Damaged Reputation ( Life From Lifelessness)
"I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway. This is Commander Tuvok. We're from the Federation starship Voyager."
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
If INTEGRITY>50, lose 5 points. To get past requires 2 Diplomacy OR any Intelligence and 2 Treachery OR STRENGTH>30 (STRENGTH>50 if this is a mission).
Bonus points: Textual description over 5 points. The player how encounter this dilemma may score them.
Characteristics: wall dilemma, bonus points.
Requires: Mission, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Damaged Reputation ( Second Edition - ST1E compatible)
"I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway. This is Commander Tuvok. We're from the Federation starship Voyager."
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
If you have Integrity > 50, lose 5 points. Also, unless you have 2 Diplomacy or Intelligence and 2 Treachery or Strength > 30, all your personnel are stopped and this dilemma returns to its owner's dilemma pile.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at Jan 1st, 2008.
Flaxian Assassin ( Deep Space Nine)
Valued for their professionalism, Flaxian assassins are often employed by the Tal Shiar. Retaya was sent to eliminate Garak using a combinant poison disguised as perfumes.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
Unless 2 SECURITY and Biology present, kills one personnel (two if opponent has Tal Shiar in play) with three or more icons (random selection).
Characteristics: killer dilemma.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Primitive Culture ( First Contact)
First contact requires caution, subterfuge or force. Solkar's historic visit to Earth was peaceful, but Federation/Klingon contact in 2218 would ignite a century of hostilities.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
To get past, requires 3 Vulcan OR Anthropology and CIVILIAN OR Vorta and 4 Jem'Hadar OR 2 Tal Shiar OR 2 Obsidian Order OR Arquisition and 2 Greed OR 6 Klingons OR 4 Borg.
Characteristics: wall dilemma.
Requires: affiliation, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Borg species, Jem'Hadar species, Klingon species, Vorta species, Vulcan species.
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Underestimating the Founders ( The Gamma Quadrant)
Although Enabran Tain was presumed dead after the failed attack on The Great Link, the spymaster was in fact captured by Dominion forces.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
One non- personnel is captured (your choice if opponent currently has a captive; otherwise, random selection). Nullify with any 3 Intelligence.
Characteristics: capture dilemma, Capture.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Holding Cell Door ( Blaze of Glory)
Seeds (during facility phase) or plays on your ship or facility (except a Nor). Adds a Brig. OR Downloads Brainwash, Interrogation or Torture to a captive in your Brig, if you have Tal Shiar, Obsidian Order, Resistance or Section 31 (or a personnel who has SECURITY and Treachery) present; discard doorway or place atop draw deck. OR Nullifies any card closing another Holding Cell Door; discard doorway.
Characteristics: Capture.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31, Resistance, Section 31.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Bigger on the Inside ( Cold Front)
The secrets of a small futuristic ship and the corpse of a presumed temporal agent led Starfleet, Suliban, and Tholian forces to abandon all other priorities in an attempt to secure it.
Event
Special icons:
Plays on a mission if your temporal agent is here or adjacent. Mission may not be attempted or scouted unless 4 OR any Intelligence in crew or Away Team. (Unique.)
Requires: Temporal Agent, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Mutual Distrust ( The Gamma Quadrant)
Despite their alliance to destroy the Founders, Tal Shiar and Obsidian Order agents did not trust one another. Watching for signs of betrayal kept them at peak efficiency.
Plays on your personnel (limit one each); target their Intelligence. Once each turn, when you play a personnel with different Intelligence, draw a card. (Cumulative.)
Characteristics: additional card draws.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Continuing Committee ( Rules of Acquisition)
Praetor Neral presides over the Continuing Committee of the Romulan People, the final authority on Romulus.
Romulan Facility - Headquarters
SHIELDS: 44
Seeds or plays on Romulus. May coexist with Office of the Proconsul. Once per turn, one Tal Shiar personnel OR any Neral may report for free here. (Not duplicatable.)
Characteristics: Headquarters, affiliation, play for free / report for free.
Requires: Romulus, any Neral, Intelligance - Tal Shiar.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Always a Chess Game ( Engage)
Incident
Special icons:
Plays on table. Once each turn, your personnel (except Tal Shiar, CIVILIAN, or V.I.P.) may report for free to your outpost OR you may report (for free) to your ship its matching commander. Once per game, score 5 points when your personnel helps solve a non-❖ Neutral Zone mission.
