Homeworlds

11/30/00

In gameplay terms, a homeworld is the mission location designated in its lore as the homeworld of an affiliation. While we know from the episodes that Trill is the home planet of theTrill species and Betazed of the Betazoid race, neither Symbiont Diagnosis (Trill) nor Betazed Invasion (Betazed) are considered homeworld missions, because there are no Trill or Betazoid affiliations.

An affiliation's homeworld (if it has one) is where its Headquarters facilities will play; no outposts may be established there. Headquarters offer the advantage of free plays of many dignitaries and HQ cards. A homeworld mission is not normally attemptable by its own affiliation, but may be attempted with alternate requirements using the HQ: Secure Homeworld objective. The Borg may assimilate a homeworld using the Assimilate Homeworld objective.