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The first season after I took over after Matt‘s hiatus is over and I would like to thank everyone for participating. I really enjoyed running the series and I will do continue so in 2020. If you have any feedback how to improve the thematic challenges please feel free to contact me.
Here are now the entries from December‘s challenge ALTERNATE REALITY. The challenge‘s objective was to create a set of three to five cards that share a connected theme and are based on an alternate reality that was seen or mentioned on any show. Please note again that this month do count double for the end of the year standings. To vote please just post a comment below with the entry number.
ENTRIES FROM LAST THEMATIC CHALLENGE: Alternate Reality
SCOREBOARD
WeyounsLastClone 12 (+1)
commdecker 10
Armus 10 (+1)
MattgomeryScott 10 (+2)
Pazuzu 9
HoodieDM 9 (+2)
Danny 7
Naetor 6
LostZoat 4
winterflames 4 (+1)
jrch5618 3
superdave 3
rferries 2
Sexecutioner 2
Cartagia 1
Smiley 1
PRIZE POOL
1st Place: 1 Year Premium Subscription + one random Continuing Committee Promo
2nd Place: 1 Booster Pack "The Motion Pictures" + one random Continuing Committee Promo
3rd Place: 1 Booster Pack "Reflections" (First Edition) + one random Continuing Committee Promo
PREVIOUS CHALLENGES
January 2019: New Year's Resolution (Link)
February 2019: Café des Armours (Link)
March 2019: The Neverending Story (Link)
April 2019: Fire and Ice (Link)
May 2019: All Good Things (Link)
June 2019: The Final Frontier (Link)
July 2019: God is a DJ (Link)
August 2019: The machines are rising (Link)
September 2019: Mon Capitaine (Link)
October 2019: Nobody calls me chicken (Link)
November 2019: We are old now (Link)
December 2019: Alternate Reality (Link)
DEADLINE 31th December 2019
Sneak peak for January's challenge: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
Here are now the entries from December‘s challenge ALTERNATE REALITY. The challenge‘s objective was to create a set of three to five cards that share a connected theme and are based on an alternate reality that was seen or mentioned on any show. Please note again that this month do count double for the end of the year standings. To vote please just post a comment below with the entry number.
ENTRIES FROM LAST THEMATIC CHALLENGE: Alternate Reality
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(6) •U.S.S. Voyager, Revised Warship
Intrepid Class
While you do not command a headquarters mission, you may play this ship at Caretaker's Array. While this ship is at a mission, you may play personnel and equipment aboard this ship. Each non-unique personnel you own gains Treachery, and becomes a Hologram.
Order: Discard a card titled U.S.S. Voyager from hand to score 5 points.
Range 9 Weapons 11 Shields 8(5) •Thief's Spoils, Mercenary Vessel
Na'Fer Class
When your personnel at this mission leaves play, you may download a personnel with a different card title you do not command and place him or her aboard this ship. You now command that personnel.
“Brunt modified the dilithium matrix to maximise the output.”
Range 7 Weapons 5 Shields 6(5) •I.K.C. Kruge, Klingon Battleship
K'Vort Class
Cloaking Device
Order: Discard an card from hand to begin an engagement involving this ship. If you win, randomly kill an opponent's personnel involved. If that personnel costs 4 or more, randomly kill another personnel involved.
"Federation ship Enterprise, surrender and prepare to be boarded."
Range 7 Weapons 8 Shields 7(6) •Terix, Imperial Flagship
D'deridex Class
Cloaking Device
When you reveal cards from the top of an opponent's deck, if this ship is staffed and your corresponding Commander is aboard, you may discard one of the cards revealed. You may do this only once each turn.
“Has Starfleet Command approved this arrangement?”
“No.”
“I like it already.”
Range 7 Weapons 9 Shields 9(5) •I.S.S. Khan's Wrath, Imperial Vessel
NX Class
To play this ship, you must command 3 personnel. While you have no cards in hand, this ship is Weapons +2.
When an engagement begins involving this ship (or your ship at this mission,) if you have no cards in hand you may download a Maneuver Interrupt.
Terran battleship that engaged the Starship Defiant in 2155. Later swore fealty to Empress Sato, a superior leader.
Range 6 Weapons 5 Shields 5 -
(3) Temporal Vortex
Temporal.
Plays in your core. After your opponent has chosen dilemmas for his or her stack, you may stop your Borg Queen to have dilemmas revealed from bottom to top during this mission attempt.
"Sensors show chronometric particles emanating from the sphere."Prepare for Ramming Speed!
Maneuver.
When your ship is in an engagement, or your personnel aboard are attempting a mission, for each staffing requirement on that ship choose one: that ship is attributes +1, or a personnel aboard gains Navigation until the end of this turn. Then place this on that ship.
Damage - This card cannot be removed from play.
"Perhaps today is a good day to die."•Typhon Sector, Engage the Borg
<50>
3 Leadership, 4 Navigation, Cunning>48, and total Weapons at this mission>10
When you win an engagement involving your or ship, you may choose one: place a personnel from hand on a headquarters mission where that personnel could be played or flip this mission.