Textual description about 5 bonus points (you score points, when you play or use this card).
Characteristics: play for free / report for free, bonus points, -icon.
Requires: "Continuing Mission"-related cards, Outpost, affiliation, Neutral Zone region, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, matching commander.
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Getting to Know You ( Through the Looking Glass)
Plays to draw a card. Then draw an additional card for each different infiltration icon you have in play that does not match any opponent's cards (maximum 3). OR Download Insert Undercover Agent. OR Plays (for free, once each turn) on an opponent's personnel present with your infiltrator. Your Founders and personnel with any Intelligence add target's regular skills until end of your turn. Discard incident after any use.
Characteristics: additional card draws.
Requires: Founder, Infiltrator, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Joint Operation ( The Gamma Quadrant)
Incident
Special icons:
Plays on table; you may download Treaty: Romulan/Cardassian. Your (except ) and personnel may report to your ship in the Orias System. Once each turn, your or personnel with any Intelligence may report for free OR nullify Homefront where present.
Characteristics: play for free / report for free, -icon.
Requires: Treaty, Treaty - Cardassian, Treaty - Romulan, "Reshape the Quadrant"-related cards, affiliation, affiliation, Orias System, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31, Cardassian species, Romulan species.
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Abduction Plot ( Engage)
Deep Space near Risa: Intercept Starfleet officer en route to shore leave.
Mission - Space
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 3 and points: 35.
Requirements: Transporter Skill + Treachery + CUNNING > 34 + (any Intelligence + Leadership OR Law + OFFICER)
Affiliations:
This mission has different requirements for you opponent:
Opponents requirement for solving this mission: Navigation x3 + SHIELDS>6
shuttlecraft may report with crew (limit 2) here.
Opponents affiliation requirements for this mission:
List of "personas" for Abduction Plot:
Characteristics: Asymmetric mission, Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Assemble Fleet ( Live Long and Prosper)
Regulus: Coordinate forces at staging ground beyond the range of Andorian listening posts.
Mission - Space
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 3 and points: 35.
Requirements: OFFICER + Leadership + (Treachery x2 OR Honor x2) + (any Intelligence OR Shran)
Affiliations:
Characteristics: Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Conceal Unlikely Society ( Engage)
Carraya IV: Suppress knowledge of colony of Romulans and formerly imprisoned Klingons.
Mission - Planet
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 3 and points: 20*.
Requirements: Anthropology + (Honor x2 OR any Intelligence)
Special Instructions: * Discard up to three Youth for +5 each.
Affiliations:
Characteristics: Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Expose Secret Buildup ( The Maquis)
Orias System: Reveal military construction at unsanctioned facility.
Mission - Space
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 4 and points: 40.
Requirements: Computer Skill + Leadership + Physics + SECURITY + (any Intelligence x2 OR CUNNING > 37)
Affiliations:
Characteristics: Orias System, Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Intelligence Operation ( The Dominion)
Founders' homeworld: Covertly compile data on current Dominion homeworld in the Omarion nebula.
Mission - Planet
Mission located in Gamma-Quadrant with span: 6 and points: 40.
Counts as Nebula.
Requirements: Navigation x2 + (Tal Shiar OR Obsidian Order) + Anthropology + (SECURITY x3 OR any Odo)
Affiliations:
Characteristics: Founders' homeworld, Homeworld, Nebula, Mission.
Requires: any Odo, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Obsidian Order.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Intercept Renegade ( Deep Space Nine)
Orias System: Intercept hijacked Starfleet vessel reportedly attacking facilities in Cardassian space.
Mission - Space
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 4 and points: 30.
Requirements: Obsidian Order + Tal Shiar + Treachery x3 OR OFFICER x2 + CUNNING > 40
Affiliations:
Characteristics: Orias System, Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Obsidian Order.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Investigate Quarantine ( The Cage)
Talos IV: Determine origin of General Order 7, imposed on this planet in the 23rd century.
Mission - Planet (Honor OR Treachery) + Anthropology + SECURITY + (any Intelligence OR CUNNING > 32 OR Vina)
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 3 and points: 35.
Requirements:
Affiliations:
Characteristics: Talos IV, "23rd century"-related mission, Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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Quash Conspiracy ( Alternate Universe)
Borka System: Negate Vulcan underground operation here.
Mission - Space
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 3 and points: 40.
Requirements: Tal Shiar + INTEGRITY < 21
Special Instructions: No ship to ship beaming at this location.
