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STAR TREK: CCG   OFFICIAL RULES FAQ #3
OFFICIAL ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS
For the STAR TREK: TNG: Customizable Card Game

Version: 3 

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Archive-name: ST:CCG RULES FAQ v.3
Last-modified: February 11, 1995
FAQ Numbering System based on one by Christopher Coey

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IMPORTANT NOTES:

This FAQ doesn't include FAQs v.1 and v.2. 
       See the "Rules FAQ FILE" for a complete compilation of ALL 
FAQs to date, including this one.

*HOW TO USE THE NUMBERING SYSTEM

This document has a simple numbering system that divides the 
questions into subject categories.  There is a category for each
type of card in ST:CCG, as well as categories for common types of 
rules.  (See the list below). 

If you have a question, you will find the answer under one of the 
subjects it relates to. For example, if you have a question about 
whether Exocomps are Cumulative, the answer will be found 
under either Personnel (where Exocomps are), or under the 
category for questions about "Cumulative" effects.

If your question is about a certain card attribute, such as "Skills", 
look either under the category for the type of cards that have that 
attribute, or under a separate category by that name.  If your 
question is of a general or miscellaneous nature, such as a 
question about a "tactic", look in Category 1 "General Questions."

Another good way to use the FAQ FILE to quickly find
 questions/answers relating to your question is to simply use the 
"Find" feature of your word processor.

The categories are not currently cross-referenced, so you may 
have to search a bit. For example, a question about Damaging 
Ships might be found under Ships or under Battle.

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OVERALL INDEX TO THE QUESTION CATEGORIES
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1.   GENERAL QUESTIONS
2.   PERSONNEL
3.   SHIPS
4.   MISSIONS
5.   DILEMMAS
6.   EVENTS
7.   INTERRUPTS
8.   EQUIPMENT
9.   ARTIFACTS
10. OUTPOSTS
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11. HOLOGRAPHIC RE-CREATIONS
12. NON-ALIGNED and TREATIES
13. AFFILIATIONS
14. THE SPACELINE and MOVEMENT
15. BEAMING -- AWAY TEAMS -- CREW
16. BATTLE
17. CLOAKING
18. BORG and ROGUE BORG
19. CUMULATIVE EFFECTS
20. CARD COMBINATIONS

40. COMMENTS ON PAST RULINGS
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1. GENERAL QUESTIONS

Q: LONG-RANGE SCAN SHIELDING  -- The Mercenary Ship says
it has "long-range scan shielding". What is this?
A: It means the ship is shielded from the use of the Long-Range 
Scan Interrupt card (which normally allows you to look at the cards 
on an opponent's ship).

Q: COUNTING SEEDED CARDS -- During play, are you allowed 
to look at the number of Dilemma or Artifact cards under a certain 
mission?
A: No. It is okay to check and see if any are there at all. But you 
can't count them. (Too much of a chance for cheating).

Q: PEEKING AT THE DISCARD PILE -- Can you look through your 
discard pile during a game?
A: No, unless a special card allows it.

Q: LOOKING AT OUTPOST PERSONNEL -- Can you ask your
opponent to show you his/her Personnel and Equipment cards 
that are face up on the table (like those at an Outpost)?
A: Yes

Q: DEFINITION OF "TURNS" -- What is the proper definition of the 
word "turn", as when it says "your turn" or "each turn"  or "double 
turns" on the cards, etc.?

A: There are four potentially confusing things about turns:
	1) the definitions -- "each", "every", "next", etc.
	2) to whom the card applies
	3) "when" a "timed" event happens during a turn.
	4) how "double turns" (the Horgha'hn) affects these

Below is a listing of definitions of all these terms which both works 
for the cards, and also should work with future cards we have 
planned for expansion sets.

DEFINITIONS

"Turn" -- a turn is one segment of the game in which the player is 
"on move", consisting of  the turn sequence explained in the 
rulebook (page 13) of a) play one card, b) execute orders, c) draw
 a card to end the turn. Players alternate turns in the game.

"End of Turn" -- the end of each turn is signified by the player 
drawing a card. Anything that the cards say happens "at the end of 
a turn" happens just before the card draw. If there is more than one 
thing scheduled to happen at the end of the turn, the player can 
choose which to do first.

"Start of Turn" -- after the opponent has transferred the turn to you 
(by ending his/her turn), and the first thing you do that turn

The Subject of the Card -- Who the card applies to is important for 
understanding the definitions of "turns", and the source of most 
confusion about "turns." For example, "next turn" would be unclear 
if you didn't know whether it was referring your next turn or the 
opponent's next turn. 
	The wording of the card usually makes it clear who it
applies to. But some cards are a little ambiguous. If it isn't clear, 
the general rule is:  the player that the card affects is the person it 
applies to. 
	If you play a card on an opponent's ship, such as a Warp 
Core Breach, it affects him and thus he is the subject. So when the 
Warp Core Breach says, "Ship explodes at end of owner's next 
turn. . . " it means the owner of the ship (the person it applies to), 
not the owner of the Warp Core Breach card.  If you play a card on 
yourself, like The Traveller, you are the subject. If a card applies to 
both players equally, such as the Anti-Time Anomaly, the subject 
would be the person who played it.

Once you know the subject, it is easy to determine what "turn" 
means, counting from that point of view:

"Each Turn" -- each of the subject's turns (skipping the other
 player). 
"Every Turn" -- every successive turn, of both players.
"Next Turn" -- the next turn of the subject.
"This Turn" -- the current turn.
"Rest of Turn" -- the remainder of the current turn.

"Full Turn" -- this definition is a little more specific. a "full turn" 
means one complete turn segment of the subject, from beginning 
to end. It does not include the current turn already underway.
	For example, the Anti-Time Anomaly says, ". . . Kills literally 
ALL personnel on table . . . at the end of your third full turn, unless .
. ."  Here is what it means by "your third full turn". The subject is the 
person who plays the card. You do not count the turn you are 
currently in. You only count your next three full (complete) turns. 
So, you would finish this turn, and then the countdown goes 
through three full turns with the Anomaly striking at the end of that 
third full turn.

"Double Turns" -- one card, the Horga'hn, allows you to take 
"double turns". This means the player takes one normal turn and 
then immediately takes another turn before the play alternates to 
the opponent. That's clear, but how does it effect the other cards 
that involve counting turns? Each turn in the double-turn is a full 
turn and counts as a turn. Thus, if the Anti-Time Anomaly was 
counting-down for the player with the Horga'hn, each of his 
double-turns would count as full turns.

Unclear Cards -- One card that is unclear in the above definitions 
is the Loss of Orbital Stability. This Interrupt says "Ship can't move 
for one turn. . . " This depends on whose move it currently is. If it is 
currently the ship owner's turn, the ship can't move for the rest of 
his turn. If it is not his turn, the ship can't move during his next turn. 

(Alien Groupie) -- this is worded: "Plays on any Away Team which 
has just completed a planet mission. Female groupie delays beam 
up of one male (random selection) for one full turn."  That final 
phase should really have said, "... until the end of one full turn." to 
make it clear.


Q: ENDING THE GAME -- When you run out of cards, the game 
ends. Is this as soon as there are no cards in your draw deck, or as 
soon as you need to draw a card and can't? 
A: It is supposed to happen as soon as you run out of cards in your 
draw deck. Normally, since cards are drawn at the end of your 
turn, running out will happen at that time. It is possible to run out 
during the middle of your turn if a special card is played that forces 
you to draw cards. The current ruling is that the game ends 
immediately when this happens. See the rules on page 2 and 6.

Q: DOES DECIPHER ACCEPT CARD IDEAS?
A: We make a formal distinction between a suggestion (offered 
from a customer as feedback) and a submission (a game designer 
seeking compensation). Your feedback is always welcome. If you 
think there is something good or bad about the game that you 
want us to know, or you have a "wish list" of cards, feel free to tell 
us. We listen to our customers and such suggestions are 
appreciated. However, if you are a player or designer seeking 
compensation for ideas Decipher does not accept personal 
submissions for collectible card game concepts. All such 
submissions must go through an established "game agent."


2. PERSONNEL
***2.1 MISCELLANEOUS

Q: PERSONNEL BACKUP -- A player has, for example, four Lt. 
Wolf cards in a deck. One Lt. Worf is put into play, and it is 
subsequently killed. Can another Lt. Wolf come into play later in 
the game or is he considered dead until a "Res Q" is played to 
regenerate him?
A: One player can not have two Lt. Worf's (or other non-universal 
personnel) in play at a time. However, if the one in play gets 
discarded, you can play another Lt. Worf if you get one in your 
hand. This is a reason to stock more than one in your deck. In the 
future, there might be other cards that affect "backups" like this.

***2.2 EXOCOMPS

Q: EXOCOMPS AND ANDROIDS -- Are Exocomps "androids" too? 
If so, can they be used to counter the Ktarian Game dilemma?
A:  No. They are sentient artificial life-forms, but not androids 
(which are human in appearance and abilities). Exocomps have 
unique abilities of their own, but don't double as androids.

Q: EXOCOMP REPAIRS ON A MOVING SHIP -- Can an Exocomp 
repair a moving ship?
A: Yes

***2.3 SKILLS

Q: VULCAN MINDMELD -- How would this be used? Also, does 
each mindmeld capable personel meld with someone, or do they 
all meld with the same person?
A: The "mindmelded" skills are duplicated. For example, if Sarek 
(what has mindmeld ability) is present with Geordi and Worf, you 
could play the Mindmeld card and Sarek could "meld" with Geordi 
(or Worf, your choice) and thus also have Geordi's skills this turn. 
The mindmeld thus allows you to temporarily "duplicate" the skills 
of any of the people present in the Away Team, and you have the 
choice of which one; which provides nice tactical flexibility when 
beaming down to attempt a mission where there are a lot of 
dilemmas. Each of the mindmeld capable people at that location 
can do this, so if you have several in an away team you have 
excellent flexibility.

