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    Risky Business

    Remember that bug bite?... The galaxy can be a dangerous place when you're on your own.

    Q-Card Q-Card - Dilemma
    If only one personnel in crew or Away Team, that personnel dies (erased if Hologram); seed dilemma beneath mission to be encountered again. Otherwise, if you have any one-person crews or Away Teams anywhere in play, choose one of them to die OR lose points. (Dilemma does not affect Borg.)
    Point-Box on card: -5 bonus points (your opponent can score points, when you use this card).

    Characteristics: Q-related dilemma, bonus points.
    Requires: Borg species, Hologram "species".

    Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
     

    Risky Business

    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jul 11th, 1998.

    If you need a reason to avoid redshirting, here's a good one. A single personnel dies, and you can't even get around it with a hologram - he gets erased. But even then it's not over; the dilemma returns under the mission, forcing you to bring in a larger team. When you do, make sure you didn't leave any one-person crews or Away Teams anywhere, because this time around the second part of the dilemma will kick in; you can choose to let them die, or lose 5 points. Use the dilemma in your Q-Continuum, or seed it under a mission using Beware of Qimage.

    Combos:

    • Impose Orderimage + Risky Business at a different mission: You thought it was safe to leave a single personnel at Impose Order to guard your points?
    • Risky Business + Deliver Suppliesimage: If all you left on the ship was that Transporter Skill, say goodbye to your mission attempt.