"We have it in visual range. A Borg cube on course 0 mark 215, speed warp nine point..."
<3> (front)
•Sol System, Assimilate Species 5618
<50>
7 of any one skill, and Cunning>44
Region: Sector 001.
Expand the Collective may be played on your Earth and cannot be prevented or removed from play.
We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile.
<3> (back)(5) •Jean-Luc Picard, Adept Captain
Human/Borg
Anthropology 2 Leadership Honor Physics Security
Commander: U.S.S. Enterprise-E.
While this personnel is facing a dilemma, if a copy of that dilemma is overcome at a mission you command, you may discard the top card of your deck and stop this personnel to prevent and overcome that dilemma.
"I can hear them."
Integrity 8 Cunning 6 Strength 6(7) •U.S.S. Enterprise-E, Fleet Commander
Sovereign Class
When you play this ship, if you command more ships than your opponent, score 5 points.
"How many planets are in this Federation?"
"Over one hundred and fifty, spread across eight thousand light years."
"You mustn't get home much."
"Actually, I tend to think of this ship as home."
Range 9 Weapons 9 Shields 9 -
Vintner Picard
In 2395 in an alternate timeline Jean-Luc Picard became a vintner in La Barre, Earth. Has advanced Irumodic Syndrome. Once married to Beverly Picard. Solved the never ending trial.
CIVILIAN
May meet any one requirement of Investigate Anti-Time Eruption.
Your 2395 cards and Admiral Riker may mix and cooperate here.
Music Any 2395 card OR Admiral Riker.
Integrity 7 Cunning 5 Strength 3Professor Data
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in an alternate timeline in 2395. Lives at Isaac Newton's house with several cats. Able to use contractions.
CIVILIAN
ENGINEER Computer Skill x2 Music
Astrophysics x3 Physics x2
Scores 10 points if helps solve Spatial Anti-Time Anomaly.
Data Laughing
Integrity 7 Cunning 12 Strength 12Nell Chilton
Ensign served as helmsman abroad U.S.S. Pasteur in an alternate timeline in 2395. Got the position with the help of her boyfriend. Killled during a Klingon attack.
OFFICER
Navigation x2 MEDICAL Youth
May volunteer for random selections (if applicable).
Integrity 7 Cunning 7 Strength 5Geordi
Former chief of engineering abroad the U.S.S. Enterprise and captain of the U.S.S. Challenger. Visited his old friend and captain Jean-Luc Picard regulary in La Barre, Earth in an alternate timeline in 2395.
CIVILLIAN
ENGINEER x2 Computer Skill Navigation
Physics Diplomacy
May report (for free) to Vinter Picard.
Integrity 8 Cunning 7 Strength 5Picard's Vineyard
2395 Earth: Alternate future where Captain Picard retired as a vitner in La Barre, Earth.
Plays on Table. You may download Vintner Picard here. Native to this timeline: all cards with "alternate timeline" and "2395" in lore. Once each turn, one such card reporting at this location may report for free. When you solve Investigate Anti-Time Eruption, score points and discard timeline. [20] -
Roswell Military Base Camp
1947 Earth: U.S. Military base stationed in New Mexico.
Seeds or plays on table. Once per turn, your cards native to this timeline or your Quark, Rom, Nog, or Quark's Treasure may play for free here. Every turn, first time you report a non-human here, draw three cards and then discard two from hand. Native to this timeline: all personnel and equipment with "1947" in lore.Faith Garland
MEDICAL
Nurse in the United States Army Air Forces in 1947. Romantically involved with Jeff Carlson. Helped the Ferengi escape.
Honor Exobiology Anthropology Rescue Captives
Integrity 8 Cunning 7 Strength 4Jeff Carlson
SCIENCE
Professor stationed in Roswell in 1947. Romantically involved with Faith Garland. Befriended the Ferengi who accidently crashed at the base.
Biology Honor Incoming Message - Ferengi
Integrity 7 Cunning 8 Strength 6Rex Denning
OFFICER
Lieutenant general who was a flag officer in the United States Army Air Forces. Stationed at the Roswell Military base camp during the 1947 encounter of the Ferengi.
Leadership x2
Integrity 6 Cunning 7 Strength 8 -
(3) •Chakotay, "Galaxy's Most Wanted"
Human
Anthropology Archaeology Leadership Security Treachery
Commander: Delta Flyer. Thief. When you play this personnel, you may examine the top four cards of your deck. You may reveal a card and take it into hand. Place the remaining cards on the bottom of your deck in any order.
Integrity 5 Cunning 6 Strength 5(3) •Tessa Omond
Human
Anthropology Engineer Physics Transporters Treachery
Thief. You may play this personnel aboard your ship. While this personnel is present with your Chakotay, she is attributes +1 and gains Honor.
"I didn't want Chakotay or Harry to have to face this alone."
Integrity 5 Cunning 6 Strength 5"Guardian Angel"
Temporal. When your unique personnel is facing a dilemma, you may discard a personnel with the same title from hand to make him or her gain all the discarded personnel's skills and attributes of until the end of that dilemma.
