgeez i literally read that entry in the glossary but stopped before I read the last sentence of that paragraph.Takket wrote: ↑Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:17 pm Wait a second... did that rule change at some point? Because I specifically remember this being discussed in the past that you were only playing an affiliation if YOU played the card of that affiliation.Sorry, the next lines in the glossary specify it only matters for cards you own. I didn’t quote that because it wasn’t relevant to this question.
I would agree that infiltration shouldn’t count, but I would argue that as written, it does.
Especially if you play the character infiltrated, it enters as that affiliation.