Anastasia Komananov
by Section Chief Michel Albert (sven7@nbnet.nb.ca)

Agent: Code name Colonel Anastasia Komananov. KGB. Femme fatale.

Mission profile: Komananov will fit easily into Klingon and Federation decks, putting a premium on Honor and Diplomacy, or else she can patch those holes in a more treacherous deck. In any case, she'll work for the highest bidder as a Non-Aligned agent.

Special Talents: This agent is armed with earrings that can be converted into a Smoke Bomb which can then be used either to prevent a personnel battle if her team is unprepared, or simply to "stop" an Away Team or crew. The latter can even be used on your own Away Teams to stop a mission attempt you've rashly committed to, since the download suspends play. The former is great for protecting her when she acts as an intruder aboard an opponent's ship, which she would do to Issue Secret Orders. Beam her over to an opposing ship with a Mobile Holo-Emitter and she can make it attempt any mission you choose. Not everyone has access to infiltrators, but everyone has access to Komananov, and everyone hates to have their deadliest dilemma combo evaded just because it wasn't at the right mission.

Aliases: Colonel Komananov is a version of the Kira Nerys persona, which currently includes Bajoran, Cardassian, and Federation versions. All will be able to switch back and forth with the Russian agent for more skills and battling power.

Combos:

Anastasia Komananov + I've Been Waiting for You: Lead an opposing crew astray, then switch Anastasia for a more aggressive hologram, like Chaotica if they have a lot of holograms aboard, Duchamps to battle their flesh and blood personnel, or Felix Leech to handicap their mission attempt.

Anastasia Komananov + Open Diplomatic Negotiations: She can Issue Orders to make a ship go, or Smoke Bomb its crew to keep it exactly where it is.

Anastasia Komananov + Ensign Chekov + Nikolai Rozhenko: Not only can she teach them what a real Russian accent is like, but it's one more fine reason to play Parallax Arguers.