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[Siskoid's Rolodex offers spot reviews of all the cards judging them by their less tangible qualities, searching for the elusive perfect card: their picture/graphics, lore, Trek sense and stockability. Each on 5 points (so on a total of 20). I successively do Premiere, Alternate Universe, Q-Continuum, First Contact, Deep Space 9, The Dominion, Blaze of Glory and finally some Premium card. Comments always welcome.]
#434-IKC Rotarran, Ship, Klingon, DOM "Bird-of-prey stationed at Deep Space 9 during the war against the Dominion. Commanded by Martok. Led many raids into Cardassian and Dominion space." -K'Vort Class[1 Staff] Cloaking Device, Tractor Beam -RANGE: 7, WEAPONS: 7, SHIELDS: 8 PICTURE: One of the best bird-of-prey pictures available. It's the only one where you can see the plumage on the wings, and the engine at the bakc makes for a nice splash of color. Thematically, it's leaving DS9 (us) for one of those raids mentioned in the lore. A better than average 3.9. LORE: The basics mostly, nothing too interesting. The lore does get bonus points for naming a matching commander of course. 3.4. TREK SENSE: It's got all the usual K'Vort equipment and staffing, plus the right matching commander. Only the attributes differentiate noticeably it from other birds-of-prey. A regular bird is 8-6-6, this one, 7-7-8. Slower? What about all those raids deep in enemy territory? Why can't the Rotarran outrun those Dominion ships? Higher Weapons and Shields makes sense, it's a tough little ship. Ships are pretty plain, especially when you've seen the model many times. A 3.5. STOCKABILITY: Potentially the most powerful bird-of-prey in the Klingon fleet, the Rotarran, Plaqued and Logged, goes up to 9-12-11 with Martok aboard (his bonus affects this ship too). That's as much as one of the future ships! Who cares about the lesser RANGE then? (Still, use Plaque or a Plasmadyne Relay to make sure it doesn't lag behind - Martok has the bonuses your entire fleet needs.) And use Worf SoM on the Koraga in the same armada for the extra point of RANGE to equalize things. The ship has all the perks of other K'Vorts of course, such as easy staffing and a Cloaking Device. Used to be, Klingon armadas used universal K'Vorts with stooges aboard and a good dose of WEAPONS boosters like Bynars. Now, we can actually build a Captain's Loggable armada for our violent friends, and it'll work. Plus, keep a Ready Room Door handy for reporting Martok directly to his ship just before a battle or after you've lost your main copy to some exploding console. He's one mean personnel, instrumental to your armada strategy. His ship is part of it too. A 4.1. TOTAL: 15.9 (79.5%) A good score for the closest thing we ever had to a regular Klingon ship on a Star Trek series. COMPARISON CHART Borg Cube - 16.6 (83%) Darmok - 16.4 (82%) Future Enterprise - 16.1 (80.6%) Borg Sphere - 15.9 (79.5%) IKC Rotarran - 15.9 (79.5%) Borg Scout Vessel - 15.2 (76%) Cha'Joh - 14.5 (72.5%) Alpha Attack Ship - 14.3 (71.5%) IKC Maht-H'a - 14.2 (71%) Assault Vessel - 14.1 (70.5%) IKC Fek'lhr - 14.1 (70.5%) IKC K'Ratak - 13.9 (59.5%) IKC Chang - 13.8 (59%) Bajoran Interceptor - 13.7 (68.5%) D'deridex - 13.7 (68.5%) IKC T'Ong - 13.3 (66.5%) Devoras - 13.1 (65.5%) Cardassian Shuttle - 12.9 (64.5%) Decius - 12.7 (63.5%) D'deridex Advanced - 12.4 (62%) Gomtuu - 12.3 (61.5%) Aldara - 12 (60%) Combat Vessel - 11.5 (57.5%) Yridian Shuttle - 11.1 (55.5%) Edo Vessel - 10.3 (51.5%) Bajoran Scout Vessel - 9.7 (48.5%) Bajoran Freighter - 8.3 (41.5%) Zibalian Transport - 7.1 (35.5%) Siskoid (bird of a feather) Tomorrow in a Blaze of Glory: Shoot him again.
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