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                       Fed/Space Deck
                       From David Bowling
                       September 1996

                       Question 1 - What type of deck are you most likely
                       to encounter in a national tournament?
                       Answer - A Federation Speed deck.

                       Question 2 - How do you beat a Federation Speed
                       Deck?
                       Answer - To quote Wesley of COTD fame, "With a
                       faster speed deck!"

                       Thus my goal: To develop a Federation Speed deck
                       that was fast enough to beat mostspeed decks and
                       yet focused enough to minimize the possibility of
                       other Federation decks getting to my missions
                       first.

                        SEED CARDS                   DRAW DECK

                        Missions (6)                 Personnel (14)

                        Explore Black Cluster        Beverly Crusher
                        Fissure Research             Data
                        Investigate Disappearance    Jean-Luc Picard
                        Pegasus Search               Jenna D'Sora
                        Study "Hole In Space"        Morgan Bateson
                        Study Nebula                 Neela Daren
                                                     Rachel Garrett
                        Dilemmas (14)                Wesley Crusher
                                                     Worf
                        Borg Ship                    Dathon
                        Cytherians                   Dr. Reyga
                        Barclay's Protomorphosis     Jo'Bril
                        Disease                      Roga Danar
                        Edo Probe x2                 Vekor
                        Frame of Mind
                        Outpost Raid x2              Ships (2)
                        Q x2
                        REM Fatigue Hallucinations   USS Enterprise
                        Shaka, When the Walls Fell   USS Galaxy
                        x3
                                                     Events (6)
                        Artifacts (2)
                                                     Kivas Fajo x2
                        Betazoid Gift Box            Red Alert! x2
                        Cryosatellite                The Traveler: Transcendence x2

                        Outposts (2)
 [Image]           [Image]                           Interrupts (9)       [Image]
                        Federation
                        Neutral                      Distortion of Space/Time
                                                     Continuum x2
                        Other (4)                    Kevin Uxbridge x3
                                                     Palor Toff x2
                        AU Door                      Q2 x2
                        Beverly Picard
                        Major Rakal                  Other (1)
                        Lakanta
                                                     AU Door

                       Playing Tips:

                       First I start with 6 space missions to minimize
                       the effectiveness of my opponents dilemmas. Next,
                       Rakal lets me seed two outposts, so I focus the
                       game on accomplishing two missions.

                       Seed Outposts under Explore Black Cluster and
                       Pegasus Search. Explore Black Cluster is my first
                       mission, so I seed a Cryosatellite with a Betazoid
                       Gift Box, Beverly Picard, Rakal, and Lakanta under
                       the mission. With 5 Leadership and 4 Stellar
                       Cartography in my Draw Deck, I will usually be
                       able to solve the mission before my opponents,
                       even if they can solve the same mission.

                       After completing the first mission, I use the
                       Betazoid Box to make sure I have Jo'Bril (my
                       Treachery for Pegasus Search), an AU Door
                       (innoculation against Temporal Rifts), and at
                       least one Distortion of Space/Time Continuum in my
                       hand before I start traveling. I then pick up a
                       Cytherians (using Lakanta as a shortcut) and make
                       my way to my second outpost at Pegasus Search. If
                       everything goes well, I solve Pegasus Search and
                       get 100 points. (Explore Black Cluster = 35 +
                       Cytherians = 15 + Pegasus Search = 50).

                       If I need more points, I go after my conveniently
                       seeded Barclay (10 pts) or possibly one of my
                       other missions.

                       My Event and Interrupt selections are geared
                       towards getting cards in my hand fast and having
                       my Red Alert float before my opponent.

                       The other key to this deck is the dilemmas. I
                       simply developed a dilemma strategy geared towards
                       slowing down my deck. One of the most important
                       aspects of playing this deck occurs when seeding
                       dilemmas, especially when you are playing other
                       Federation Decks.

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