***2.4 KLINGONS

Q: FEDERATION KLINGONS and PARTIAL KLINGONS -- Can 
Federation Klingons benefit from special Klingon-oriented cards 
like Right of Vengeance and Death Yell? Can a character who is 
only 1/2 Klingon get benefit?
A: Yes to both. They have "Klingon blood in their veins" too. For 
example, in TNG, Worf did the Klingon Death Yell at least twice.


3. SHIPS
***3.1 MISCELLANEOUS

Q: SELF DESTRUCT and SHIP BATTLES -- Can "Self Destruct" 
be used *during* a Ship Battle? For example, Ship A attacks Ship 
B with enough weapons to destroy it (direct hit). Owner of Ship B 
wants to go down fighting by playing a Self-Destruct to damage 
Ship A (since they can't take a retaliatory strike and the ship is 
dying anyway). However, Self-Destruct says it takes effect "at the 
end of the turn". This means Ship B will be already destroyed 
before the Self Destruct could take effect, right?
A: That's correct. As Sandy Wible, one of our netreps, says, "The 
valiant but doomed officers of the ship begin the Auto-Destruct 
countdown, only to be blown to bits before the countdown is 
reached!"

Q: SHIP DAMAGE UPON A "HALF-REPAIRED" SHIP  -- If a half-
repaired ship gets damaged again, what happens? For example: 
My ship is damaged and turned upside down. It has an exocomp 
aboard that repairs half the damage, turning it sideways. Now 
would a second hit destroy it even though it is only a quarterly 
damaged? 
A:  The rules say, "If a ship is damaged twice before it is repaired, 
the ship and everything aboard is destroyed..."  (page 28) 
	The strictest interpretation here is what the rules committee 
prefers -- that is, the ship is not "repaired" until it is completely 
repaired. (The rules say that turning the ship sideways shows only 
that it is "under repair", which is not the same as "repaired"). Thus, 
if a ship becomes damaged twice before it is completely repaired, 
it is destroyed. Being half-repaired doesn't help.

Q: SHUTTLECRAFT -- a) Can they be carried aboard large ships 
in the shuttlebay? b) Can they *land* on a planet, to circumvent 
atmospheric ionization, etc?
A: Cards in the expansion sets are planned for both these effects. 
In the meantime, a) is currently (as of 2/95) suggested as an 
optional tournament rule, while b) is not. Both will be integrated 
into the game in a more detailed and interesting way later.


4. MISSIONS
***4.1 MISCELLANEOUS

Q: DUPLICATE MISSIONS -- Can each player lay down the same 
mission card when creating the spaceline (i.e., each player lays 
down a Pegasus Search)? Can one player lay down more than 
one of the same mission (i.e., one player lays down three Pegasus 
Searches?
A: Yes, each player can lay down the same mission unless you 
play with a house rule that prepares the players so they can agree 
on a substitute Mission for the duplicate. The answer to the second 
question is no.

Q: KHITOMER RESEARCH -- Is this mission a misprint? Shouldn't 
it be Klingon only, rather than Romulan?
A: It could have been done the other way, but no, this is correct, 
even though it is an example of something you could not 
determine on your own. As you know, when you watch the TV 
show, almost all the missions are Federation missions (because 
that's primarily the shows a Federation point of view). From a 
gameplay perspective we had to create Klingon and Romulan 
missions that were in statistical balance with the Federation 
missions. Thus, when it was necessary, we developed an 
extended "script senario" to support any situation that seemed to 
depart from the show -- using known facts but portraying them from 
another affiliation's perspective. There are several such missions 
and it is quite involved to detail each one here. To some extent 
you have to imagine them from the opposite point of view seen in 
the show, using "Trek" sense.


***4.2 REQUIREMENTS

Q: "INVESTIGATE TIME CONTINUUM" and TIME TRAVEL POD -- 
This mission lists the Time Travel Pod as one of its requirement 
alternatives. But the Time Travel Pod is an Artifact that says it is 
"played once as an Interrupt card on any ship." How then do I use 
it to do this planet mission?
A: When you bring an Away Team to the planet to do the 
Investigate Time Continuum mission (and have gone through all 
the Dilemmas there), you can play it directly onto the planet and 
the Time Travel Pod "gives" you the resources to solve the 
Mission. The Time Travel Pod is thus "used" for this purpose and 
discarded.


***4.3 PARTICULAR MISSIONS

Q: CLOAKED MISSION -- "Why, oh, why doesn't the Cloaked 
Mission require a cloaking device?" 
A: An interesting question, but remember that the title of a mission 
is just descriptive and doesn't necessarily relate to equipment 
needed. There would be several practical problems in this 
particular case for using a cloaking device here. The ship would 
have to "decloak" to send down the away team (seemingly making 
the requirement problematic), and Federation ships don't have 
cloaking devices so they couldn't espionage here. Since all 
Klingon ships have cloaking devices the point is moot anyway, 
and thus we didn't think it would make a good requirement.

5. DILEMMAS
***5.1 MISCELLANEOUS

Q: "OWNER'S CHOICE" -- Does "owner's choice" on cards like 
Alien Abduction and Phased  Matter mean the "owner" of the away 
team that is affected?
A: Yes

***5.2 OVERCOMING

Q: UNCLEAR DILEMMAS FOR "OVERCOMING" -- On some of the 
Dilemmas, I am unclear as to whether failing to "overcome" them 
stops you... 1) Birth of Junior (if you don't have 3 Engineer)?...
2) Radioactive Garbage Scow (without 2 Engineer)?
A: In order to maximize the variety in the game, some dilemmas 
have special effects and come into play with effects similar to 
Event cards. In such cases, you have to flow with the logic of the 
particular wording of the card, but still live with the rule that if there 
are requirements listed you are stopped if you don't overcome 
them. 1) Birth of Junior, for example, has an immediate effect on 
you, and stops your mission attempt if you don't have 3 Engineer, 
but then allows you to keep going with the mission next turn even 
though Junior remains "attached" to your ship and draining its 
range. 2) The Radioactive Garbage Scow is also a special case. It 
comes into play like a "free-floating mission preventer". You are 
stopped immediately if you don't meet the requirements, but next 
turn are free to go get the needed Engineers and tow the darn 
thing out of the way.

***5.4 BONUS POINTS

Q: SCORING DILEMMA POINTS -- Some dilemmas have bonus 
points and also say "discard dilemma." When do you score the 
points? Do you score them if you fail to overcome the dilemma and 
it is discarded?
A: Bonus points from dilemma cards are earned only when you 
successfully overcome the Dilemma. You do not earn the points if 
the dilemma is discarded or otherwise circumvented without 
actually "overcoming" it.

***5.5 PARTICULAR DILEMMAS

Q: MALE LOVE INTEREST -- Does it affect *all* males, even 
Alexander Rozhenko and Fek'lhr?
A: Alexander -- yes, even though he is a boy. Those Feminine 
wiles know no limits! (Same thing for the reverse situation with the 
Female Love Interest).  Fek'lhr, however, is a holographic 
personnel, which is affected also, but differently. (see related 
question under "Hologaphic Recrations.")

Q: TEMPORAL CAUSALITY LOOP -- This says if you don't meet 
the requirements you must,  "undo your last two actions of this turn 
and end turn." ... 1) would this mean that if my previous two actions 
involved playing a card from my hand (like playing two Interrupts) 
that those cards would go back to my hand?... 2) what is the 
definition of an "action" in this sense?
A: 1) Yes. The previous two "actions" (and their effects) are 
undone, as if game-time was reversed to just before those two 
actions were played. Note however that the dilemma is discarded 
(because it also says "discard dilemma" on the card), and that your 
turn immediately ends. If one of your actions had been a battle that 
destoryed an enemy ship, it would be brought back, with all 
aboard. 2) Basically "action" means, "game decisions that were 
implemented in play." -- Playing a card, moving a ship, beaming 
something, discarding something, etc. It does not include the 
"parts" of an action -- i.e. starting a battle is one action, but the act 
of counting up the weapon and shield numbers as part of the 
battle is not an action. It also does not mean ancillary movements 
such as straightening the cards under a ship, or scratching your 
nose! We realize it is possible to poke holes in this kind of 
definition, but prefer some freedom for the players' creativity here 
rather than doing something like posting a list of all the possible 
"actions." If something is unclear, then go with what seems right in 
the spirit of the definition and the game.

Q: REM FATIGUE -- When encountering the REM Fatigue 
dilemma... 1) Does one get the five points for returning to the 
outpost?... 2) Does one have to have 3 MEDICAL in order to 
continue the mission attempt?
A: Either way of overcoming the dilemma scores the bonus points. 
If the player encountering the dilemma can't immediately 
overcome it, he is "stopped" as normal. But next turn, while the 
clock is ticking on this dilemma's effects, he can continue the 
mission.

Q: TARELLIAN PLAGUE SHIP -- ...1) Are Data, Exocomp, and/or 
Holograms affected?...2) Can the medical person beaming over 
be a hologram?
A: 1)  Such questions about Data and Exocomps relative to 
diseases are difficult to answer, because TNG itself was not 
consistent about this. Some diseases affected Data, and some 
didn't.  As was previously stated in FAQ v.1, "As a general rule, 
Androids and Exocomps, etc., would not be affected by cards that 
specifically affect living things -- as long as there is good reason to 
believe they logically would not be." There is no known reason 
Data would be affected in this case, so the answer is no for Data. 
Exocomps -- I don't know of them being vulnerable to any disease, 
so they are apparently no in all cases. Holograms -- are affected 
but have a different reaction as described in section 11 on 
holographic recreations.     2) No.

