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Gaila

    Submitted by KaiserK on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 15:23

    Gaila

    Arms dealer. Owed his cousin Quark a shuttle. Made good on his debt, but booby-trapped the ship. Involved with Hagath. Helped rescue Ishka from the Dominion.

    Ferengi Ferengi icon  Personnel Personnel
    Gender: male. Species: Ferengi.
    Command & Staffing abilitys: Staff
    Classification: CIVILIAN
    Red Dot Treachery   Red Dot Greed x2   Red Dot Smuggling  
    Red Dot ENGINEER   Red Dot SECURITY   Special Download Hidden Fighter.
    INTEGRITY: 2  CUNNING: 8  STRENGTH: 5

    Characteristics: "Reshape the Quadrant"-related cards, Affiliation Ferengi affiliation, Arms dealer, "Quark"-related personnel, Ferengi species, matching commander.

    Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
     

    		Gaila
    Gaila counts as "matching commander" for the following ships or facilities:
    - Quark's Treasureimage (8 R+ 124) from Rules of Acquisition Rules of Acquisition

    This Card-Review article was written by Evan Lorentz and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Dec 14th, 1999.

    Quark's shifty cousin Gaila is a must-have card for virtually any Ferengi deck. For solving missions, he has the often-called for Greed (x2, no less), Smuggling and Treachery, while at the same time having ENGINEER and SECURITY for overcoming dilemmas in the process. All this, but he's still a CIVLIAN, allowing him to report for free to the Tower of Commerce or be downloaded by a Ferengi Conference.

    Then consider Gaila's special download of Hidden Fighter. Among the various Ferengi and Non-Aligned ships he might download with that interrupt is Quark’s Treasure, for which he can serve as matching commander. Also, his lore lists him as an arms dealer, allowing you to play the Breen CRM114 and take advantage of its power.

    Combo:

    • Gaila + 6th Rule of Acquisition: Gaila is great for exploiting this Rule (and his family members) as he mentions both Quark and Ishka in his lore, and is