"...but if you're watching this right now, that means all of that has changed. You owe me one." -
Archer of Borg
Assimilated Counterpart who spoke to Starfleet in an alternate universe: "The knowledge and experience of the Human - Jonathan Archer - is part of us now."
OFFICER Diplomacy ENGINEER Honor Leadership SECURITY Weapons and Shields +4 vs.
Integrity 8 Cunning 7 Strength 11Soval of Borg
Assimilated Counterpart who spoke to the High Command in an alternate universe: "The knowledge and experience of the Vulcan - Soval - is part of us now."
V.I.P. Diplomacy Law Leadership x2
Anthropology Weapons and Shields +4 vs.
Integrity 5 Cunning 9 Strength 10Valdore of Borg
Assimilated Counterpart who spoke to the Star Empire in an Alternate Universe: "The knowledge and Experience of the Romulan - Admiral Valdore - is part of us now."
OFFICER Leadership Computer Skill Treachery Weapons and Shields +4 vs. Commandeer Ship
Scores 15 points for assimilating a Drone-class vessel.
Integrity 4 Cunning 7 Strength 12Establish New Collective
Seeds on table. You may download Assimilate Homeworld and/or Assimilate Emergent Civilization. Your cards may not be excluded from battle at time locations. When you complete a Objective Targeting a 2154 Time Location, assimilate all opponent's cards there, and for remainder of game, your cards may report there, and non- cards may not. Your Completed Objectives on missions with an affiliation icon matching an assimilated Homeworld's affiliation are worth +5 points. (Unique.)Assimilate Emergent Civilization
Suspends your Assimilate Homeworld targeting a Homeworld if your matching Counterpart is and scouting is complete. Target Homeworld's corresponding 2154 Time Location. If your Borg there, you may probe:
: Civilization Assimilated: Place on time location; Suspended Objective completed. Remove all opponent's matching affiliation cards from hand, deck, discard pile, and spaceline (except cards) from the game. You may download Service the Collective (only works with your Counterparts) and/or one Objective. -
(2) •Before and After
Temporal. Plays in your core. At the start of your turn, you may shuffle your , , or personnel in play into your deck to download a , , or personnel with the same card title (or with lower cost of the same affiliation) and place him or her at that mission (that personnel is stopped).
"As far as I can tell I've jumped backwards a total of five times so far."(4) •Kes, Confused Grandmother
Ocampa
Anthropology, Biology, Diplomacy, Honor, Telepathy
Order- Download Kes. You may remove that Kes, this personnel, and a copy of Kes from your discard pile from the game to score 15 points.
"Everyone listen to me, please."
Integrity 7 Cunning 6 Strength 3(2) •Kes, Determined Ocampa
Ocampa
Biology,Honor, Medical, Science, Telepathy
Order- Download a , , or card. Discard it, then shuffle a , , or card from your discard pile into your deck.
"I have to find the exact temporal variance of that torpedo."
Integrity 7 Cunning 6 Strength 4(0) •Kes, Confused Child
Ocampa
Anthropology, Telepathy
At the end of your turn you must choose: place this in your discard pile to draw a card, or discard a card from hand to shuffle this card into your deck.
"Please try to believe me. I've been living aboard a starship called Voyager."
Integrity 7 Cunning 5 Strength 3(2) •Linnis, Concerned Daughter
Human/Ocampa
Biology, Medical, Physics, Science, Telepathy
When a personnel present is shuffled into your deck, choose an event. Until the start of your next turn, opponent's cards cannot destroy that event.
"I'm your daughter and I love you."
Integrity 6 Cunning 6 Strength 5
SCOREBOARD
WeyounsLastClone 12 (+1)
commdecker 10
Armus 10 (+1)
MattgomeryScott 10 (+2)
Pazuzu 9
HoodieDM 9 (+2)
Danny 7
Naetor 6
LostZoat 4
winterflames 4 (+1)
jrch5618 3
superdave 3
rferries 2
Sexecutioner 2
Cartagia 1
Smiley 1
PRIZE POOL
1st Place: 1 Year Premium Subscription + one random Continuing Committee Promo
2nd Place: 1 Booster Pack "The Motion Pictures" + one random Continuing Committee Promo
3rd Place: 1 Booster Pack "Reflections" (First Edition) + one random Continuing Committee Promo
PREVIOUS CHALLENGES
January 2019: New Year's Resolution (Link)
February 2019: Café des Armours (Link)
March 2019: The Neverending Story (Link)
April 2019: Fire and Ice (Link)
May 2019: All Good Things (Link)
June 2019: The Final Frontier (Link)
July 2019: God is a DJ (Link)
August 2019: The machines are rising (Link)
September 2019: Mon Capitaine (Link)
October 2019: Nobody calls me chicken (Link)
November 2019: We are old now (Link)
December 2019: Alternate Reality (Link)
DEADLINE 31th December 2019
Sneak peak for January's challenge: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction.
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"Seize the time... Live now. Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again." (Jean-Luc Picard, The Inner Light)
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