Affiliations:
Characteristics: Beaming, Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
• Traverse Ion Storm ( To Boldly Go - ST1E compatible)
Gaseous anomaly: "I'm reading an ion storm on that trajectory, sir. Should I go around it?"
Mission - Space
Mission located in Alpha-Quadrant with span: 3 and points: 40.
Requirements: Astrometrics, Cunning > 40, and (Biology and Science or Intelligence and Treachery)
Special Instructions: When you score points for completing this mission, lose 5 points for each other mission that has already been completed.
Affiliations: Any affiliation may attempt this mission.
Characteristics: Mission.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at Jan 1st, 2008.
Combined Strike ( The Gamma Quadrant)
Plays on your mission (for free if or ). Your personnel may report here, to your matching Intelligence personnel about your ship native to the Alpha Quadrant. When solved by your non- personnel, draw up to 5 cards, then discard object to score points; if opponent has a facility, you may download Combined Strike.
Point-Box on card: 5 bonus points (you score points, when you play or use this card).
Characteristics: additional card draws, bonus points.
Requires: affiliation, affiliation, affiliation, Mission, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
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HQ: Defensive Measures ( Deep Space Nine)
Objective
Special icons:
Seeds or plays on table. Your personnel with any Intelligence gain 1 Leadership and may initiate battle against their own affiliation. Also, opponent may not attempt any of your missions with more than one affiliation icon on each end unless opponent attempted to seed a copy of that mission OR opponent is using an appropriate Espionage card.
Characteristics: HQ card.
Requires: Espionage, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Klingon Intelligence, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Plans of the Tal Shiar ( Deep Space Nine)
Objective
Special icons:
Seeds or plays on table. Wherever you have a Tal Shiar personnel in play, your Romulan espionage cards play at any time (for free) and may not be nullified. Also, once each turn, you may discard one of your Romulan espionage cards from hand or table, then draw one card. At any time you may discard this objective from table to download one Romulan espionage card.
Characteristics: additional card draws.
Requires: Espionage, Espionage - Romulan, affiliation, Intelligance - Tal Shiar.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
❖ Devanha ( Cold Front)
Representative of Romulan technicians working for the Tal Shiar. Served under Admiral Valdore. He gathered holographic specifications on alien vessels.
Romulan Personnel
Gender: male. Species: Romulan.
Command & Staffing abilitys:
Classification: ENGINEER
Computer Skill Anthropology Diplomacy
Tal Shiar
INTEGRITY: 6 CUNNING: 6 STRENGTH: 5
Characteristics: affiliation, 22nd Century , Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Romulan species.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar.
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❖ D'deridex Advanced ( The Dominion)
Upgraded by the Tal Shiar near Orias III. Used in Tal Shiar/Obsidian Order attack of the Dominion in 2371.
Romulan Ship - Modified D'deridex Class
Staffing requirements:
Ship Equipment: Tractor Beam , Cloaking Device
Restriction box: Attributes all - 3 unless Tal Shiar in crew.
RANGE: 9 WEAPONS: 10 SHIELDS: 9
Characteristics: "Reshape the Quadrant"-related cards, affiliation, D'deridex Class, Cloaking Device, Tractor Beam, Romulan ship, ❖ ship.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
• Serrola ( Second Edition - ST1E compatible)
Flagship of the joint Tal Shiar/Obsidian Order fleet that bombarded the Founders' homeworld in the Omarion Nebula.
Romulan Ship - D'deridex Class
Staffing requirements:
Ship Equipment: Cloaking Device
Special skill(s): While your Intelligence personnel is aboard this ship, this ship is attributes +2. While this ship is at a mission, it is Weapons +2 and Shields +1.
RANGE: 6 WEAPONS: 7 SHIELDS: 7
List of "personas" for Serrola:
Characteristics: affiliation, D'deridex Class, Cloaking Device, Romulan ship.
Requires: affiliation, Mission, Intelligance - Tal Shiar.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at Jan 1st, 2008.
❖ Security Holding Cell ( Blaze of Glory)
Site
Playable at: Any Nor - Promenade.
Has a Brig. Once each turn, player who controls station may download Brainwash, Interrogation or Torture to a captive held in this Brig if that player has a Tal Shiar, Obsidian Order, Resistance or Section 31 personnel (or a personnel who has SECURITY and Treachery) unopposed here.
Characteristics: Capture.
Requires: Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Intelligence - Obsidian Order, Intelligence - Section 31, Resistance, Section 31.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.