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PRE-WARP PACK Cristoffer Wiker Matthew Zinno CUSTOMIZABLE CARD GAME FIRST EDITION Design Team Charlie Plaine James Monsebroten PRE-WARP PACK Cristoffer Wiker Matthew Zinno 18 ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL CARDS • RELEASED JUNE 2017 • VERSION 1.0 “With proper discipline, anything’s possible.” oin us in seeking Kolinahr with the Pre-Warp JPack, an expansion previewing the all-new Vulcan affiliation. With these eighteen (18) new First Edition cards, you’ll be able to unify the Vulcan he Continuing Committee is dedicated species across all of time and space into one exciting T to not only maintaining the Star Trek: deck. Enjoy this exclusive preview of Vulcans with Customizable Card Game community and the the Pre-Warp Pack! levels of competition, but exceeding them in scope and in quality. The Vulcans – This new affiliation is made up of Vulcans from before the founding of the Federation. Represented by a stylized IDIC icon, ARTICLES Vulcans are very factually intelligent; so smart, most of their ships have regular FORUMS skills! But they were also stubborn and meddlesome, which is represented with their abilities. RULES CARD IMAGES Coming Soon – Hungry for more Vulcans? Don’t worry your pointed ears, as the rest of this affiliation will be hot on the heels of this preview. TOURNAMENTS You’ll find enough logic, infinite diversities, and green blood to go around later this Summer when PLAYER LOCATOR the Vulcans make their full debut! The Star Trek CCG Community lives on at WWW.TREKCC.ORG PRE-WARP PACK EQUIPMENT INCIDENTS Soval . 83 P Vulcan PADD . 71 P Kolinahr . 77 P Strom . 84 P Vulcan Phaser . 72 P Vulcan Database . 78 P T’Lam . 85 P T’Pol . 86 P EVENTS MISSION Valrik . 87 P Espionage: Vulcan on Klingon . 73 P Excite Dark Matter . 79 P Espionage: Vulcan on Starfleet . 74 P SHIP – VULCAN Treaty: Starfleet/Vulcan . 75 P PERSONNEL – VULCAN D’kyr . 88 P Delvok . 80 P FACILITY – VULCAN Sanye . 81 P Vulcan Outpost . 76 P Sopek . 82 P 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Star Trek in all forms is copyright and trademark of CBS Paramount Studios which has no affiliation with trekcc.org or The Continuing Committee. Card images are distributed under fair use principles for non-commercial purposes. EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT EVENT ❶ ❶ ❶ NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT VULCAN PADD VULCAN PHASER ESPIONAGE: VULCAN ON KLINGON Standard Vulcan Personal Access Display Device for Handheld phased energy weapon from the 22nd century. The Vulcan High Command maintained a watchful eye on computerized information. Standard issue amongst Vulcan security, although many the military capabilities of the aggressive and adversarial prefer to use the traditional lirpa. Klingon Empire. Your personnel present are CUNNING +2 . Allows one Vulcan use only . Each of your personnel present is Plays on any Klingon mission . Your Vulcan personnel may of your personnel present to add a skill from your ship’s STRENGTH +2 . (Cumulative .) now attempt this mission . Discard after mission completed . special equipment here . (May re-select once each turn .) 71 P 72 P 73 P EVENT EVENT vVulcan Outpost ❶ ❶ ❶ NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT ESPIONAGE: VULCAN ON STARFLEET TREATY: STARFLEET/VULCAN Vulcan is the homeworld of the highly logical Vulcan The Vulcan High Command uses its influence with other Prior to the formation of the Federation, the Vulcan High people. The Vulcan High Command established governments to gather intelligence on them, as with its Command allied with Starfleet to advise on its tentative outposts throughout its territory. advisory role in the Starfleet Warp Five Program. early footsteps into deep space. Seed one OR build where you have a ENGINEER . Seeds or plays on table . Your Starfleet and Vulcan Plays on any Starfleet mission . Your Vulcan personnel may affiliations recognize this treaty . They can now mix now attempt this mission . Discard after mission completed . and cooperate . OUTPOST SHIELDS 30 74 P 75 P 76 P 3 ENGINEER + Astrophysics x2 + Honor + x2 Astrophysics + ENGINEER OR 30 INCIDENT INCIDENT x2 Cartography Stellar + x2 SCIENCE ❶ ❶ NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT ❶ KOLINAHR VULCAN DATABASE Excite Dark Matter Seeds or plays on Vulcan . Your Vulcan cards may mix and Plays on your ship or Vulcan Lander; ship gains one Robinson Nebula: Illuminate concentrated dark cooperate (regardless of affiliation) and may use Vulcan of the following skills as special equipment: ENGINEER, matter using metreon particle bombardment. ships and facilities . Once each turn, if you do not have MEDICAL, Anthropology, Astrophysics, Biology, Computer Protect the Timeline in play, one personnel may report for Skill, Exobiology, Geology, Physics, or Stellar Cartography . SCIENCE x2 + Stellar Cartography x2 free . Twice each turn, your personnel and ships may move If a Vulcan aboard, may re-select skill once each turn . OR OR ENGINEER + Astrophysics x2 + Honor between here and 2154 Vulcan . Discard incident if you Plays to draw 2 cards (limit 4) for each of your ships in play (or have played) any non-Vulcan personnel . play with a skill as special equipment . 30 NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT 79 P 77 P 78 P 3 Star Trek in all forms is copyright and trademark of CBS Paramount Studios which has no affiliation with trekcc.org or The Continuing Committee. Card images are distributed under fair use principles for non-commercial purposes. vDelvok vSanye vSopek ❶ ❶ ❶ NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT SECURITY SCIENCE OFFICER Representative of Syrranite dissidents. Part-time One of many Vulcans trained in the field of science. Typical Vulcan captain. V’Shar agent working for the bodyguard. Struggled to maintain emotional control Served on the D’kyr in 2152. Worked as a cook in High Command. Spied on by Shran. Led a rescue while performing his own musical compositions. his family’s plomeek soup kitchen. mission on Coridan. Often patrols the Klaestron sector. Geology Astrophysics Biology SCIENCE V’Shar Leadership Diplomacy Music Computer Skill INTEGRITY 5 CUNNING 6 STRENGTH 6 INTEGRITY 7 CUNNING 7 STRENGTH 7 INTEGRITY 7 CUNNING 7 STRENGTH 8 80 P 81 P 82 P Soval vStrom vT’Lam ❶ ❶ ❶ NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT V.I.P. MEDICAL SECURITY Vulcan ambassador to Earth. Has liaised between the Typical Vulcan doctor. Attended an Interspecies Typical Vulcan High Command security advisor. She High Command and many alien nations. Thought it Medical Exchange conference on Dekendi III. contacted T’Pol in 2152 regarding the fugitive was “a mistake” to return Klaang to Qo’noS alive. Diagnosed T’Pol from residue on a PADD. Menos. Expert in the Vulcan martial art suus mahna. Diplomacy Law Leadership x2 Exobiology SCIENCE Computer Skill Computer Skill Transporter Skill Anthropology Team of Ambassadors Vulcan PADD INTEGRITY 5 CUNNING 9 STRENGTH 7 INTEGRITY 6 CUNNING 8 STRENGTH 7 INTEGRITY 5 CUNNING 7 STRENGTH 8 83 P 84 P 85 P T’Pol vValrik vD’kyr ❶ ❶ ❶ NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT PICTURES NOT ENDORSED BY CBS OR PARAMOUNT SCIENCE ENGINEER D’KYR CLASS Vulcan aide to Soval. She thinks humans are not Representative of subspace geometry consultants. 22nd-century mainstay of the Vulcan fleet. Combat yet ready for space exploration. Tasked by the High Vulcan who observed the early NX Program tests on cruiser tasked to ferry Phlox and T’Pol home after Command to act as Jonathan Archer’s first officer. Earth. He later joined the Syrranites as a dissident. Enterprise was temporarily recalled in 2152. Stellar Cartography Computer Skill x2 Astrophysics Stellar Cartography Diplomacy Tractor Beam, SCIENCE Anthropology Vulcan Tricorder Vulcan Database Warp Core Breach (tripling requirements). INTEGRITY 6 CUNNING 8 STRENGTH 8 INTEGRITY 6 CUNNING 8 STRENGTH 5 RANGE 7 WEAPONS 7 SHIELDS 7 86 P 87 P 88 P Star Trek in all forms is copyright and trademark of CBS Paramount Studios which has no affiliation with trekcc.org or The Continuing Committee. Card images are distributed under fair use principles for non-commercial purposes..
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