Lucas Thompson (edgeofhearing) Tournament Report - 2E 2024-02-25 - 01:00 PM Mass Transit Introduction I've never played an all-in Smuggling Run deck, and wanted to give it a try. I figured a lot of the Smuggling Run-specific personnel cost 2, so the new Sisko and Bashir got to come along for the ride (Bell's skill density was too low, though I wished for his Honor and Integrity in my first game). Round 1 ALT MW (+50) The Daughter's missions were among the hardest for me to use for Smuggling Run in the tournament, and she got out faster than I did so I couldn't use Denorios belt. However, I held her off there long enough to score 30 points off three runs at The Last Outpost. I burned 5 points on an Eleventh Gradient since I felt it was unlikely I could complete a fourth run without Yates around early enough. I managed to knock out two missions before the end to seal the deal. Round 2 Adam Bargar FW (+70) Lots of Two of Nine action on Adam's side had me a little shy about using Smuggling Run - I did pull off one early on for 10 points after Two of Nine downloaded a ship. A second copy showed up and stayed on the table long enough to force me into a mission attempt (after burning 5 on an Eleventh Gradient). Disaster showed up, but I lost no personnel to a Personal Duty since Smuggling Run wasn't on the table (Ro-Kel's Leadership is conditional), and I didn't have a second Engineer for Nanite Attack so I pulled off a one-shot solve. I held off Adam's attempts at Mobile Micro-Singularity for a lot of turns, but if I hadn't been lucky on the first attempt with Dragon's Teeth he might have one-shot his too. Once he finally did solve, I was out for a second Smuggling Run after solving my second mission, and I was glad that Xef'No's ability wasn't shut off, netting me 15 more points. He had killed off Yates during a mission attempt though, so I was locked into a third mission here. Fortunately for me, Adam's doublers never came on-line there, or I would likely have been locked down for quite a while. Round 3 Missed Game MG (0) I sat out the third round so that Adam wouldn't get the bye - if you're traveling for Trek (well, for work, but he arrived early for the Trek), I'm not going to make you sit out one of the rounds! Closing Thoughts The Smuggling Run cards are fun. Thanks Adam for joining us!