Restore Errant Moon
Mission - Planet Characteristics: Mission. Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009. | |
This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)".
This mission at first glance likes much like any other Federation space mission, with modest requirements of ENGINEER, Astrophysics and Leadership. But take a closer look - it's a planet mission, not space! That makes it very useful in a space-oriented deck, giving you a planet mission to help avoid the consequences of Balancing Act or I Tried To Warn You, or to bring your victory conditions back to 100 when The Big Picture is in play, while requiring mission-solving skills that you are likely to have already for your space missions. The Federation has plenty of good ENGINEERs and Astrophysics personnel to choose from, including Rachel Garrett who has all three of the required skills.
An additional benefit is that it has only a Federation icon, limiting the chances of theft by your opponent, and at 30 points it's even irrelevant to the Borg.
Combo:
Restore Errant Moon + Avert Danger + Repair Mission + Investigate Disappearance + two more space missions: A balanced spaceline with a lot of skill redundancy