Q: TSIOLKOVSKY INFECTION -- 1) Are Data, Exocomp, and/or 
Holograms affected? 2) Do Personnel with a Classification also 
listed as a skill (like Leah Brahms) lose all of their "super" ability 
when affected by this Dilemma? 3) Do Personnel with a MEDICAL 
Classification that has ENGINEER listed as their first Skill, lose 
their MEDICAL ability, or their ENGINEER ability, or both (since 
MEDICAL and ENGINEER can both be used a skills)?
A: 1) Data --Yes (he was shown being affected in the episode "The 
Naked Now" from this infection, saying, "If you prick me, do I not 
leak?"). Exocomps, no. Holograms, yes (see discussion in section 
11.)       2) and... 3) "Classifications" are not lost by the Tsiolkovsky 
Infection. The only thing that is lost is the entirety of the first skill 
listed in the skill box. If this skill was "Diplomacy x3", they would 
lose all of it. If it was "ENGINEER", they lose that skill, but not their 
classification.

Q:   Q DILEMMA -- REARRANGING - How the spaceline gets 
"rearranged" under this dilemma was covered in FAQ v.2. But here 
are some remaining questions: 1) do Outposts get moved with the 
planets, or stay where they are? 2) Can you rearrange Event cards 
which are out on the spaceline like Q-nets, Gaps in Normal Space, 
etc. If not,what happens to them.
A: 1) In FAQ v.2 we said that "When the *locations* on the 
spaceline are rearranged all cards on or under the Mission card 
all stay together and are moved as one unit (including 
dilemmas/artifacts underneath; and personnel, events, equipment, 
etc. which might be on top)."  Since Outposts are also 
"underneath" the Mission card, they would also be moved with it... 
2) Since most Event cards played on the spaceline are "on top" of 
the mission locations, then as in 1 above they would move with 
that mission card. Exceptions are Q-Net and Gaps in Normal 
Space (and any other such cards which are not on "top" of 
Missions but instead are "between" them) which thus can be 
relocated at will.

Q. PHASED MATTER -- Do the requirements to get past this 
Dilemma have to all be in the non-phased personnel? For 
example, let's say my stranded (larger) Away Team has one 
ENGINEER in it, but no SCIENCE. Do I need to bring just the 
SCIENCE there to free them, or do I have to bring another 
ENGINEER too (since the other ENGINEER is "phased" and can't 
interact with the SCIENCE)?
A: (See Rules FAQ v.2 for more info). In the episode "The Next 
Phase", even though Geordi is phased, he certainly does find 
ways to interact indirectly with Data and lead to a solution to his 
predicament. Therefore, just one ENGINEER and one SCIENCE in 
either group will work.

Q: MENTHAR BOOBY TRAP -- It the ship can't move until 2 
ENGINEER present, can it still continue attempting the mission?
A: When first encountering the Dilemma, and if unable to 
overcome the requirements, the mission attempt is "stopped" and 
this ship will be stuck there until freed, etc. However, on 
subsequent turns the ship is free to do other things while it is stuck 
there, such as continuing the mission.

Q: CYTHERIANS -- 1) Can you use "Where No One Has Gone 
Before" to speed up the Cytherians' task (by taking the shortcut 
route)?... 2) If a ship is off on a Cytherian mission when 
W.N.O.H.G.Before in play, does the ship stop at the end of the 
spaceline or does it wrap around to the other end and keep 
moving indefinately?... 3) If you're attacked while moving as the 
Cytherians instruct, can you retaliate?...4) Isn't an "Incoming 
Message" (which you said was NOT allowed to interfere with the 
Cytherians) just as 'natural' as a "Wormhole" (which you said 
COULD be used to interfere with the Cytherians)?
A: 1) In the RULES FAQ v2 it was said ships under Cytherian 
instruction are affected by natural phenomena, like wormholes, Q-
nets, etc. This would apply to Where No One Has Gone Before as 
well if you have it... 2) It stops... 3) If the ship is attacked by an 
opposing ship, it can defend itself with its shields, but will not stop 
to counterattack. Next turn, it will move on at best speed... 4) 
"Incoming Message" is not a natural phenomena. It is an artificial 
transmission. Also, the previous FAQ actually said, "natural 
phenomena it encounters on the spaceline in its journey", which 
rules out all phenomena that are not out there in its path on the 
spaceline so to speak, like an incoming message, which is played 
from the hand. 

Q: ALIEN ABDUCTION -- the dilemma states: "Most CUNNING 
away team member (owner's choice if tie) is held captive by aliens 
until mission completed OR 3 leadership present."... 1) Suppose I 
send one person down alone to try a mission. He gets abducted. 
Since I do not discard dilemma, does that mean if I now send 
another person down alone, is he too abducted?... 2) Suppose I 
send down more than one person.  One gets abducted. Are the 
others stopped because the away team did not overcome the 
dilemma, or can they continue on the same turn?
A: The intent of this card is as follows -- your Away Team 
encounters this dilemma, unless 3 Diplomacy present one of them 
gets abducted, leaving the rest of them to continue without him. 
When the mission is done the abducted person is freed. 1) If you 
send down several away teams, the current ruling is: the Alien 
Abduction holds captive one person in each new Away Team that 
encounters it... 2) Since there was one Requirement that would 
have overcome this dilemma right off the bat (3 Diplomacy), the 
remaining Away Team is stopped by the "Overcoming" rule for 
Dilemmas. Next turn the remainder of the away team can continue, 
however.

Q: RADIOACTIVE GARBAGE SCOW -- You can tow this card to 
another mission location, but it's a space dilemma, so would it 
have any affect if towed to a planet?
A: Yes. (In the episode the Garbage Scow seriously threatened 
the planet it was found heading toward, due to its extreme 
radioactivity.)

Q: HYPERAGING -- Still fuzzy on Hyperaging! If crew member A is 
beamed down to the surface and infected, does that mean he/she 
cannot beam back up due to quarantine? If so, are we prevented 
from beaming any personnel down to complete the mission until 
crew member A has been cured or dies? If crew member A has 
Medical, can we beam down the additional Medical and Science 
personnel to cure them?
A: The away team can continue the mission while they are 
quarantined (it says "Mission continues, but...") , but can't leave the 
planet due to the quarantine. You could beam down others to join 
the mission, but they too would become infected. To cure, you just 
need the total number of required SCIENCE and 2 MEDICAL 
present (infected or uninfected, etc.).


6. EVENTS
*** 6.2 PARTICULAR EVENTS

Q: THE TRAVELLER vs. WARP BUBBLES -- The Traveler: 
Transcendence says it nullifies Static Warp Bubbles.  Do warp 
bubbles played after the Traveller have any effect, or are they also 
nullified?
A: The Traveler says, "...while in play, nullifies Static Warp 
Bubble." So, as long as it is in play Static Warp Bubbles are 
nullified (discarded).

Q: RAISE THE STAKES -- When Raise the Stakes is brought in, it 
says that opponent must immediately forfeit or agree that the 
eventual winner choose a random card from the loser's 60 card 
deck. Does this agreement hold even if the Raise the Stakes event 
is later destroyed (by Kevin Uxbridge)?
A: No. Destroying it "lowers" the stakes.

Q: GODDESS OF EMPATHY -- Can you Interrupt the Goddess of 
Empathy as it is being played? (i.e., Player A plays Goddess of 
Empathy, can player B play his Interrupts as the Goddess is being 
played? Or would B have had to declare Interrupt before the 
Goddess even hit the table?)
A: First of all, after the Goddess is played, her effects are in force 
as described. As explained on the card you can, however, play 
Kevin Uxbridge to try to nullify her, and Q2 to nullify him. Second, if 
you have an Interrupt you are anxious to play during your 
opponent's turn (such as a Long-Range Scan to see the cards 
aboard a key ship), you will not be able to if the opponent plays 
the Goddess at the start of his/her turn (unless you remove the 
Goddess with a Kevin Uxbridge). There is no such thing as trying 
to "beat the Goddess to the table." That would be too messy. If you 
want to play your Interrupt for sure, you should do it before he/she 
has the chance to play the Goddess. (See also the discussion of 
Interrupt Timing, below.)

Q: GENETRONIC REPLICATOR -- 1) Is the benefit of the Replicator 
applied before or after the results of the Dilemma? For example, 
will the Replicator prevent any Away Team member from dying as 
long as that Away Team consisted of at least 2 MEDICAL *before* 
the dilemma, or will it be effective only if there are 2 MEDICAL 
present *after* the randomly chosen Away Team member is 
determined (for potential death)?... 2) Does the Genetronic 
Replicator work for the crew of a ship?... 3) Does it help against 
Barclay's Protomorphosis Disease?... 4) If an Away Team has 3 
MEDICAL Personnel in it, will the Replicator be sufficient to 
prevent  *any* Away Team members' deaths?
A: The Genetronic Replicator says, "Plays on table. Prevents any 
of your Away Team members from being killed if 2 MEDICAL 
present." 1) This refers to having two *unaffected* MEDICAL 
present at the time of the Dilemma's effect, not bringing them there 
later... 2) It applies only to Away Teams... 3) No, the Barclay's 
Protmorphosis Disease acts upon the entire group, and thus the 
MEDICAL personnel would be affected too... 4) An Away Team 
with 3 MEDICAL plus the G.Replicator is thus fairly safe, since 
even if one of the Medical personnel is attacked the other two can 
save it. But they would not be safe from Dilemmas which act upon 
the entire Away Team or large numbers of the Away Team 
members, etc. since you must have two unaffected MEDICAL 
there.

