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    Velal

    Romulan general. Commander of the Romulan fleet at the close of the Dominion war. Committed the Romulan Star Empire to the final attack on Cardassia.

    Romulan Romulan icon  Personnel Personnel
    Gender: male. Species: Romulan.
    Command & Staffing abilitys: Command
    Classification: OFFICER
    Red Dot SECURITY   Red Dot Transporter Skill   Red Dot Archaeology  
    Red Dot Captain's Log is +1 on your D'deridex-class ships.
    INTEGRITY: 7  CUNNING: 8  STRENGTH: 7

    Characteristics: "Reshape the Quadrant"-related cards, Affiliation Romulan affiliation, General, Romulan species.
    Requires: D'deridex Class.

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

    Velal

    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Aug 4th, 2000.

    This general will be an instant addition to almost any Romulan deck. Start with OFFICER classification and scarce Transporter Skill to get you past Maglockimages and protect your ship from Orion Syndicate Bombimages at space missions. Add Archaeology for any good old-fashioned Romulan planet deck. Now take his SECURITY skill and rank of general, letting him download on Romulus with Homefrontimage or report for free at the Office of the Proconsulimage with equal facility.

    But the icing on the cake is his special skill boosting Captain's Logimage benefits on all your D'deridex-class ships. He doesn't have to be aboard any of those ships or even at the same location; he just "directs the fleet" so each D'derideximage with its matching commander aboard is WEAPONS and SHIELDS +4. So the minute you download him on Romulus, he enhances your fleet. What could be simpler?

    Combos:

    • Velal + Captain's Logimage + any unique D'deridex: Every one of them has a matching commander, downloadable with Ready Room Doorimage. With Velal in play, nearly all have WEAPONs and SHIELDS of 12 or 13, surviving a Borg Shipimage dilemma attack, escaping damage from a Stellar Flareimage, and making your opponent very nervous about the prospects for his outpost's survival.
    • Velal + Defend Homeworldimage: Stalled by Executive Authorizationimage? Just download Velal by virtue of his SECURITY and this general will provide all the authorization you need.