STAR TREK CUSTOMIZABLE CARD GAME
CURRENT RULINGS
08/30/99 Current
Rulings are periodic updates to the Rulebook and Glossary, including rules changes,
clarifications and situations not addressed in the Rulebook, Glossary or rules
supplements. Current Rulings are the official supplement to the Rulebook and should
be used by tournament directors in making tournament rulings. Answers
given by official Decipher representatives are not official until included in
a Current Rulings document. Such answers are highly recommended for use by tournament
directors, but the TD always has the final authority on rulings. This
document contains all Current Rulings issued since the 12/7/98 Rulebook and Glossary
(which includes all prior FAQs and Current Rulings). Entries that are new or changed
since the last Current Rulings document (7/26/99) are marked with an asterisk
(*) before the topic. A complete set of Star Trek Customizable Card Game rules
consists of: Rule Booklet (12/7/98)
Rule Booklet Glossary (12/7/98)
Current Rulings (8/30/99)
Enhanced First Contact Rules Notes (1/13/99)
The Dominion Rules Supplement (1/20/99) NOTE: Cross-references that have
no corresponding entries in the Current Rulings refer to entries in the Glossary.
Entries are arranged alphabetically, ignoring punctuation symbols. Entries for
specific cards are sorted according to exact card title (e.g., the entry for The
Emissary is in the T's, not the E's). Borg drones are listed by their designations
(e.g., Interlink Drone, not Nine of Eleven), except for Seven of Nine. Text in
square brackets represents an icon. Most icon designations are listed below.
LEGEND [AU] Alternate Universe
[BO] Borg use
only
[C] Command
[Com] Communication subcommand (blue icon)
[Def] Defense subcommand (red icon)
[DQ] Delta Quadrant
[EE] U.S.S. Enterprise-E
[GQ] Gamma Quadrant
[H]
Holographic re-creation
[HA] Hidden Agenda
[KW] Ketracel-White
[M] Maquis
[Nav] Navigation subcommand (green icon)
[Nem]
Nemesis
[OCD] Optical Compact Disk
[P] Planet
[Q]
Q-Continuum
[R] Referee
[S] Space
[S/P] Space/Planet
[SD] Special download
[ST] Staff
[univ] Universal
{3} Countdown box
[35] Point box Affiliation Icons
[Baj] Bajoran
[Borg] Borg
[Car] Cardassian
[Dom] Dominion
[Fed] Federation
[Fer] Ferengi
[Klg] Klingon
[NA] Non-Aligned
[Neu] Neutral
[Rom] Romulan Infiltrator Icons <Baj>
Bajoran
<Car> Cardassian
<Dom> Dominion
<Fed> Federation
<Fer> Ferengi
<Klg>
Klingon
<Rom> Romulan SIGNIFICANT RULINGS CHANGES
AND CLARIFICATIONS TO NOTE Several earlier formal and informal rulings
have been changed or clarified to enhance gameplay and for better consistency.
For details, see the following listings (entries marked with an asterisk have
been added or revised since the previous Current Rulings): ACTIONS,
"JUST": Definition and timing of "just" actions. AJUR AND BORATUS:
Reversed the ruling on not shuffling the seed cards to make the random selection.
You are now required to shuffle. Must be more than three seed cards at a mission
to use their skill. ASSIMILATION: A counterpart retains gender,
species and other lore information for Borg-related cards only. *ATTRIBUTE
MODIFIERS: Reversed ruling: You must now add and subtract before multiplying
modifiers. BAJORAN INTERCEPTOR: Once-per-turn landing/takeoff allowance
is in addition to any allowed by other cards. BATTLE, SHIP: A matching
personnel is required aboard a ship to fire WEAPONS, even in retaliation. *BLAZE
OF GLORY: All information from the Blaze of Glory Rules Supplement has been
incorporated into these Current Rulings, including full revised ship battle rules
to replace the section in the full Rulebook (the Rules Supplement contains only
the changes to the old rules). BORG - OBJECTIVES: Borg may now have
non-[BO] objectives in addition to their [BO] current objective. BORG
OUTPOST: May be built at an assimilated homeworld. CLOAKED SHIP:
Clarification of probing from a cloaked ship. Cloaked ship may not scout a mission.
