Submitted by KaiserK on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 00:09
Establish Trade RouteSeeds or plays on a space mission with a point box that you seeded. You may attempt it using these requirements: Greed + (freighter OR transport OR When you solve mission, you may download Ferengi Trading Post (plus up to two Equipment cards) here; discard objective. Requires: Trading Post, Rule hint for this cardThis card has an clarification: See mission attempt. Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009. | ![]() |
This Card-Review article was written by Evan Lorentz and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)".
One of several tricks in the Ferengi arsenal for expanding mission selection, Establish Trade Route lets you attempt any of your space missions with a point box using the more Ferengi-friendly requirements of Greed, a Ferengi ship (or any freighter or transport), Acquisition x3 and a CUNNING greater than twice the mission's point value. After completing the mission, you can download a Ferengi Trading Post there with up to two Equipment cards. You could get some Latinum to Bribe your way into your next mission, or you might set yourself up nicely for a "cargo run." You've got both the equipment and the facility to start with!
It's a little more difficult, but Establish Trade Route isn't just for Ferengi. All affiliations have access to the card through Non-Aligned freighters and transports. It's just a matter of pulling together the Aquisition and Greed.
Combos:
•Establish Trade Route + Patrol Neutral Zone x6: CUNNING > 120 won't be easy, but it's a fair bit easier than keeping your opponent's ships out of the Neutral Zone.
•Establish Trade Route + Jovis: A transport you can use to meet the objective's ship requirement, and it special downloads Kivas Fajo to help you along with the others.