Q: SUPERNOVA -- Can Kevin Uxbridge stop the Supernova?
A: Yes. First, he can discard the Tox Uthat which is necessary for 
the Supernova. And he can also nullify any Event including the 
Supernova.

Q: KIVAS FAJO -- The card says to "choose any player to 
immediately draw 3 cards from the top of their deck". Does this 
mean you draw 3 cards from the top of someone else's deck, or 
you choose somebody, who gets to draw 3 cards?
A: The person you choose (which can be yourself) draws three 
cards from the top of their own deck.

Q: RES-Q And ARTIFACTS -- Can Res-Q rescue a discarded 
artifact (say, the Betazoid Gift Box)? If so, does it return to your 
hand, playable on your next turn? Can you Res-Q the same 
Artifact repeatedly?
A: Under the current rules -- You can exchange the Res-Q card for 
any one card in your discard pile. It is an Event, so you can only do 
this once per turn at the start of your turn. The Res-Q card doesn't 
restrict this -- any card can be Rescued. So, if you choose the 
Betazoid Gift Box, it comes to your hand. Since the B.G.Box says 
"Immediately ...." you not only can play it immediately but have to. If 
you have several Res-Qs in your draw deck, you can draw one of 
them with the three cards the B.G.Box gives you, and use it to 
repeat this process next turn, and thus you can essentially draw at 
will two extra cards per turn if you can keep this cycle going and 
the opponent doesn't block you somehow. Of course, since the 
B.G.Box is an artifact, you have to "earn" it first by doing a mission 
where it is (see next question). 
   Repeated Rescuing -- This tactic of "recycling" the B.G.Box is 
controversial, because players who have discovered it believe it is 
too powerful and unbalances the game, and they are right (the 
strength of this tactic underestimated by us originally). The 
Solution -- Soon, new cards will deal directly with this problem by 
working against the "abuse" of Res-Q  (and Palor Toff) this way, 
thus solving this problem in a natural way (and turning it into a 
gameplay advantage!). In the meantime, the recently-published 
Tournament Rules have an option to prevent this, and players may 
want to play with house rules against retreiving Artifacts from the 
discard pile. (i.e., artifacts that are to be discarded are placed out 
of play instead). (See next question.)

Q: RESCUING "UNEARNED" ARTIFACTS --  Artifacts can be 
intentionally mis-seeded during the seed phase, in which case the 
rules say that such cards are "discarded." In that case, such cards 
can be retrieved from the discard pile into the players hand using 
Res-Q or Palor Toff. Is this legal?
A: No. Artifact cards that aren't correctly seeded during the seed 
phase are intended to be placed out of play. Technically the 
current rules do not say this, but clearly this was a mistake and not 
what we intended since this method of play is obviously against 
the spirit of the game as well as the spirit of the show. Also, in 
support of this, it does say on page 22 that "Artifacts are not 
earned until the mission is completed." The basic idea of Artifacts 
is that they are relatively powerful cards that you have to "earn" by 
doing a mission. (Tournament rules for ST:CCG also discuss this, 
by providing that such artifacts are placed out of play.)

Q: TELEPATHIC ALIEN KIDNAPPERS-- 1) Does the opponent 
have to show you the card you just guessed? If yes, that gives me 
information about his cards so I can guess more accurately next 
time... 2) When using this, it specifies a "type" of card. Is a "type" an 
Event, Interrupt, Personnel, Ship or Equipment?... 3) It says that its 
effects happen at the end of each turn. Does this actually mean 
*each* turn, or each of your own turns?... 4) Are these cards 
cumulative? If you have two can you guess twice each turn? If your 
opponent only has one card in his/her hand, and I have 2 (or 3 or 
4 etc.) telepathic alien kidnappers, what does this mean?
A: 1) Yes. That's more like what telepathy does. 2) Yes, plus  
Outpost or Artifact. 3)   Each of your own turns (see definition of 
"turns", above). 4) In a previous FAQ we said yes, they are 
cumulative. The opponent gets to reshuffle between each guess. If 
he has only one card in hand, he is in trouble! :-) Future expansion 
cards will be affecting the T.A.Kidnappers.

Q: ANTI-TIME ANOMALY and the TIME TRAVEL POD -- Can the 
Time Travel Pod be used to protect a ship's crew from the effects 
of Anti Time Anomaly?
A: This is an interesting question, which has been debated at 
length by many players, slipping into philosophical arenas of 
discussion! So here is a long-winded interpretation, which also 
discusses general card design "issues" all cards
 -- The Anomaly says, "Plays on table. Kills literally ALL personnel 
on table (both players' cards) at the end of your third full turn, 
unless anti-time anomaly destroyed first." (as an Event, it can be 
destroyed by Kevin Uxbridge). 
-- The Time Travel Pod artifact says, "Place in hand until played 
once as an Interrupt card on any ship. That ship travels into the 
future (disappears for up to 5 turns). Pre-announce the return 
time." 
-- Position 1 -- First, it is appealing to think you can use the Pod to 
send a crew "beyond" the countdown of the Anomaly, so that they 
will not be "on the table" when the Anomaly strikes its deadly blow. 
Such an interpretation also allows for some interesting game 
strategies, a strong argument in its favor. Also, another argument 
in its favor is that if you go by the technical wording of the cards 
this interpretation works fine. The crew has "disappeared" from 
play, and thus won't be affected by the Anomaly which effects only 
Personnel in play on the table. 
-- Position 2 -- However, several players have argued that the 
above interpretation is not so strong if you look at it in the context 
of how it worked in the episode "All Good Things", where it was 
featured. As is mentioned in the lore on the card, this Anomaly 
begins in the future and works backward in time. The reason it kills 
everyone is that goes back in time until it snuffs out the beginnings 
of life itself on these planets, annihilating their entire civilization. 
From this point of view, the crew on that ship travelling into the 
future would not be saved, since their past would have already 
been destroyed, just like everyone else. 
-- Which interpretation is right? Well, it is important to realize that 
you can make either interpretation work from a certain point of 
view. However, Position 2 above is not as practical, because if we 
were to follow that line of reasoning, we should also say that not 
only are all the Personnel on the table currently killed by the 
Anomaly, but also all the other Personnel waiting to come into 
play. Their "past" was destroyed as well, so how could you bring in 
any new people? And their ships would be destroyed as well, 
since the civilization that produced them was snuffed out. And their 
Outposts. And probably most of the planets. Virtually everything 
would be wiped out except for a few things like Q-related stuff, by 
this logic. In this case, playing the Anti-Time Anomaly would 
essentially mean that the game is going to end in three turns 
unless the anomaly is destroyed first. Well, that would be 
interesting (and one of the cards that is possible for a future 
expansion set involves threatening to end the game quickly), but 
that is not the intention of this particular card, as is clear from its 
wording which restricts itself to Personnel. Thus, although Position 
2 is a logical argument from a realism standpoint, it seems the 
least workable of the two, and the least likely to provide the best 
gameplay, because it just can't fully live up to such an extreme 
position. Position 1 may be less technically accurate in terms of 
realism, although symbolically it does "capture the flavor" of the 
concept just fine, but it is more fun and more workable. It provides 
alternatives and strategies that are new and which a clever person 
can take advantage of, AND leaves other new opportunities in the 
future for additional cards that interract with the Anti-Time Anomaly 
(an important point).
-- Therefore, the current ruling is, you can escape the effects of the 
Anti-Time Anomaly by "time travel" with cards like the Time Travel 
Pod.

Q: ANTI-TIME ANOMALY -- It will kill all Personnel on table. 1) 
Does this include Rogue Borg? 2) would it include Personnel in 
your hand which are "on the table" due to an Alien Probe card 
being in play?
A: 1) No. Only Personnel Cards.  2) No. "on the table" here means 
"in play on the table."  It doesn't include Personnel in the draw pile 
or discard pile just because these are laying on the table, or hand 
cards that happen to be on the table, etc.

Q: GAPS IN NORMAL SPACE -- Can you place more than one 
"Gaps in Normal Space" card between the same two missions 
(creating a mega-gap of 8, 12, 16, etc)?
A: No. The card specifically says between "two mission cards", not 
"between a mission card and another Gap card". The intention is 
that mega-gaps aren't allowed, otherwise someone could stock 20 
of them in a deck and make the spaceline impassable.


7. INTERRUPTS
*** 7.1  MISCELLANEOUS

Q: SCAN and FULL PLANET SCAN -- These cards allow you to 
scan the dilemma and artifact cards at a mission location for 20 
seconds. But it doesn't say a ship has to be present there to do the 
scan. Isn't it more realistic to require a ship to be there to do the 
scan? 
A: The card doesn't list that limitation for gameplay reasons which 
seemed to override here. Perhaps it would be more realistic to 
require a ship present, and you might want to play with a house 
rule to that effect,  but this is one of several cases in which a card's 
effect has a symbolic effect in addition to a realistic effect, for 
gameplay reasons.

*** 7.4  PARTICULAR INTERRUPTS

Q: NEAR WARP TRANSPORT -- When using Near Warp 
Transport, can you beam a maximum of six persons during the 
turn (such as 3 down to a planet and three back to the ship)? Or is 
it just applicable "from" a ship? Can you beam from an Outpost this 
way?
A: Just from the ship.

