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Noble Cause
by Michael van Breemen
Designed to be an added benefit to all of you combat/engagement folks of
the Klingon Empire, this zero cost event helps you get more bang for your
buck. Rather than simply destroying your Assault or Maneuver events after
use, place them on this event instead. Once the Decay of two has been met
by destroying any Assault or Maneuver event, you can return the ones placed
on this event to your hand instead. This can have some more obvious benefits
than others. For example...
All-Out War + Ferocity + Noble Cause: Four dead opponent's personnel
and you can do it all over again next turn if you keep spending five points
to do so. Having Drex and Kahless the Unforgettable for even more high jinks
if you want, conceivably killing six a turn if you do this on a planet.
Maybe even get a use out of the Bat'leth you're swinging around other than
getting around Rogue Borg Ambush, you never know.
Perhaps bonus points are more your thing however so there's this possible
combo:
BaH + A Chance for Glory + Noble Cause: If your Klingons happen
upon your opponent on a planet location, why not win both an engagement
with your I.K.S. Rotarran with bare Honor-laden staffing and the rest of
your warriors to the planet for even more bonus point fun. That two-mission
might not be so far-fetched after all with just Investigate Alien Probe
and Rescue Prisoners.
Still, there's this rather potentially unexpected combo which could work,
especially against more Event-laden opponents than yourself.
Two Maneuver and/or Assault events + Noble Cause + Desperate Sacrifice:
They lose all but two Events in their core while you place one of your Maneuver
or Assault events on Noble Cause. Those Whispers in the Dark/Tsiolkovsky
Infections/Formal Hearings just got a whole lot more expensive.
With Party Atmosphere reducing the cost of events, having potentially
free Maneuver and Assault events that, with enough Noble Causes, can return
over and over again to your hand instead of the discard pile can make any
Klingon grin with pleasure.
September 21, 2004
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