Alien Gambling Device ( Deep Space Nine)
Gaming device of unknown origin which alters the laws of probability. Martus Mazur replicated several of the devices for use in Club Martus. Many found the game irresistible.
Use as Equipment card. Once every turn, you may cause any one random selection at same or adjacent location to be canceled and re-selected. (Cumulative.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Croden's Key ( The Dominion)
Unusual necklace containing a shape-shifting key reminiscent of changelings. Used to secure a hidden stasis chamber protecting Croden's daughter, Yareth, in the Chamra Vortex.
Seeds only in Gamma Quadrant. Use as Equipment card. Where present, allows docking/undocking at, and walking into/out of, any player's ship or facility (as appropriate).
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Requires: Mission.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Data's Head ( Alternate Universe)
An excavation under the Earth city of San Francisco in 2369 discovered that the head of Lt. Commander Data had been lying there undisturbed for centuries.
Artifact
Special icons:
Use as equipment card. Head has CUNING 10 and Computer Skill. While on a ship, RANGE, WEAPONS and SHIELDS are +2. (Not cumulative.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Mona Lisa ( Q-Continuum)
Priceless original oil painting by ancient Earth scientist Da Vinci. Stolen from the Louvre in 2243. Recovered from the collection of Kivas Fajo in 2366.
Use as Equipment card. If destroyed, the player directly causing the destruction (if any) losespoints. (not duplicatale.)
Point-Box on card: -25 bonus points (your opponent can score points, when you use this card).
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts, bonus points.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Orb Fragment ( Deep Space Nine)
Shard of a Bajoran orb from the Celstial Temple. The fragment was set in a bracelet and used by the Sirah to create and control the Dal'Rok.
Use as Equipment card. May keep Dal'Rok from killing at same location. Also, any player may play Dal'Rok from hand as an Event card at same mission. (Not duplicatable.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts, Orb artifact.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Orb of Prophecy and Change ( First Anthology)
Third of the nine mysterious energy vortices called Tears of the Prophets by the Bajorans. Grants visions of the future. Only Orb not stolen by Cardassians during the occupation.
Use as Equipment card. Once each turn, you may glance at the top card of your draw deck. Insert it anywhere within your draw deck if you wish. (Not duplicatable.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts, Orb artifact.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Orb of Time ( The Trouble with Tribbles)
Bajoran Orb. Transported U.S.S. Defiant across time and space to encounter Starship Enterprise. Also used by Kira Nerys to travel back to the Cardassian occupation to learn of her mother's fate.
Use as Equipment card. Once each turn, your ship or Away Team (if this Orb and your personnel present) may time travel (except to board opponent's ship or outpost).
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts, Orb artifact.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Orb of Wisdom ( Rules of Acquisition)
Acquired by Zek from one of his contacts on Cardassia III. The Grand Nagus used the Orb to contact the Prophets, then sold it to the Bajoran government at a substantial profit.
Use as Equipment card. Your personnel present are each INTEGRITY +3. Each turn, one of your cards played here plays for free if your personnel present. (Not duplicatable.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts, Orb artifact, play for free / report for free.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Phased Cloaking Device ( Rules of Acquisition)
Phasing cloak prototype created in violation of the Treaty of Algeron, which forbids the Federation from developing cloaking technology. Salvaged from the U.S.S. Pegasus.
May seed under Pegasus Search. Use as Equipment card. While aboard your ship, that ship has a Phasing Cloak (RANGE +4 while phased).
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Starry Night ( Rules of Acquisition)
Famous painting by Dutch impressionist Vincent van Gogh. Painted at Saint-Remy in 1889. Dubiously owned by Kivas Fajo 477 years later. A highly prized commodity.
If earned at same location as Quark's Bar, a Trading Post or a homeworld, immediately download here (earn) up to two "use as Equipment card" artifacts. Discard Starry Night.
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Requires: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts, Trading Post, Homeworld.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Sword of Kahless ( Blaze of Glory)
Legendary first bat'leth. 1500-year-old blade weapon forged by Kahless the Unforgettable. Used to slay the tyrant Molor. Discovered by Worf, Kor and Jadzia Dax in 2372.
Use as Equipment card. Where present, your Klingons with Honor are attributes all +3; Kahless is STRENGTH +7 more and may not be killed in personnel battle. (Not duplicatable.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts, Blade weapon, Hand weapon.
Requires: Klingon species.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
The City Of B'hala ( Holodeck Adventures)
20,000-year-old depiction of an ancient Bajoran city. Among the most revered icons of their faith. Some thought B'hala a legend until this painting helped The Emissary find its underground ruins.
May seed only at Bajor. Use as Equipment card. If present where attempting a mission, encounter seed cards in reverse order. (Immune to Disruptor Overload.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Requires: affiliation, Bajor.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
The Earring of Li Nalas ( The Dominion)
Quark acquired a Bajoran Earring in 2370. Kira Nerys quickly identified it as that of Bajoran resistance hero Li Nalas, leading to the rescure of Li and others from the Hutet labor camp.
Use as Equipment card. Once in play; if Li Nalas then earned from Rescue Prisoners, doubles its point box. Also, Resistance personnel are attributes all +3. (Not duplicatable.)
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Requires: Resistance.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
The Genesis Device ( The Motion Pictures)
Torpedo created by Project Genesis. Reorganizes matter at the subatomic level to achieve rapid terraforming on a planetary scale. Its matrix utilizes dangerously unstable protomatter.
Use as Equipment card. (Unique.) If not playing , may place atop planet mission here during your turn. Choose at start of your next turn: mission worth double OR zero points.
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Trilithium Weapon ( Engage)
Trilithium-based nuclear inhibitor housed within a solar probe. Built by Dr. Tolian Soran to reshape gravitational forces and gain access to the joyous fantasy realm within the Nexus.
Use as Equipment card. Discard to rotate your Mission card here (except a Mission II) so that your side now faces opponent.
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Requires: Asymmetric mission, Mission II.
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Zefram Cochrane's Telescope ( First Contact)
Gazing at the celestial harmony, Zefram Cochrane escaped the squalor of his time and dreamed of the conquest of space. And how much money he could make.
Artifact
Special icons:
Use as Equipment card. Once each turn, if on a planet with your personnel, allows you to glance at bottom seed card at one adjacent non-planet location.
Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.