A New Game ( Through the Looking Glass)
After the Ferengi attempted to cheat him at dabo, Falow introduced Quark to the game of chula.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Opponent may download and seed here up to two Chula dilemmas (except The Chandra or The Game). Place on mission; one personnel (opponent's choice) is excluded from random selections of each Chula dilemma here.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Requires: "Chula" dilemma.
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Brief Romance ( Deep Space Nine)
Jadzia Dax became romantically involved with Meridian native Deral. Dax was so enamored she attempted to follow Deral when Meridian returned to its non-corporeal state.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Opponent specifies "male" or "female." Place on one personnel present of that gender (random selection). That personnel is "stopped" until countdown expires.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, male-related dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Defrosted Menace ( Broken Bow)
Preserved in the Arctic ice for 90 years, two cybernetic bodies posed more of a threat than initially suspected.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Unless 2 Biology, 2 Archaeology, and 2 SCIENCE present, place on mission. Now and start of every player's turn, their opponent (if playing Borg) assimilates their lowest CUNNING personnel here.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, assimilate dilemma, place atop mission, affiliation.
Requires: affiliation.
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Dial-Up ( Straight and Steady)
In 1996, the warp signature of a stranded U.S.S. Voyager was detected by SETI engineer Rain Robinson. The ship's crew monitored her call to alert Henry Starling.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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All personnel with in Away Team are "stopped." Place this dilemma on this mission; you may not download cards. Nullify with 3 Computer Skill and Anthropology.
Characteristics: Alternate Universe icon dilemma, Countdown icon dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by Roga Danar at Oct 27th, 2010 (Q1 by KlimDokachin at Nov 5th, 2010 & Q2 by Telak at Nov 7th, 2010)
Diplomatic Intervention ( The Next Generation)
The Federation often sends expert negotiators to defuse volatile situations before they spiral out of control.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Opponent may download up to two ambassadors to planet; they cannot be battled this turn. Place on mission. To solve mission, you must have more Diplomacy here than opponent.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Requires: affiliation, Ambassador.
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Distracted By Thoughts Of Home ( Life From Lifelessness)
After an encounter with the Timeship Aeon, Captain Janeway and her crew found themselves on Earth in 1996. The appeal of being on Earth - even in the past - was intense.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Place on Mission. All personnel here are attributes all -1. Any player must discard a card from hand to attempt this mission. X=4 if this is a mission, otherwise 2.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Requires: Mission.
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Emergent Life-form ( Holodeck Adventures)
An emerging intelligence seized control of the Enterprise in 2370 to seek out particles it needed to evolve. The crew interacted with it on the holodeck, helping to find this nourishment more quickly.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Place on ship. Now and start of each turn, opponent may move ship to another location (using its RANGE). If ship has Holodeck, cure with 2 ENGINEER and Astrophysics aboard.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place on ship.
Requires: Holodeck.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Entertaining Display ( The Cage)
The Platonians' psychokinetic abilities allowed them to turn Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, Lt. Uhura and Nurse Chapel into playthings for their amusement.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Opponent may download up to two females to planet; place on mission. To solve mission, Away Team must have more Anthropology than opponent has females present.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, female-related dilemma, place atop mission.
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Ferengi Bug ( Rules of Acquisition)
Quark attempted to use a Ferengi eavesdropping device to gather information on Shakaar Edon in 2372. He wanted to sell high-level Bajoran political information.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Unless 3 SECURITY (or Odo) and any tricorder OR 2 FCA present, place atop mission. While in play, your hand is exposed, face up on table.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission, manipulate opponent's hand, manipulate your hand.
Requires: Tricorder.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Ferengi Ingenuity ( Blaze of Glory)
Quark's refusal to spend latinum resulted in some creative holosuite repairs. Rom once used a copper-ytterbium composite spatula as a spare part - the perfect plasma conductor.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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If one personnel present has 2 Computer Skill, discard dilemma. Otherwise, to get past, place on most CUNNING Computer Skill present ("stopped" during countdown).
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, wall dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Friendly Fire ( The Dominion)
Ferengi lack of leadership resulted in the untimely demise of the vorta Keevan aboard Empok Nor. His death was a major setback in Quark and Rom's mission to rescue their Moogie.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Unless 2 Leadership ans 2 SECURITY present, kills one personnel (random selection); place dilemma on this mission (or this Empok Nor); it cannot be attempted or scouted.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, Empok Nor-related dilemma, killer dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Hate Crime ( Deep Space Nine)
Outraged by a crime on Deep Space 9, Bajorans defaced Odo's security office. The xenophobic vandals were quick to judge the "shifter" simply because he was different.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Place on a non-Borg personnel who is the only member of its species present (opponent's choice). That personnel may not use any of its skills.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, murder OR crime -related dilemma.
