An Introduction to my new series of articles
Hello! I'm Bashir (Patrick Craine).
This is the first article in a series of articles that I will be writing
for my website 'Bashir's Medicine Cabinet'.
This series will contain my points
of view on deckbuilding, strategy, or any other information about the
Federation that will help most STCCG players,
especially the ones that usually play Federation. If there
is anything that you would like me to write
about in this series, just e-mail me at [email protected].
With out further ado, here is the
first section:
So, who is the best Federation personnel?
This is a question I have
been asked by my friends many times before. Of course, them being
casual
players who haven't collected much since
Q-Continuum came out, still believe that Picard is the best.
That might have been true after the first
three expansions, but he now isn't a clear leader. But yes, he
does put up a fight.
Probably the best personnel coming out of
Alternate Universe would have been Rachel Garrett, but it
would be almost impossible to say she was
as good as Jean-Luc.
There were a few candidates from the Deep
Space Nine expansion. The best from this expansion
probably were Jadzia, Sisko, and Bashir
(!). Although Bashir is no doubt the best MEDICAL in the
game, he doesn't really stand a chance against
our current leader, Picard. Jadzia Dax has some good
skills that aren't very common, and has
more skills than Sisko, but Sisko is a matching commander. I
think Jadzia will end up winning this one,
though.
Now we have to figure out who is better,
Jadzia or Picard. They both have Command icons, so that
cancels each other out. Picard has
1 more skill than Jadzia, but she has a more rare classification
(SCIENCE). They both have Archeology.
Jadzia has double Navigation, which is not all that common,
as well as Astrophysics and Anthropology,
two more you don't see very often. Finally, Picard has more
Integrity, but less Cunning and Strength.
Jadzia wins (although I think Picard's was a
better Starfleet personnel).
| Picard | Dax |
| Archeology | Archeology |
| OFFICER | SCIENCE |
| Integrity:9 | Integrity:7 |
| Cunning:8 | Cunning:9 |
| Strength:6 | Strength:7 |
| 7 skills | 6 skills |
| Skills more common | Skills less common |
In the Dominion expansion
we got two Federation preview cards out of 4 previews that were put out.
Both are exceptional cards that will help most decks. Now, we will
decide which is the best out of these two and put them up against Dax.
Captain Kirk has double Leadership (which
suits him), but so does Admiral Riker, so that becomes
obsolete. Both have downloads, Riker
can download an Enterprise, and Kirk can download Captain's
Log. Riker undoubtedly has a better
download (although it depends if you're using an Enterprise). Now
Kirk has 3(!) special skills, all that can
be of big use too most decks. His first, which allows you to
initiate battle against non-Federation (but
only with one ship), is better than Riker's initiate battle against Klingons(with
all ships at the location). Now Kirk has another special skill that
will let him stun his adversary. This can be good, but wouldn't get
used too often during a game, and his last special skill won't get used
very often either (allows him to stop one female present). Riker
has three more skills, 1 that is common, and 2 that aren't as common.
Right now, Riker leads. Kirk has a better classification, which can
be used to get by Maglock, but Riker reports for free to the Office of
the President. Riker wins.
Next, we have Jadzia vs. Admiral Riker for
the big prize (actually, there is no prize). Let's start off with
their classifications, VIP and SCIENCE. SCIENCE is obviously better.
They both have the same amount of skills, but Riker also has a download
(not to mention one skill is a special skill). Her Navigation
X2 is more rare than his Leadership X2, but Leadership is used more often.
Her Astrophysics, Exobiology, and Anthropology, are less common than
Diplomacy, Music, and Navigation.
At the moment they are in a dead heat for the lead, but we still
haven't look at Riker's two strongest features:
his download and special skill. So Riker wins the whole
thing. Here are the results from survey
I posted on Decipher's Buzz BBS(not many replys):
Wesley Crusher- 1
Admiral Riker- 1
Captain Kirk- 1
Beverly Crusher- 1
Jadzia Dax- 1
Picard- 0
Data(FC)- 1
Bashir-1
No comment- 1
Here are the placings:
1. Admiral Riker
2. Captain Kirk
3. Jadzia Dax
4. Jean-Luc Picard(PE)
5. Julian Bashir
6. Benjamin Sisko
7. Data(FC)
8. Rachel Garrett
9. Beverly Crusher