How many Star Trek CCG First Edition cards were produced in foil versions?

A. 148

100 Reflections "regular" foils
4 Reflections box toppers
1 Reflections case topper
18 Blaze of Glory foils
25 Promotional foils (tournament prizes, sales incentives, etc. – for a list, see the All Good Things comprehensive card list)

How many non-foil First Edition cards were available through mail-in offers?

Data Laughing (1 card)
Away Team Pack (2 cards, The Traveller and The Emissary)
Warp Pack (12 cards)

Data Laughing was obtainable with a mail-in coupon in the BradyGames Player's Guide. The Away Team and Warp Packs could be obtained from Customer Service.

How many different rules have there been in Star Trek CCG for playing duplicated uniique missions in a game (i.e., when both players have the same unique mission in their deck)?

1. No special procedure; each player can have a copy of the same mission. This was the initial rule in First Edition and also applies to Second Edition.
2. A duplicate unique mission must be replaced by a universal mission from outside the game.
3. A duplicate mission is placed on top of the opponent's copy, making one location.

How many cards have the number "2" in their title (or subtitle)? It may appear as the digit "2"; spelled out as "Two"; as a Roman numberal; or as a binary number. If a card of the same title appeared in multiple expansions, count each one as a separate card.

A "2" embedded in another number, such as "8472", counts because it is "the digit 2" , regardless of whether it is part of another number. The number 10 counts only when it is in fact a binary representation of the number 2 – which occurs only in 10 and 01. A double I counts as a Roman numeral II only – well, only when it is a Roman numeral. "Bendii Syndrome" doesn't count because there is no representation of "2" in it; it's just a word with a double I, no different from "Starfleet" having a double E. Here's the complete list:

One visual "Easter egg" on a Star Trek CCG card was Decipher's email address where you could write to get answers to your rules questions. Including that address, how many different decipher.com email addresses has Decipher used for that purpose?

dAnswerman@decipher.com (used by several early rules gurus)
Q@decipher.com (used by Jason Winter)
MajorRakal@decipher.com (used ny Kathy McCracken)
Mot@decipher.com (used by Evan Lorentz)
TrekAnswers@decipher.com (current rules address)

How many First Edition cards included a text Easter egg in the copyright line? (An "Easter egg" in this context is something other than the normal copyright line, with a hidden meaning.)

Hull Breach ("THIS CARD SUCKS")
The Pendari Champion ("THIS CARD ROCKS")
Paul Rice ("DAED SI LAUP" – "Paul is dead" backwards)
10 and 01 (copyright year is in binary)
The Fajo Collection (each of the 18 cards has a single letter which spell out – when the cards are arranged as shipped – "The Art of Great Games", Decipher's motto)

Two expansions, one First Edition and one Second Edition, contain the same number of different cards. What is that number?

First Edition: All Good Things had 40 different cards (the 41st card was simply an alternate border color Miral Paris, with the same collector's number).
Second Edition: Fractured Time consisted of 40 different cards.

Although there are 121 foils in Reflections 2.0 (which might be thought to match Q-Continuum's 121), the actual set (number 6 in the collector's info) contains only 61 cards. The other 60 are foiled reprints of cards from sets 1-4, with their original collector's numbers.

What is the total strength of 10 Rogue Borg Mercenaries when played with Crosis?

Rogue Borg Mercenaries: "... Two Borg =2 STRENGTH each, three =3 each, etc...."
Crosis: "... Doubles [Rogue Borg] STRENGTH, including himself. Two Borg =4 STRENGTH each, three Borg =6 STRENGTH each, etc...."

Ten Rogue Borg Mercenaries + Crosis = 11 Rogue Borg, at 22 STRENGTH each (because Crosis doubles the normal 11 STRENGTH each).
11 x 22 = 242

What is the total strength of these two cards: a pair of Klingon brothers AND an empathic mother and daughter pair?

The key here is to note that the question references only two cards, even though there are four personnel involved. That means dual-personnel cards, found only in First Edition. These particular cards are in Enhanced Premiere. The Klingon brothers are Kurn and Worf ("Sons of Mogh"), with STRENGTH 8+10=18. The empathic mother and daughter are Lwaxana and Deanna ("The Trois"), with STRENGTH 3+4=7.

Now calculate the famous Star Trek number:
(A x B) – (C x D) – (E x F) – (G + H + J)

(148 x 15) – (3 x 34) – (5 x 22) - (40 + 242 + 25) =
2220 – 102 – 110 – 307 = 1701

This number is of course "famous" in Star Trek history as the registry number of all the Enterprises, including NX-1701, NCC-1701, and the latter with a bloody A, B, C, D, or E tacked on.

1st

J.C. Sealy

Slidell, LA

2nd

William Hoskin

High Wycombe, United Kingdom

3rd

Chris O'Connell

Boston, MA

4th

Jeremy Huth

Little Suamico, WI

5th

Brian Sykes

Columbus, OH

6th

David Kuck

Rochester, MN

7th

Jonathon Hansen

Elkview, WV

8th

Raimund Leussink

Hengelo, The Netherlands

9th

Douglas Mittelstaedt

Greenfield, WI

10th

Dustin Westfall

La Habra, CA