Requires: Borg species.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
High Rollers ( Shades of Gray)
A simple game of probabilities can make a fortune or provide a way home.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Opponent may download and seed here any two Royale Casino dilemmas, then place on mission. Each Royale Casino dilemma you face here first "stops" one Away Team member (your choice).
Characteristics: Alternate Universe icon dilemma, Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Requires: "Royal"-related cards, "Royale Casino" dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by propaghandi at Apr 19th, 2011 (Q1 by Telak at Apr 26th, 2011 & Q2 by eberlems at Jun 1st, 2011)
Hippocratic Oath ( Official Tournament Sealed Deck)
On stardate 49066.5, rogue Jem'Hadar detained Julian Bashir on Bopak III. He was compelled to seek a cure to their genetically engineered addiction to the drug Ketracel-White.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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To get past, most CUNNING MEDICAL present must help aliens (relocated with dilemma to nearest planet at another location). MEDICAL is "stopped" until countdown expires.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, relocate dilemma, wall dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
I'm Not Going to Fight You ( The Next Generation)
Misinterpreting the Tamarian's intent, Picard was unable to comprehend the true source of danger on the planet.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Opponent may download and seed here up to two of the following: Chalnoth, El-Adrel Creature, Nausicaans, or Rebel Encounter, then place on mission. Each of those dilemmas here first "stops" one Diplomacy (your choice).
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, Tamarian-related dilemma, place atop mission.
Requires: "Nausicaan" dilemma.
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Invasive Procedures ( The Borg)
Srivani researchers covertly boarded U.S.S. Voyager in 2374. Using a phase variance to avoid detection, they performed invasive, and sometimes fatal, medical tests on the crew.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Unless a Borg OR MEDICAL, CUNNING > 35, and a phaser or disruptor present, place on ship; quarantined. Each crew member loses first-listed skill and is attributes all -2.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place on ship.
Requires: disruptor, phaser, affiliation, Borg species.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Irrational Commander ( The Sky's the Limit)
After Worf's suggestion to activate the U.S.S. Enterprise-E's self-destruct sequence, Jean-Luc Picard's outburst surprised his crew. They carried out his orders nonetheless.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Unless you have two leaders with Honor OR two leaders with Treachery, place on mission. Crew must have any attribute>double mission points to solve. (Unique.)
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
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Lethean Telepathic Attack ( Deep Space Nine)
Altovar tried to steal biomimetic gel from the Deep Space 9 infirmary. When interrupted by Julian Bashir, he assaulted the doctor telepathically. Such attacks are usually fatal.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Unless 2 Empathy present, place on one personnel (Julian Bashir if present, otherwise random selection). Personnel is disabled (killed if CUNNING + STRENGTH < 16).
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, killer dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Linguistic Legerdemain ( The Motion Pictures)
"We must respond personally. The universal translator would be recognized."
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Unless Anthropology and Exobiology present, X = 1+ number of affiliation icons on this mission with no matching personnel present; place on mission; it cannot be attempted.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Mission Fatigue ( The Dominion)
When under extreme stress, even highly trained veterans can experience lapses in judgment. Miles O'Brien and Worf fought each other while they were besieged by Jem'Hadar in 2373.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Unless Empathy and Leadership present, place atop mission. Each subsequent dilemma or Q-Flash seeded here first "stops" one non-Borg personnel present (random selection).
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Requires: Borg species.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Murasaki Effect ( The Sky's the Limit)
Electromagnetic phenomenon that surrounded Taurus II in 2267. Damaged the shuttlecraft Galileo and left transporters temporarily unreliable.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Damages all unstaffed ships in orbit. Place on mission. Each time transporters used here, one just-beamed personnel is killed (random selection).
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, killer dilemma, place atop mission.
Card logging info: First edited by Telak at May 12th, 2014. Please support openCards and validate game text of this card!
Nagilum: Test Subjects ( Coming of Age)
To learn about death, Nagilum attempted to obtain information on it through experimenting on the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Place on ship. Now and start of each turn, kills one crew member (random selection). Cure with 2 SCIENCE, Diplomacy, and Physics OR Auto-Destruct Sequence.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, killer dilemma, place on ship.
Card logging info: First edited by Telak at Aug 12th, 2018. Please support openCards and validate game text of this card!
Palukoo ( The Trouble with Tribbles)
Large spider-like creature inhabiting the Bajoran moons. One-time food source for Resistance fighters. Caused Dax concern, since Trill/symbiont biochemistry cannot tolerate insect bites.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Unless Resistance OR ANIMAL present, "bites" a non-android (random selection). If Trill with symbiont, dies now (discard dilemma); otherwise, disabled until countdown expires.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma.