Cards may report to a cloaked ship. COMMANDEERING: An all Non-Aligned
Away Team may commandeer a Nor, but its affiliation does not change. Borg may
not commandeer a Nor. They may only assimilate. CRYOSATELLITE:
If multiple personas or counterparts are acquired from a Cryosatellite, all but
the first are discarded. DISTORTION OF SPACE/TIME CONTINUUM: May
not be played on your ship during your opponent's turn. DOCKED SHIPS:
Six listed interrupts may no longer be played on a docked ship. DOWNLOADING:
Clarification of special download rules. Clarification of requirements for playing
downloaded cards. *ECHO PAPA 607 KILLER DRONE: It is not considered
a hand weapon or weapon. *EMPOK NOR: Computer Crash cancels all downloads
performed when it is commandeered. FACILITIES: Personnel lines are
eliminated. Cards stack on top of sites or under other facilities. FACILITIES,
CONTROL OF: Clarification of "controlling affiliation" for a facility.
FAIR PLAY: First paragraph corrected (prevents solving a mission, not attempting
it). GENDER: If not otherwise indicated, personnel are male.
INFILTRATION ICONS: You may no longer report an infiltrator to the opponent's
side of the table unless the opponent has seeded or played cards of the affiliation
matching the infiltration icon. Infiltration after reporting normally is unaffected.
*INFILTRATORS: Do not benefit from most equipment while infiltrating.
KETRACEL-WHITE: A "stopped" Vorta may ration Ketracel-White.
LAUNCH PORTAL: Engage Shuttle Operations is not required to use launching
text. LORE'S FINGERNAIL: Allows androids to report as Non-Aligned.
MISSION-SOLVING, TIMING: Mission points are scored before artifacts
are acquired. *MARTOK: Revised game text: His special download of
"D'k Tagh" should read "D'k Tahg." misseeds: You may not solve a mission (or complete
an objective targeting a mission) if you encounter your own misseeded card there.
persona replacement: You may replace a persona only once at the start of a turn.
OUT-OF-PLAY: Any card placed out-of-play must be shown to your
opponent first. OUTSIDE THE GAME: Cards added from outside the
game must be removed from your deck at the end of the game. PATROL
NEUTRAL ZONE: A cloaked ship will no longer prevent solving the mission.
PRESENT: "Stopped" cards are now "present" or "aboard" except for mission,
scouting or commandeering attempts and staffing ships. REPORTING FOR
DUTY: Cards may report to any quadrant when allowed by a card other than a
facility (even if they report aboard a facility). A card may be reported by "Devidian
Door" to a site on a Nor without a docking site. REVISED GAME TEXT:
All cards with clarifications or errata are listed for reference. (Also, entries
with revised text are provided for several Beta revisions and other cards not
previously listed in the Glossary.) Delete Senior Staff Meeting from list.
RESPONSES: Interrupts that "prevent" an action may be used as a response.
REVISED GAME TEXT: All cards with clarifications or errata are
listed for reference. (Also, entries with revised text are provided for several
Beta revisions and other cards not previously listed in the Glossary.) *SCANNER
INTERFERENCE: Errata: Addition of the words "into play" to the final sentence
of the card. SEEDING DUPLICATE CARDS: Seed cards are now "unique
per mission." SENIOR STAFF MEETING: Errata in glossary changed to
a clarification of timing. SHOWING YOUR CARDS: You may no longer
look through your opponent's personnel while they are aboard a facility.
"STOPPED": "Stopped" cards may not be beamed, move, walk, cloak, initiate
a battle, staff a ship or participate in a mission, commandeering or scouting
attempt. They may now perform other actions and use skills as appropriate. TERRAFORMING
STATION: Redefinition from outside a tournament cannot affect a tournament
match. THE WALLS HAVE EARS: May be played for points with Rogue
Borg as the intruder. THINE OWN SELF: Revised text: plays on an
Away Team on a planet (unless in a facility). TIMING: Clarification
of start-of-turn and end-of-turn action timing. TOURNAMENT SCORING:
Clarification of differential scoring for negative final scores. *ZON:
Revised game text. His special skill should read: "May nullify Nausicaans dilemma
where present."
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