Q: DISTORTION OF THE SPACE/TIME CONTINUUM -- Must I play 
this card (which gives your ship and crew an extra move) before I 
draw a card? Or may I play it immediately after?
A: Before. Drawing a card ends your turn.

Q: THE JUGGLER -- How does The Juggler work? Does the player 
reshuffle just the cards he has not drawn? Does the player 
reshuffle his discard pile back into his draw deck?
A: Just the cards in his/her draw deck are shuffled. (This can be 
handy in certain situations.)

Q: EMERGENCY TRANSPORTER ARMBANDS DURING 
DILEMMAS -- Can these be used to rescue an away team when 
they encounter a dilemma and avoid the affects of the dilemma, 
such as to prevent one from being killed? Would the dilemma card 
be discarded if it said it was to be discarded at that point?
A:  The card says, "Beam Personnel up or down at any time, even 
during a battle before the winner is determined."
	It thus works at any time, even when it isn't your turn. The 
key question revolves around whether you can look at the 
dilemma and then decide whether to beam up. The answer is, you 
can *look* at the dilemma, but if you are going to beam up you 
have to do so before the result of the dilemma is determined.
	The example of battles mentioned on the Armbands card is 
the guide to this answer, because it says "before the winner is 
determined." (In other words, in battles, you can chicken out and 
beam up, but only if the result hasn't been resolved yet.) The 
principle is that you can't wait to see the result and then decide. 
The same applies to dealing with Dilemmas -- you have to decide 
to use the Armbands right away, if at all. 
	For example, here are three cases: 1) if the dilemma 
happens to you instantly (i.e., there are no numbers to be 
compared or requirements to check, such as Armus -- Skin of Evil, 
or Male Love Interest), then it is already too late.  2) If it is a 
dilemma that requires a "random selection" -- you can't wait to see 
"who dies" and then decide whether to beam away or not. Once 
the outcome is determined the chance to beam away is lost.   3) If, 
however, the dilemma has to be resolved, then you can use 
E.T.Armbands to beam up before it is resolved, but not after. For 
example: Rebel Encounter says it kills one A.T. member unless 
STRENGTH>44 . . . etc. You can play the Armbands to beam up, 
but you cannot count up (or take time to estimate) your Strength 
before making that decision. Most dilemmas have requirements of 
some sort, and so most of them can be avoided with the Armbands 
this way. 
	NOTE#1: Any Personnel avoiding the dilemma this way are 
stopped, because they didn't overcome the requirements. Also, if 
the dilemma says "discard dilemma", it is discarded. Dilemmas 
which do not say this are not discarded, of course. Dilemmas 
which are circumvented in this way do not earn bonus points.
	Note#2: E.T.Armbands will not work against Interrupts or 
Events which happen immediately. They would work, however, 
against an Event which is time-delayed, such as to escape from 
something that is going to happen at the end of the current turn.
	NOTE#3: The rules committee has been divided on the 
answer to this question. The above answer seems best at this 
time, but admittedly is a little vague. So it might be considered a 
provisional answer, pending feedback from more players 
depending on if it proves to work effeciently or not. Your feedback 
on your experience using the rule would be appreciated.

Q: SEQUENCE OF INTERRUPTS -- How do interrupts work? Do 
you use the LIFO rule as in Magic? (Last in, First out?) Or is it in 
declared order? 
A: Interrupts are handled sequentially, taken in the order they are 
played as mentioned in the rules on page 16. If I play Interrupt A 
and you immediately play Interrupt B (before A has been 
resolved), we would then take a breath and resolve Interrupt A, 
then Interrupt B. The exception to this is when the Interrupt card 
specifically is designed to nullify or otherwise influence another 
Interrupt, like Amanda Rogers or Q2. They will say so on the card. 
These cards can lead to "chains" as in the next answer.

Q: CHAINS OF INTERRUPTS -- How do "chains" of Interrupts work 
when played in sequence? For example, my opponent is about to 
send down an away team. I stop them (essentially) by interrupting 
with rogue borg. This starts a chain -- He plays Hugh to counter 
Rogue Borg. I play Amanda Rogers to nullify Hugh. Can he now 
play another Hugh to counter my Rogue Borg again? Can he also 
play another Amanda to counter Rogue Borg (again.)?
A: When Interrupts that affect other Interrupts are played, players 
can get caught up in an "interrupt battle" or "chain", as in the 
example of this question. Such chains could be very long. For 
instance: You play a Rogue Borg on me. I play Hugh to nullify it. 
Result ... so far, Rogue Borg are nullified. You play Amanda 
Rogers to nullify Hugh.... Rogue Borg are active again. I play Q2 to 
nullify your Amanda Rogers... Rogue Borg nullified. You play 
another Amanda Rogers to nullify my Q2... Rogue Borg active. I 
have no more Q2s. The result of the chain -- the Rogue Borg 
remains active and will have their effect, unless I have some other 
cards up my sleeve that may nullify it. If it is still active after I've 
exhausted all my possible nullifiers, then it gets through.

Q: INTERRUPTING "ACTIONS" IN PROGRESS -- Can Interrupts 
be played "during" an action of the opponent (i.e., after he starts 
doing something and before he finishes)? For example, I am about 
to beam up personnel to my empty ship. As I do this, my opponent 
tries to "interrupt" my beaming by playing a Ship Seizure card. He 
claims this will tow away the ship to which I am beaming so that 
my Personnel will beam into space. Can Interrupts "interrupt" an 
action in progress like that?
A: Interrupting an "action in progress" is normally not possible. 
Actions in the game are normally disctinct and happen in 
sequence. Interrupts allow you to literally stop the normal 
sequential flow and "insert" something special. But it doesn't mean 
inserting this interrupt "into the middle" of the previous action in the 
game. (That would be much too complicated.) Thus, in the 
example, the personnel are beamed to the ship before the Ship 
Seizure could take effect.   *However*, there CAN be cards that 
interrupt an action as it is happening *if the card itself says so*. For 
example, the Wormhole card is like this-- it is played on a ship as it 
begins to move. In the example, if instead of playing the Ship 
Seizure he had played some sort of card that can be played 
"during" transport, there would have been a different effect. For 
example, if there was a card called "Transporter Accident -- Play 
as opponent attempts to beam personnel, one of those personnel 
(random selection) is killed", then he could play this interrupt to 
affect the beaming. There is not a card like this in the game, but 
there might be something like it in the future.

Q: INTERRUPT COMBINATIONS -- Do I have to give my opponent 
time to read and/or react to an interrupt, in case he/she wants to 
Amanda Rogers it? For example, can I Emergency Transporter 
Armbands his personnel back up to his ship on his turn and then 
immediately play an Incoming Message before he has a chance to 
beam back down? 
A: Common courtesy says that he/she gets a reasonable time to 
decide on such things (especially for inexperienced players who 
might need to read the interrupt card to see what it does before 
deciding whether to react), otherwise people would lay down a 
slew of Interrupts all together, causing unnecessary confusion. 
And it makes sense that Amanda could "pop in" instantaneously at 
any time. Give the opponent at least a little time to speak up, 
enough time to understand each step in your combination and to 
blurt out a "wait!" to stop ou if he can.

Q: "ESCAPE INTERRUPTS" -- Can I use Asteroid Sanctuary to 
prevent the Borg Ship from blowing me away when I uncover it? If 
yes, can I then continue with that ship?
A: Yes, you can avoid the battle. You can't "come out" until the 
Borg Ship has moved away, however, or the Borg will see you!

Q: WORMHOLES -- Can two ships travel through the same pair of 
wormhole cards if they start at the same location?
A: No. The card refers only to "ship". Future wormhole-related 
cards, however, might affect this! :-)


8. EQUIPMENT
*** 8.1  MISCELLANEOUS

Q: EQUIPMENT SKILLS COMBINING WITH EVENTS -- If an 
Engineering Padd is used, will the person using it be able to give 
the bonus to Nutational Shields?
A: Yes. The requirement on the Nutational Shields card refers to 
"ENGINEER" not to "ENGINEER Classification."

*** 8.2  PARTICULAR EQUIPMENT

Q: PHASERS AND DISRUPTORS -- Where it states that the +2 
given by these weapons are cumulative does this mean that a 
Federation away team with two Phaser equipment cards get a +4 
each for all personnel?
A: Yes. Also, they would "accumulate" with any other cards that 
might increase personnel Strength the same way.


9. ARTIFACTS
*** 9.1 MISCELLANEOUS

Q: DISCARDING OF ARTIFACTS --  Situation: Player A seeds an 
artifact. Player B gains control of the artifact. Player A sends the
artifact out of play. Whose discard pile does the artifact go to, 
Player A's or Player B's?
A: It goes to Player B's (assuming you are not playing with the 
current optional tournament rule that says discarded artifacts are 
placed out of play). To help keep track of who owns the card, you 
can place it in the discard pile upside down.

Q: OWNING ARTIFACTS -- "If an Away Team successfully 
overcomes all dilemmas and successfully completes the mission, 
the player earns ownership of any artifacts seeded at that mission 
location." Does the player need to return it back to the opponent at 
the end of the game or keep it for real?
A: He returns it to the owner. All cards are returned to their owner, 
with the exception of any affected by the Raise the Stakes card.

Q: ARTIFACTS USED AS EQUIPMENT -- When an Away Team 
finds an Artifact that is used like Equipment, does that Artifact go 
immediately into that Away Team's possession or does it go into 
the player's hand?
A: It is possessed by the Away Team, since they just "found" it 
there. You don't have to bring it into the game like normal 
Equipment cards, since it is already in the game so to speak.

*** 9.2 PARTICULAR ARTIFACTS

Q: HORGA'HN -- The Horga'hn allows double turns "from now on."  
Does this allow a turn immediately following the playing of  this 
card, or does it take effect on the next turn?"
A: Immediately.