Requires: "Trill with symbiont"-related personnel, Resistance, Android "species", Trill species.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Pawns of the Military ( Cold Front)
In the wrong hands, a new discovery or scientific advancement can be perverted into a dreadful weapon.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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If T'Lani III or a biolab in play, opponent may download and seed here up to two of the following: Hyper-Aging, Aphasia Device or any virus-related dilemma; then place on mission: add 2 SCIENCE to requirements of all such dilemmas here.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Requires: T'Lani III.
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Photonic Energy Being ( The Borg)
A noncorporeal life-form took hostages when another of its kind was unknowingly captured and experimented on by the Voyager crew. The Doctor ultimately negotiated their safe return.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Three crew members (random selection) are held with dilemma atop mission; discard all when countdown expires. Cure with personnel OR Anthropology and Diplomacy.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma.
Requires: Hologram "species".
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Preoccupied ( Broken Bow)
While exploring a trinary system containing a black hole, unusual radiation caused the Enterprise crew to exhibit erratic and obsessive behavior.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Place on ship. Double first and second listed skill and removes all other skills on each non-Vulcan personnel aboard.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place on ship.
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Symbalene Blood Burn ( Broken Bow)
A highly contagious disease which kills its victims through increased body temperature and destruction of blood vessel walls. Samples were kept at Cold Station 12 in 2154.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Kills one personnel (random selection). Place on facility here (your choice, quarantined). Now and start of each turn, kills one personnel aboard (your choice).
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, killer dilemma, place on facility.
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The Clown: On His Throne ( Metamorphosis)
Leader of a band of torturous performers, The Clown could easily tap into the fears of his victims and manipulate the artificial environment in which they resided.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Place on mission. Opponent chooses INTEGRITY, CUNNING, or STRENGTH. Replace other personnel attributes in dilemma and mission text here with the named attribute.
Characteristics: "The Clown" dilemma, Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Card logging info: First edited by Telak at Aug 8th, 2018. Please support openCards and validate game text of this card!
The Swarm ( Voyager)
Fiercely territorial species whose small ships disable enemy vessels by emitting interferometric pulses. Dubbed "the Swarm" by those few who have survived their armadas.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Place on ship; WEAPONS are disabled and SHIELDS -2. After start of your next turn, cure with 3 ENGINEER and Physics in crew. If countdown expires, ship destroyed.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place on ship.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
The Vengeance Factor ( Shades of Gray)
Old feuds and lingering grudges can persist across years or even centuries, destroying many innocent lives.
Dilemma - Planet dilemma
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Opponent may download and seed here up to two of the following (except Combo dilemmas): Microvirus, The Gatherers, or Yuta, then place on mission. Skill and attributes requirements of Microvirus and The Gatherers here are doubled.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place atop mission.
Card logging info: Logged by propaghandi at Apr 19th, 2011 (Q1 by Roga Danar at Apr 28th, 2011 & Q2 by Telak at May 27th, 2011)
Topological Anomaly 4747 ( Straight and Steady)
Invasive program created in 2368 by Data and Geordi La Forge to cause the total system failure of the Borg Collective.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Borg and personnel, androids, and one ENGINEER here (random selection) are placed in stasis. Cure on your next turn with new SCIENCE arriving or when countdown expires.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma.
Requires: Android "species", Borg species, Hologram "species".
Card logging info: Logged by Roga Danar at Oct 27th, 2010 (Q1 by KlimDokachin at Nov 5th, 2010 & Q2 by Telak at Nov 7th, 2010)
Trauma ( Deep Space Nine)
Emotional trauma, such as the prophets' first interrogation of The Sisko, can cause disability or even death. Others face the grim choice of lending aid or completing their mission.
Dilemma - Dual dilemma
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Place on personnel present with the most icons (your choice if tie). That personnel is disabled. If you solve this mission before countdown expires, that personnel dies.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma.
Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
Unlikely Pair ( Emissary)
The bombing of Garak's Tailor Shop led Odo and Garak to investigate the whereabouts of Enabran Tain. However, their investigation also caught the eye of the Tal Shiar.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Choose to "stop" until countdown expires: two personnel not of the same species (your choice) OR two personnel (random selection).
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma.
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Virus ( Life From Lifelessness)
Ancient Iconian computer programs transmitted to the U.S.S. Yamato, U.S.S. Enterprise, and Haakona attempted to overwrite the ships' computer systems.
Dilemma - Space dilemma
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Unless you have 4 Computer Skill present, place on ship. This ship, and all your other ships of the same class, are attributes all -2. Cure with 6 Computer Skill.
Characteristics: Countdown icon dilemma, place on ship.
Card logging info: Logged by Feanwulf at Jun 11th, 2010 (Q1 by Telak at Jun 11th, 2010 & Q2 by KlimDokachin at Jun 13th, 2010)