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Secret Compartment

    Submitted by stccgfaq.com on Sat, 07/11/1998 - 20:00

    Secret Compartment

    Doorway Doorway
    Plays on a ship or facility. (Unique.) If it is controlled by opponent and your Acquisition is present, you may probe:
    Interrupt, Doorway: Alarm. Opponent may capture one of your personnel present (random selection); discard doorway.
    Event, Equipment: Success. Download to here up to two Equipment cards or one "use as Equipment card" artifact (as if earned from a mission attempt); discard doorway.

    Characteristics: Capture.
    Requires: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.

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

    		Secret Compartment

    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jul 11th, 1998.

    How would you like to get an artifact to use without having to complete a mission first? It's only usable with "use as Equipment" artifacts, and it's not without risks, but Secret Compartment can do the trick. First, get your Acquisition aboard your opponent's ship (try Open Diplomatic Relationsimage and have the Acquisition tag along with your V.I.P.) or facility (Promenade Shopsimage is your ticket aboard - nearly all Acquisition personnel are CIVILIANS). Then you just need to get an Equipment or Event icon probe card, and a shiny new Varon-T Disruptorimage, Orb Fragmentimage or Data's Headimage can be yours without a single dilemma encounter. Alternatively, download two ordinary Equipment cards instead. The only thing to watch out for is the "alarm" outcome of the probe; unless you have no interrupts or doorways in your deck (and how likely is that?), you stand to have one of your personnel taken captive (losing the Secret Compartment in the process).

    Combos:

    • Secret Compartment + Antique Machine Gunimage: This might squelch any notion you had of battling my diplomatic delegation to get rid of that pesky Open Diplomatic Relations.
    • Secret Compartment + Echo Papa 607 Killer Droneimage + Phaser or Disruptor Rifle: I think I'd like to take back my Nor that you commandeered.
    • Secret Compartment + Kivas Fajoimage: Not only does he have the Acquisition to let you probe, but as soon as he has the artifact it's worth 5 points.
    • Secret Compartment + Heisenberg Compensatorsimage: Probing is optional, so wait until you're assured of success.