Q: BETAZOID GIFT BOX and KEVIN UXBRIDGE -- Can the 
opponent use Amanda or Kevin to nullify my Gift Box before I can 
use it, or is it an immediate effect?
A: Kevin can only nullify Events or "Artifacts played as an Event".
The same for "Artifacts" played as an Interrupt" with Amanda 
Rogers. The Artifacts which are played this way say so on the card, 
such as the Kurlan Naiskos, which says, "Place in hand until 
played on any ship as an Event card...." Although the B.G.Box is 
played like an Interrupt in the sense that it is immediate, it doesn't 
specifically say so. So, technically Amanda can't touch it. This 
might be an error on our part, since combining the B.G.Box with 
the Res-Q has proven to be a powerful combination (although 
Res-Q can be stopped by Kevin).


10. OUTPOSTS
*** 10.1 MISCELLANEOUS

Q: FEDERATION ATTACKS ON AN OUTPOST -- Can a 
Federation ship attack an Outpost?
A: Federation can't attack Outposts, except under the 
circumstances already discussed for Federation attacks under 
treaty (see FAQ v.2).

Q: CYTHERIANS and OUTPOSTS -- If the Cytherians are at a 
location with an outpost and the mission is attempted from the 
outpost, is the dilemma simply discarded with no effect?
A: Yes, except the crew would be stopped. The Cytherians 
"explore the galaxy in reverse" by giving other species the 
knowledge and compulsion to come to them. They don't want 'ya if 
you ain't got a ship! And it is too awkward to require them to "wait" 
for the next ship.

Q: MULTIPLE OUTPOSTS  -- If you have 1 Klingon and 1 
Federation Outpost at the same location, do ships you have in the 
sector get extended shields of 15 shields from Federation outpost 
and 16 for Klingon outpost? Is a treaty necessary to get both 
bonuses?
A: Each outpost only can extend shields to protect affiliated ships. 
(See page 29). If there is no treaty, a non-affiliated ship won't be 
protected. If there is a Treaty, it would be protected.

Q: OUTPOSTS, WHERE ARE THEY? -- Are Outposts located on 
the planet's surface (or can they be in orbit)?
A: Neither. They are a more amorphous concept than that. (See 
the FAQ "Interesting Factoids" for why).  ..... They are "separate" 
from the mission location, so you treat missions done from an 
outpost similarly to how you do all missions (with an Away Team, 
etc.)

Q: OUTPOSTS and ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION -- Do 
Atmospheric Ionization and Distortion Field cards apply to Away 
Teams being sent to the affected planet from an Outpost?
A: Yes

Q: OUTPOSTS and HOLODECKS -- Do outposts have 
holodecks? Can a holographic character attempt a space mission 
where the outpost is?
A: No. Although the DS9 space station has holosuites, none of the 
current Outposts has holodecks. Perhaps a future one will, in 
which case it will say so on the card.

Q: DESTROYED OUTPOSTS -- If your only outpost is destroyed, 
do you lose the game immediately, or can you go on with the ships 
and crew you have out and hope to win or get  another outpost?
A: Play with what you have. If you stocked a spare outpost in your 
deck, you will be okay. And usually it takes a big effort to destroy 
an opponent's outpost and so this is unlikely to happen early in 
the game, meaning that you hopefully would already have much of 
your "stuff" in play to continue the battle, especially if you are 
currently ahead on points.

Q: OUTPOSTS AND SHIPS -- Does an outpost get the benefits of 
Nutational or Metaphasic Shields? Can Rogue Borg Mercenaries 
be played upon an occupied outpost? Should Outposts be 
generally treated as immobile ships?
A: The answer is no to all of these.


11. HOLOGRAPHIC RE-CREATIONS

Q: HOLOGRAPHIC STAFF -- Can holographic Personnel staff a 
ship alone (assuming they meet the ship's staffing requirements)?
A:  The rules committee has been divided over this question. First, 
note that none of the current Holographic Personnel has any 
staffing ability so they couldn't staff any major ship; but they 
perhaps could staff a ship that has no staffing requirements, like 
shuttles or scouts. Technically speaking, the answer should be 
"yes" based upon the wording of the rules for staffing (page 18) 
and the rules for holographic characters (page 31). Yet this might 
seem unrealistic, because in that case the ship's computer is the 
only thing controlling the ship. On the other hand, new characters 
like the holographic doctor aboard Voyager might contradict that. 
And Moriarity did briefly gain control of the Enterprise for awhile. 
So, the "realism" of it is debatable, which means that technically 
speaking the answer remains "yes". Consider this ruling 
provisional for the time being, and your feedback on this question 
(particularly in regard to which answer you think "plays better") 
would be welcome.

Q: LONE HOLOGRAPHIC PERSONNEL -- Can holographic 
Personnel beam themselves to a planet, without a normal person 
on board to "push the button"?
A: Yes, assuming you have Holo-Projectors installed.

Q: HOLOGRAPHIC PERSONNEL and DILEMMAS -- What effect, if 
any, do dilemmas have on Holographic Personnel? Can the Love 
Interest dilemmas effect Holograms?
A: Holographic Personnel are realistic programmed simulations of 
normal personnel which would react to Dilemmas the way that 
normal Personnel do, getting "killed" or getting "infected", etc., 
except that the final result is a little different for them due to the fact 
their existence is tied to the technology which brings them alive. 
Page 31 of the rules explains what happens if they get "killed" 
(they are deactivated and are stopped). If they are assailed by a 
dilemma that affects them less directly, such as an infection that 
lowers skills or attributes, etc., then they work like normal people. 
However, the difference is they cannot do things which are literally 
impossible for them. The Love Interest card, for example, which 
directs the person to "run off to the furthest planet" is not possible, 
since they can't leave connection with the computer on the ship 
that is controlling them. In such cases, we can imagine that the 
Holographic Character would "try" to run off with the lover, but 
when it goes out of range it gets deactivated. When in doubt about 
the effect on the Holographic Character of a Dilemma, deactivate it 
back to the ship (where it is stopped). See next question.

Q: HOLOGRAPHIC RED SHIRTS -- Since they are only 
deactivated if killed, can they be used as "red shirts?"
A: The current interpretation is that yes, they can be used this way. 
If this seems unbalanced to you, consider the following. a) they 
can still be "stopped" and affected in other ways by dilemmas than 
just being "killed." There is more to dilemmas than just killing 
things! :-) Most dilemmas affect holographic personnel the same 
way as normal personnel.  b) this advantage isn't necessarily that 
strong if you take it into account when stocking your dilemmas. For 
example, not one of the holographic personnel currently in the 
game can get past the Impassable Door dilemma by itself. c) the 
holographic cards are only just "introduced" in the initial set of 363 
cards. There will be a lot more cards introduced in the coming 
expansion sets that "deepen" holographic stuff in many ways, 
including their vulnerabilities and strengths and new uses. Making 
a rule against red shirting here would just put unnecessry 
limitations on the cool stuff we can do with them in the future.  d) at 
the current time, this feature of Holographic Personnel is one of 
their advantages -- remember, you have to have extra cards in 
play (holo-projectors, etc.) to even use them, so they have to have 
some strengths!  e) using them as a red shirt has the same risks of 
any red shirt, because they can "unleash" Dilemmas that a normal 
away team could have overcome.

Q: HOLO-PROJECTION FROM AN OUTPOST -- Can Holo-
Projectors be used to project Holgraphic Characters to a planet in 
an Away Team from an Outpost (where no ships are present)?
A: The Holo-Projector card says, "Plays on table. This technology 
allows your holographic re-creations to be projected and used on 
any of your ships or Away Teams. (Immune to Kevin Uxbridge)." 
Thus, it doesn't work on an Outpost (which are not ships), but will 
work on a holographic personnel projected onto a planet in an 
Away Team from an Outpost.

Q: ROGUE BORG vs. HOLOGRAPHIC PERSONNEL -- Rogue 
Borg are used to battle a ship's crew. If one of this crew is a 
Holographic Personnel, when "killed" in battle he is deactivated (to 
the ship) and can be reactivated next turn. Does this mean that the 
Rogue Borg will never be able to take the ship since holographic 
characters can not be killed and will fight an endless battle?
A: The current interpretation is this -- Rogue Borg attack "at the 
start of every turn." That means the start of both your turn and the 
opponent's turn. When one of the holographic personnel is "killed" 
(deactivated), it will not have time to be reactivated before the next 
attack. When all the normal crew are killed and nothing but 
deactivated Holographic Personnel remain aboard, it makes 
sense that the Rogue Borg would simply "turn them off" (discard 
them). Note that in this scenario, if there are still normal personnel 
aboard fighting for the ship the Holographic Personnel might have 
time to be re-activated a few times and rejoin the fight.   For 
example, it's your turn. Your ship has three normal and one 
holographic personnel aboard. Opponent attacks with 6 Rogue 
Borg. Result: (one personnel killed, random selection), your 
holographic personnel is killed (deactivated). His turn, at the start, 
the battle continues against your normal personnel (the 
holographic personnel is still deactivated). One of your normal 
personnel is killed (two left). Your turn again -- your holographic 
personnel is still not yet activated when the battle begins at the 
very start of your turn. Result: one of your normal personnel is 
killed (one left) -- but now it is still your turn and your holographic 
personnel reactivates, rejoining the battle with your remaining 
normal personnel, etc.


