Home Away From Home
by Kathy McCracken (majorrakal@decipher.com)

The Borg, stuck outside their native quadrant since First Contact, have always enjoyed the roving "outpost" of a Borg Cube. Now, everyone else can have the same kind of "home away from home" while exploring another quadrant, by playing (or in some cases, seeding) this incident on a ship.

To start with, any [DQ] ship referring to the "Alpha Quadrant" in its lore can have equipment and matching [DQ] personnel report aboard. So all your [DQ] Federation personnel can report aboard U.S.S. Voyager, even the Non-Aligned crew such as Seven of Nine, using their alternate [Fed] affiliation icon. One with a [Stf] icon can even report for free each turn, for a Headquarters-like ability on the fly. With the ability to seed Voyager at the Caretaker's Array followed by seeding Home Away From Home, you have your roving outpost/HQ from the word go.

But the main privilege isn't confined just to the few ships that meet that criterion; play this on any other non-Borg ship, and while it's outside its native quadrant, you can likewise report personnel aboard -- those matching both the affiliation and the native quadrant of the ship -- plus equipment. You'll want to report your Non-Aligned personnel before leaving home (unless it's a Non-Aligned ship), or use some other method of reporting them aboard such as Crew Reassignment. Perfect for exploring the Gamma, Delta, or Mirror Quadrant with your Romulan or Klingon crew, without worry about fetching backup personnel when a dilemma decimates your crew.

Combos:

Home Away From Home + Caretaker's Array + U.S.S. Voyager: All you need for a few turns around this far-flung quadrant, and they're all seedable.

Home Away From Home + any Alpha/Gamma ship + Bajoran Wormhole or Barzan Wormhole: If you want to start in your home quadrant, one of the wormholes will let you head for the stars without giving up easy reinforcements.

Home Away From Home + Ferengi Trading Post + a universal D'Kora: The Delta Quadrant isn't all that can take advantage of a seeded Home Away From Home.