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    Unexpected

    Charles Tucker's experimentation with Xyrillian granules at Ah'len's suggestion led to surprises culinary, romantic, and even obstetric.

    Dilemma Dilemma - Space dilemma Space
    Unless you have Astrophysics and 2 Exobiology OR a female who has MEDICAL, one personnel (random selection, excluding females) is placed atop owner's draw deck.

    Characteristics: female-related dilemma, relocate dilemma.

    Rule hint for this card

    OTF-Conversion-Rules:
    If you play OTF this card replaces the backward compatible 2E card Unexpected from Energize - ST1E compatible Energize - ST1E compatible (the 2E card is no longer valide in OTF).

    Card logging info: First edited by Telak at Mar 23rd, 2016. Please support openCards and validate game text of this card!
     

    Unexpected

    This Card-Review article was written by Ross Fertel and was published first on "The Continuing Committee (trekcc.org)" at Mar 22nd, 2016.

    There have been Star Trek episodes that one will call… odd. It makes sense, after hundreds of episodes, that not all of them can be amazing. Sometimes it is those odder episodes that make for interesting cards. Take Mutationimage for example. That card came about because designer Evan Lorentz watched Voyager in its entirety and was dead set on making a card based on Threshold.

    Flash forward some years, when Decipher makes Unexpected as a backwards compatible card, not having any desire to remake in a First Edition template. Flash forward to now, where that card is converted into something more interesting.

    Unexpected

    The card had more mommy issues than I do. Female medics are just not that common. Els Renoraimage, Jabaraimage, and Lupazaimage for the Bajorans; Belvaimage, Makbarimage, and Milaimage for the Cardassians; Erisimage for the Dominion; Rilimage for the Kazons; Ch'Reghaimage for the Klingons, albeit Delta Quadrant; Kahlessimage, M'Vilimage and Vekmaimage otherwise; Jeraimage for the Romulans; Danara Pelimage for the Vidiians; and Romara Calimage and Lorevaimage for the Alliance. The Federation is probably best off, specifically TNG with Ogawa and Crusher

    If you go the Non-aligned route, you have Beverly and Willimage, Calandraimage, E'Tyshraimage, Kesimage, Madam Pulaskiimage, Nimiraimage, Rebecca Sullivanimage. Oh, and The Foragersimage. Along with Spotimage, this is not the best pool to draw from and probably not going to have lots present, although non-aligned opens up the door a bit. With the gender specific dilemmas available, you can very easily filter them out.

    Unfortunately, Astrophysics and Exobiology are not that easy to filter out. They are more skills that you use to get past dilemmas than things you can filter out during a mission attempt.

    At the end, you get better than a stop, but not just any better than a stop, a non-female-better-than stop. Knowing what the women bring to the table can help set up for the next dilemma, be it Matriarchal Societyimage, Female's Love Interestimage, Socializing with the Staffimage, or whatnot.

    What is better than a stop? A return to the top of your deck. Yes, you will draw the card at the end of your turn, and they can be played next turn, but that will take a resource when they have effectively one less play next turn.

    Getting a male character pregnant in the first five episodes to air was quite a feat that has as of yet been unduplicated in televised series, but it has presented an interesting dilemma, quite literally. With the right tools, you can have quite a bit of fun with this, much more so than the episode itself. Have fun playing around with the possibilities.