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| Siskoid's Rolodex #171 ... Siskoid ... [5/ 5/99 06:29] |
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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). Mondays, I do Premiere. Tuesdays, AU. Wednesdays, Q-Continuum. Thursdays, First Contact. Fridays, DS9. Saturdays, The Dominion. And Sundays, Premium cards. Comments always welcome.]
#171-Galen, Personnel, Non-Aligned "Jean-Luc Picard went undercover in 2370 posing as a mercenary and artifact smuggler." -SCIENCE, Archeology, Computer Skill, Treachery, Leadership, Navigation, Music; Command icon; Does not work with [Fed] -INTEGRITY: 5, CUNNING: 8, STRENGTH: 6 PICTURE: Picard looks a little slight in this picture, maybe because his costume blends in with the background. The expression on his face is almost the same as on his regular card. And it's too bad you can't really tell he's holding a gun. I would have preferred seeing him test some artifact piece I think. Not a bad pic, just not an excellent one. A 3. LORE: Short and sweet because of the restriction box. Makes him a persona of Jean-Luc Picard, that's very important. The backstory may be brief, but it hits the right marks. A 3.1. TREK SENSE: The problem I have with short-term personae is that I can't believe a character would change all that much even if he or she was posing as someone else. The difference between a premiere personnel and his FC persona is time. Sometimes, as with Sisko/The Emissary, different attributes are highlighted. Picard/Galen though... Sure, "Galen" hated the Federation, but that's all a lie. Why couldn't he work with the Feds? Possibly because if he were, he would have to revert to Picard. But how do his skills and attributes change? He trades OFFICER for SCIENCE and Diplomacy for Treachery. For the second part, I agree. His Galen personality isn't very diplomatic, and he IS there to eventually betray the mercenaries. The classifications though are more difficult. I guess he could lose OFFICER because he doesn't have all that much authority on Non-Aligned vessels, and by concentrating on his Archeology skill, he joins the SCIENCE staff. Ok, still works. Too bad they couldn't throw Smuggling in there, as per the lore. (Yes, I know the skill didn't exist yet.) But what about the drop in INTEGRITY from 9 to 5? Does that mean that you can fake INTEGRITY? Because Picard "acts" a 5, he isn't a 9 anymore? Ludicrous as his motives become apparent in the show. Passes a lot of my tests, but not this last one. A 4. STOCKABILITY: The only 6-skilled Non-Aligned personnel, he's great in Romulan Archeology decks for one thing. He's also one of the better SCIENCE personnel in the game. Stats are good, skills are a bit common, but all useful. The real drawback is that the Federation can't use him, so he's not as flexible as other personnel. (Not that the Feds need another good personnel.) This last fact makes the persona "ability" less than useful. You're probably not using other Picards if you're using Galen since they are not compatible. Could be a way to snafu the Borg's attempt at Counterparting Jean-Luc and assimilating Earth, but not much more. A 4 in this category as well. TOTAL: 14.1 (70.5%) A cool card, all things considered. COMPARISON CHART Adapt: Negate Obstruction - 18.4 (92%) Blended - 17.4 (87%) [...] Admiral Leyton - 14.3 (71.5%) Destroy Radioactive Garbage Scow - 14.3 (71.5%) Explore Interstellar Matter - 14.3 (71.5%) Abandon Ship! - 14.2 (71%) Assimilation Table - 14.2 (71%) Assault Vessel - 14.1 (70.5%) Brainwash - 14.1 (70.5%) Galen - 14.1 (70.5%) Wormhole - 14.1 (70.5%) Aamin Marritza - 14 (70%) Establish Relations - 14 (70%) Anaphasic Organism - 13.9 (69.5%) Ari - 13.9 (69.5%) Garak - 13.9 (69.5%) [...] Zibalian Transport - 7.1 (35.5%) Door to the Fajo Collection - 3.47 (17.35%) Siskoid (been known to smuggle artifacts) |
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