12. NON-ALIGNED and TREATIES

Q: REPORTING UNDER TREATY -- When a treaty is out, can 
personnel from one affiliation report for duty in the other 
affiliation's outpost?
A:. Yes  The rules say, "When a treaty card is in play, the 
personnel, ships, outposts, etc. can all be shared by the players as 
if they were one affilition." Thus, they can share the outpost.

Q: BROKEN TREATY ON A NON-ALIGNED SHIP -- If a mixed crew 
under treaty is aboard a non-aligned ship and the treaty is broken, 
what happens? Are all the personnel except non-aligned put 
under house arrest?
A: Normally on a non-aligned ship you can have non-aligned 
personnel and one affiliation of personnel, but you can't mix two 
affiliations there without a treaty. The current interpretation is that if 
there are mixed-affiliation personnel there (under a treaty) and the 
treaty is broken, the minority affiliation personnel are the ones put 
under house arrest. (See page 30, Treaties).

Q: TREATIES and ATTACKS -- If my opponent is playing a 
Klingon/Federation (split) deck, and has the Klingon/Federation 
Treaty card in play, can he attack my Federation ships and 
personnel? Isn't the Federation one big entity? I can understand 
that for gameplay I cannot take advantage of his treaty card to use 
any Klingons I might have in my deck, but can he initiate an attack 
against me?
A: If he has a Klingon "leading" the attack, then he can attack you. 
This provides the rationale for why this might happen. (See 
"Federation Attacks with Klingons aboard" in Rules FAQ v.2)

Q: TREATY and REPAIR -- If there was a treaty, could a Romulan 
outpost be used to repair Klingon ships and counteract the REM 
sleep Dilemma?
A: Yes

Q: TREATY and EQUIPMENT -- If a mixed Klingon/Romulan crew 
(with a treaty) has both Klingon and Romulan disruptor equipment 
cards aboard their ship, do they each get +2 strength from their 
respective disruptors, or does the whole crew get +4 because of 
the treaty?
A: No. Those disruptor cards refer specifically to which affiliation 
they "work" for.

Q: NON-ALIGNED SHIPS and REPORTING -- Where do non-
aligned ships come into the game? Any outpost? Any planet 
mission? Any mission at all?
A: Non-Aligned ships and personnel can get into the game via any 
of your outposts. There is going to be a non-aligned outpost 
released soon, by the way.

Q: NON-ALIGNED and FEDERATION ATTACKS -- Can non-
aligned personnel initiate attacks when aboard a Fed ship the 
same way non-Fed personnel can under a treaty?
A: Yes. They must have "leadership" skill to do so. (See FAQ.v.2)

Q: NON-ALIGNED SHIPS and REPAIR -- How do non-aligned 
ships repair when damaged?
A: The rules say, "A damaged ship can be repaired by returning to 
its outpost." If you have a non-aligned outpost, that's it. But you 
may NOT repair at an affiliated outpost. However, Non-Aligned 
ships CAN repair at a Spacedock, as is stated on the Spacedock 
card.

Q: NON-ALIGNED BEAMING BETWEEN AFFILIATIONS --You 
have non-aligned personnel aboard a Federation ship. Can you 
beam these personnel aboard your Klingon ship,without a treaty?
A: Yes. The rules say, (page 21) "The ships must share the same 
mission location and be owned by the same player." No distinction 
was made for non-aligneds between ships of different affiliations. 

13. AFFILIATIONS

Q. ROMULAN vs ROMULAN -- If both players are playing the same 
affiliation (i.e. Romulan), can a player use a ship to attack if the 
ship has a Non-Aligned person with Leadership?
A: Yes, under the same logic in which Federation can attack with 
such a person aboard.

Q: DETERMINING AFFILIATION IN MIXED COMPANY -- If you 
have a mixed group of Personnel (with a treaty) of, for example, 
Feds and Klingons, how do you determine which rules you follow 
(ie - being allowed to attack)?
A:  If there is no other way to tell, go by the affiliation rules for the 
affiliation which is under the most affiliation restrictions. The 
affiliation restrictions are very few and simple, explained on page 
28). Federation can't normally initiate an attack (except as outline 
in previous FAQs). And Romulans can't normally attack other 
Romulans. 

14. THE SPACELINE and MOVEMENT

Q: FLEET MOVEMENT -- Can multiple ships move together in an 
"armada"? I am thinking specifically about getting past a Q-net. If I 
only have 1 person with Diplomacy ( ex. Picard Dipx2 ) and I can 
only move one ship at a time, then only 1 ship is ever going to get 
past the Q-net. All my other ships are stuck on the other side 
forever.
A: The Q-Net says, "...No ship may pass the Q-Net unless 2 
Diplomacy aboard." It is referring to each ship.


15. BEAMING -- AWAY TEAMS -- CREW

Q: NON-MATCHING AWAY TEAMS -- Can an Away Team beam 
down to a planet if their Affiliation cannot complete the mission 
there? (To attack another Away Team, for example.)
A: Yes. A major tactic is to "strand" an opponent's Away Team and 
then beam down to attack it. There might be other reasons to 
beam down to a planet besides these.

Q: BEAMING DOWN ENTIRE CREW -- Is it possible to beam down 
your entire ship's crew to attempt a planet mission, or does 
someone need to remain aboard to beam the away team back?
A: You can beam down the entire crew. There is evidence in 
several episodes of this, especially in DS9, in which the computer 
can beam them back. However, leaving your ship empty makes it 
vulnerable to many special cards, such as Ship Seizure, so it is a 
risky thing to do.

Q. COMBINED AWAY TEAMS AND THEIR SHIPS -- I go for a 
mission with different ships. I beam down personnel from the 
different ships to form an away team. I encounter a dilemma that 
does something to my "ship". Which ship is affected? All?
A: Alien Parasites is the only planet dilemma that has effects upon 
the ship the Away Team came from. It says the infected Away 
Team beams up to the ship and the opponent controls the ship 
until stopped. If personnel were beamed down from multiple ships, 
then apparently they would beam back under this dilemma to 
those multiple ships where they came from, with each one 
controlled that way.

16.  BATTLE

Q: SPACE BATTLE LEADERSHIP FOR MULTIPLE SHIPS --
In order to win a battle, you must have "an officer or crew member 
with leadership skill". a) Is this parsed as: "(officer) or (crew 
member with leadership)" or "(officer or crew member) with 
leadership"?  b) If you have more than 1 ship in a location, do you 
only need 1 leader to qualify or does each ship need its own? 
A: a) the first choice, b) each ship


17. CLOAKING

Q: CLOAKING and TRACTOR BEAMS -- If I have a cloaked ship in 
orbit with any empty ship in orbit can I still play a Ship Seizure, or 
would the ship have to be decloaked to use its tractor beams as 
the card requires? 
A: It would have to decloak to use its tractor beam.

Q: HIDING YOUR CLOAKED SHIPS BY SHUFFLING --If two or 
more cloaked ships begin or end their turn at the same location, 
can the owner shuffle the cloaked ships around a bit so to make it 
less clear which ship is which?  (Of course, personnel and other 
items remain on the same ships). For example, two Klingon ships 
are docked at the Klingon Outpost. They both are cloak. The 
owner mixes the face down ship cards so as to not allow his/her 
opponent to know exactly which ship is which.
A: There is nothing against this in the rules, so it seems 
reasonable and would add some extra "hidden factor" to the 
cloaking. However, it should be restricted by friendly agreement of 
the players only to the beginning or ending of the moves for those 
ships, because the opponent has the right to inspect a cloaked 
ship being moved (as discussed on page 30 of the rules), in order 
to verify its movement range ability. This would allow him to "track" 
your ships to some extent, but shuffling them when two are 
together would add some confusion for him.


18. BORG and ROGUE BORG

Q: MULTIPLE CROSIS -- What happens if you play multiple Crosis 
with Rogue Borg. i.e. 3 Crosis and 4 Rogue Borg.
A: The rules say Crosis doubles the "combined strength." In this 
example, 7 Borg at 7 each = 49 and now you double this three 
times = 49x2x2x2= 392!

Q: BEAMING ABOARD A ROGUE BORG-CONTROLLED SHIP -- If 
I beam down everyone on my ship as an Away Team, except for 
one person, and if my opponent puts some Rogue Borg on my 
ship, killing my one remaining crew member, can the away team 
beam back to the Borg-controlled ship without anyone to run the 
transporter controls? 
A: The Borg are known for allowing people to beam aboard their 
ships. As long as Lore Returns hasn't come in to take control of the 
ship (see page 32) you can try to regain the ship by beaming a 
new "boarding party" aboard. You can bring up one of your other 
ships and beam over some attackers, as well as from the planet. 
The Federation prohibition against initiating attacks is not in force 
here, since the Rogue Borg started this battle.

Q: LORE RETURNS and RECAPTURING SHIP -- How does the 
Lore Returns card affect the ability to try to recapture a ship from 
the R.Borg?
A: When Lore Returns comes into play, he "comandeers" the ship 
(page 32), making it more like a normal ship, under the control of 
the player and able to move around and attack. It then is a pirated 
ship and behaves like a normal ship.

Q: LORE RETURNS on OPPONENT'S ROGUE BORG -- Can I play 
a Lore Returns on my opponent's Rogue Borg after they have 
taken over one of my ships and beam them all off so I can have my 
ship back? (Or for that matter have them attack my opponent?)
A: No. The card says, "... *your* Rogue Borg..."

Q: BORG SHIP ATTACKS -- Does the Borg Ship attack at any 
time, even immediately when it moves to the neighboring space?
A: The Borg Ship basically attacks anything it sees -- meaning 
every "attackable" thing that either moves to where it is, or 
everything the Borg Ship finds where it moves. 

