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Re: ... Major Rakal ... 07.29-10:32
>Had a couple of questions come up in tournament game play yesterday - wanted to run them buy you...
>
>Scenario 1:
>
>Player 1 had a ship at a spaceline location with a Borg Ship dilemma under a Temporal Vortex. Player 2 kills the Temporal Vortex and the Borg Ship Dilemma reappears - and of course suggests the Cube attacks the ship. Player one disagrees.
>
>The Glossary entry under Temporal Vortex reads:
>
>"If played on a Borg Ship when encountered, the dilemma does not
>attack (so your cards are not “stopped”), nor does it attack when it
>reappears after the countdown expires."
>
>While the situation isn't exactly the same, the mechanism for the dilemma reappearing is the same, so I ruled the Dilemma did not attack.

You are correct. The key is that the glossary entry on Borg Ship also tells you specifically when the Borg Ship *does* attack -- and since reappearing from a temporal Vortex is not one of those cases, it does not attack then.

However, I must also point out the Current Rulings clarifies this very question under Temporal Vortex -- it says it does not attack when it reappears, whether it was because the countdown expired or the doorway was closed and got reopened. *Always* check the CR in addition to the glossary, to see if the glossary entry has been changed or clarified.

>Scenario 2:
>
>During a mission attempt, Player 1 goes over 100 points while still resolving dilemmas (bonus points), and contends he's won the game. Player 2 says no, because there is a potential (and he knows his dilemma combos) that he will loose those points and more on the next dilemma.
>
>I was pretty sure Player 1 wins - checked the rulebook, which says "Players continue taking turns until one player scores 100 points and is declared the winner, or until both players’ draw decks run out (at which point the player with the most points is declared the winner)." So I declared Player 1 the winner.

You are also correct here. When one player scores 100 points, the game ends. You don't delay this on the grounds that something might happen later to negate those points -- he wins.

This assumes that the card scoring the points that brought him to 100 was not immediately nullified (e.g., he acquires a Ressikan Flute but when he plays it on the table, the opponent plays THe Devil which nullifies it -- he never scores the Music points), and that no card was activated or downloaded that changes bonus point treatment (e.g., Intermix Ratio) or victory conditions (e.g., The Big Picture).

Jolan tru,

Major Rakal
(Kathy McCracken)

Tal Shiar Agent and Star Trek CCG Intelligence Officer 

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