Q: BORG SHIP -- Does the Borg ship always strike first? If I move a 
bunch of ships into the location where the Borg ship is, is it 
possible to fire at the Borg before it fires at my ships?
A: Currently this is a moot question since it doesn't matter. Both 
sides will shoot in this battle. (In case a card in the future allows a 
player to take advantage of "who fires first",  I'd say the Borg Ship 
is the one which is trigger happy and would fire first.)

Q: BORG SHIP vs ROGUE BORG -- Does the Borg Ship attack 
ships under control by Rogue Borg? If so, can the person 
controlling the Rogue Borg earn points if that ship is used to 
destroy the Borg Ship?
A: Yes to both questions. Future expansion cards might affect 
these interactions, however.

Q: BORG SHIP and WHERE NO ONE HAS GONE BEFORE -- In 
the FAQ's  you said that "Where No One Has Gone Before" affects 
the Borg.   How? Since the card says "...Allows all YOUR ships...", 
who needs to have W.N.O.H.G.B. in play, the person who placed 
the Borg, the person who overturned the Borg or everyone? Or 
does it have to be played once saying "I play this on Borg ships"? 
We have chose the latter, but would appreciate clarification.
A:  In a previous FAQ, we said the Borg Ship is affected by 
"natural" effects that are out on the spaceline, and we included 
W.N.O.H.G.B. as one of these for gameplay reasons (it is fun!). But 
as this question points out, our answer was incomplete because 
the card says "your" ships whereas the Borg Ship is self-
controlling and not owned by either player. The interpretation the 
committee prefers is that to use the W.N.O.H.G.B. on the Borg Ship 
you must play one especially for it. If you have one already out for 
yourself, it is applying to you, not the Borg. You need to play one 
for the Borg Ship too if you want to do so.

Q: AMANDA ROGERS and ROGUE BORG -- Do you need one 
Amanda Rogers per Rogue Borg played? and Crosis too?
A: Amanda nullifies any "Interrupt card just played", so she can 
currently stop only one R.B. at a time.

Q: BORG SHIP & Q-NET -- If a Borg ship is prevented from moving 
by a Q-Net will it attack on every turn? A: Yes, it attacks anything 
that comes into range wherever it is, each turn.

Q: BORG SHIP vs. BORG SHIP -- If two Borg ships are on the 
same space do they combine their attacks? (Thereby nailing an 
outpost.)
A: No. They attack "everything", including each other. (The attack 
between two Borg Ships would normally result in a draw.)  (We 
haven't ever seen in TNG interaction between two such ships, nor 
do we have any info how different Borg groups interact. But we do 
know the Borg were split into factions by the Hugh Incident, so we 
can assume they would attack each other.


19. CUMULATIVE EFFECTS

Q: SHIELDS ENHANCERS and CUMULATIVE  -- The Metaphasic 
Shields card says, "Plays on table. New technology enhances 
each of your ship's SHIELDS +2 for each SCIENCE aboard. 
(Cumulative.)"   Does this mean that if I have several Metaphasic 
Shields in play each ship with at least one SCIENCE aboard gets 
+2 for each shield, or do they get +2 for each SCIENCE?
A: The shield enhancers (Metaphasic Shields or Nutational 
Shields) accumulate in two ways: the number of enhancer cards in 
play, and the number of Engineers (Nutational) or Science 
(Metaphasic) aboard. Each one of these is +2 to shields. If you 
have 2 Metaphasic Shields down, for example: A ship with no 
Science aboard is +0 on its shields. A ship with 1 Science aboard 
is +4 on its shields. A ship with 2 Science aboard is +8 on its 
shields, etc. Here is a chart:
************************************************************
                                   # of Metaphasic Shields in Play
                                   0         1          2           3            4
Aboard ship:
0 Science                 0         0           0           0          0
1 Science                 0        +2        +4        +6       +8
2 Science                 0        +4        +8        +12     +16
3 Science                 0        +6        +12      +18     +24
************************************************************
By putting lots of Scientists aboard one ship, it would be well 
protected, but the other ships you have would be left out if no 
Scientists are aboard them too. The BYNARS WEAPONS 
ENHANCEMENT is similar, but has no requirement of pesonnel to 
go with it. For each enhancer card it is +2 on the weapons of all 
your ships, cumulative.

Q: ORDER OF MULTIPLE MULTIPLIERS -- For equipment that 
multiplies and that adds, if you combine them, which do you do 
first?  For example if a Husnock ship with normal shields of 12 has 
Metaphasic Shields with one SCIENCE aboard (normally allowing 
Shields +2), plus Kurlan Naiskos aboard (which triples Range, 
Weapons, and Shields) -- would you determine the Shields by 
adding 2 and then multiplying by 3 (totalling 42), or by multiplying 
by 3 and then adding 2 (totalling 38)?
A: I knew basic arithmetic would become useful at some point in 
our lives! I see no reason why one must logically happen before 
the other, so I think the player can do it in any order he chooses, 
thus gaining the highest possible advantage.

Q: EXOCOMPS CUMULATIVE? -- Will two Exocomps aboard a 
ship repair it twice as fast as one, allowing you to completely 
repair a damaged ship on your next turn? If so, it seems the ship 
would be invulnerable to attack (unless of course the attacker 
doubles the shield strength and destroys it outright).
A: No.  The card says, "If aboard ship, can repair damage in two of 
your full turns, without returning to outpost."  By referencing "full 
turns" (see definition, above) the card does not work well as 
cumulative. If you had two, it would take one full turn; but if you had 
three it would take how long -- a fraction of a full turn? We could 
say it is cumulative up to 2, but that seems artificial, especially 
since in the show in which they were featured there were three of 
them. Also, remember that cards in the expansion sets will be 
developing exocomps further along these general lines.


20. CARD COMBINATIONS

40. COMMENTS ON PAST RULINGS

The following are three comments/crticisms that make good points 
against previous rulings. I list these and ask for additional 
feedback on these points from other players to these issues. I also 
provide my response to the comment.
      --DAnswerMan

Q: COMMENT on BORG SHIPS and NATURAL PHENOMENA -- 
"I'm not exactly sure about the logic that you can play a Wormhole 
on a Borg Ship but not a Temporal Rift.  They both read "Play on a 
Ship", they are both Interrupts, and they are both "In space 
phenomena".  (This is taken from the FAQ v.1 - that you cannot 
play Temporal Rifts but you can play Wormholes on the Borg)."
A: What we said was that you couldn't consider the Borg Ship a 
"normal" ship and thus play upon it cards that are meant to affect 
normal ships. This was necessary so that each card (now or in the 
future) could reference "ship" without constantly having to say 
"except Borg Ships". So, we made a general rule interpretation 
that cards that say "played on ships" don't affect the Borg Ship, 
whereas cards that are played out on the spaceline (natural 
phenomena and such things) are okay and could affect it. The 
wormholes are debatable in this regard, since one is played on 
the ship and the other on the spaceline, but we specifically listed 
them as one we thought should be allowed. Thus, although the 
Temporal Rift could work, if we make an exception to the general 
rule for it we would have to end up listing all the cards that could 
work and all those which could not, which is not practical. So, we 
made the above general rule interpretation, and the borderline 
case of wormholes was allowed too. The Plasma Fire card, by the 
way, specifically exempts Borg Ships in order to make that 
especially clear to newcomers (as otherwise you could use 2 of 
them to destroy a Borg Ship).

Q: COMMENTS ON EMERGENCY TRANSPORTER ARMBANDS -
- "The previous FAQ said that Emergency Transporter Armbands 
can be usable on the opponent-- But it seems unrealistic -- "How 
do we convince the opponent's crew to put on the armbands?" 
Every time I have used the armbands on an opponent they have 
looked startled and said something like, "Wha..? But..? You can't 
do that, it's only for use on your own personnel!" If I can use it on 
an opponent's personnel, can I select the personnel to beam? I've 
used it in the following circumstances, that seem, well, silly to me... 
a) Beaming his crew down to the surface on my turn so that I can 
battle them. b) He had 3 ships defending his outpost.  I beamed 
his personnel off of the ships and destroyed the outpost without 
giving him a chance for return fire. . . .There are also several other 
cases."
A: (This is a comment about our ruling that E.T.Armbands can be 
played upon the opponent. The idea was to allow more player 
interaction especially because In most cases, he just beams them 
back down, but as this critic points out there are ways to take 
advantage, particularly when doing it on your own turn.  It does 
seem unrealistic. What do you think? Should it be changed to say 
it only works on your own forces?)

Q: COMMENTS ON INCOMING MESSAGES -- "I TOTALLY 
disagree with the official ruling on the "following orders" aspect of 
the Incoming Message cards (which said the crew following an 
Incoming Message back to Outpost would always go as far as 
possible each turn, even if it runs into a hazard). The crew isn't 
stupid. They would not blindly enter a system with a rampaging 
Borg Ship... they would go around it or delay just long enough to 
get by it safely. I think THAT should be the intent of the card. It 
should be "as soon as possible, without incurring undue and 
foolish harm."... in other words, no delaying tactics, but no getting 
oneself killed stupidly either."
A: (But then you would have to define what "delaying tactics" are. 
Both ways of interpreting this are possible,  so we chose the one 
that is clearly simplest and I think it is also the most realistic. Note 
that you could rationalize it this way --  you are looking at the "big 
picture" of the entire spaceline, whereas from the point of view of 
the people on the ship they could not see ahead that far. They do 
not have your viewpoint from above. Normally a crew under such 
an order would head straight to their destination at maximum 
speed, and would thus risk "running into something" like a Borg 
Ship that happened to be in their path. (They would not have the 
advanced warning). )


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