CUSTOMIZABLE CARD GAME FIRST EDITION Design Team Dan Hamman RESISTANCE IS FUTILE Jason Robinette THE FIRST CONTACT 15TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION Thomas Vineberg

18 ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL CARDS • RELEASED NOVEMBER 2011 • VERSION 1.0

“The line must be drawn here!!” he Continuing Committee is proud to release T Resistance is Futile: The First Contact 15th Anniversary Collection to celebrate the film’s 1996 release with eighteen (18) new First Edition cards. It’s time to renew the battle to save the Federation: will you help Picard and crew Launch the Phoenix before the Borg manage to disrupt the timeline and Stop First Contact? ARTICLES FORUMS Congratulations – The First Edition World Championships were held in Indianapolis. The RULES 2011 First Edition World Champion is: Jeremy Commandeur from California, USA. CARD IMAGES TOURNAMENTS PLAYER LOCATOR The Star Trek CCG Community lives on at WWW.TREKCC.ORG

Coming Next – Our upcoming expansion will introduce the next generation of opportunities for exploration, profit, and honor to the Alpha Quadrant. Spring (Fall for players in the Southern Hemisphere) 2012 will be a season to remember for new, returning, and long-time First Edition players. REVISED RULES Timeline Disruption – The existence of time locations makes it possible to conceptually go back in time and alter history in such a way that you change conditions in the present. The effects of timeline disruption vary by event: RESISTANCE IS FUTILE CARD LIST

“Timeline disrupted in 2063” – If the Borg change history by completing a Stop First Contact or Build Interplexing DILEMMAS PERSONNEL – BORG Beacon objective, the timeline is disrupted and Federation and Starfleet history ceases to exist. Back to Basics...... 1 V Data of Borg...... 11 V Cards which are disrupted include: Contingency Plan...... 2 V Six of Ninety-Six...... 12 V • all personnel of Human species. • all and affiliation cards (including multi-affiliation cards, regardless of current mode), such as Crowded Bar...... 3 V Twelve of Ninety-Six. . . . 13 V personnel, ships, and facilities. Definitely Not Swedish. . . . 4 V PERSONNEL – FEDERATION However, things from other universes or currently time travelling are not affected by this timeline disruption thus, EQUIPMENT Jae...... 14 V the following cards are protected: Mission Briefing PADD. . . . 5 V Jean-Luc...... 15 V • cards with a icon. Suzanne Dumont...... 16 V • cards with an icon (unless they also have a , , or icon). EVENTS • cards that have disappeared (e.g. Temporal Rift or Time Travel Pod). A Willing Companion. . . . . 6 V SHIP – BORG • cards which have lost their affiliation (e.g. Thine Own Self). Adapt: Allocate Resources . . . 7 V Queen’s Borg Sphere. . . . 17 V • cards at a time location. Optimize Drones...... 8 V SHIP – FEDERATION Except for cards which are protected, all disrupted cards in play (in any quadrant) and in any player’s hand, draw OBJECTIVES U.S.S. Akira...... 18 V deck, side deck, discard pile, etc., are placed out-of-play. (Reshuffle where appropriate.) If any cards are aboard Launch the Phoenix. . . . . 9 V (or played on) a disrupted ship or facility (but are themselves not disrupted), those cards return to owner’s hand. “I am the beginning; the end; Protect Historic Encounter . . 10 V the one who is many. I am the Borg.... “Timeline disrupted in 2267” – the effects of this disruption are described on Hero of the Empire. I am the collective.”

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BACK TO BASICS CONTINGENCY PLAN CROWDED BAR With all political authority vanished, humanity teetered on As their cube and then their sphere were destroyed, the Borg For residents of 2063 Bozeman, after dealing with Borg the edge of its second Dark Age. adapted to the changing situation, single-minded, implacably bombardment, temporal incursions, and drunk Betazoids, persistent. making their way to the bar takes everything they’ve got.

Your opponent shuffles each personnel and ship in their Place on ship; cannot be attacked by or returned Each player draws a card. Stop one personnel for each discard pile into draw deck. If fourteen or more cards were to hand. Opponent may download A Change of Plans. card in hand (your choice if you have fewer than six cards shuffled in, Away Team stopped. Discard dilemma. Assimilate Starship targeting this ship is worth 35 points. in hand, opponent’s choice otherwise). Discard dilemma.

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DEFINITELY NOT SWEDISH MISSION BRIEFING PADD A WILLING COMPANION After encountering drones in person, Lily Sloane revised her Personal Access Display Device loaded with mission-specific The Borg Queen’s search for a like-minded counterpart led initial reaction to Picard’s description of the Borg. details for ready reference. Used for tasks from reporting her to Data. The android was more resistant than anticipated. scans to repairing historic warp vehicles.

Opponent may download and seed here up to two of the Your personnel present who have OFFICER classification Plays on table. You may have an additional counterpart in following: Don’t Call Me Ahab, My First Raygun, or Strict all add Anthropology OR Biology. (May re-select once play. If this event leaves play, discard counterparts down Dress Code. Discard dilemma. each turn.) to allowed number. (Cumulative.)

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ADAPT: ALLOCATE RESOURCES OPTIMIZE DRONES LAUNCH THE PHOENIX The Borg hive mind allows assets to be quickly reassigned, Due to the limited complement aboard smaller Borg vessels, Seeds or plays on table. You may seed Montana Missile bringing the entire Collective closer to perfection. drones are often assigned multiple tasks to achieve optimal Complex. Phoenix may not be played (but may be mission outcomes. acquired). Once each turn, your card native to 2063 Earth may report there for free. If your Phoenix takes off with (or any Lily Sloane) aboard, Launch Successful: Place Plays on table. In place of your normal card play, you Plays on any mission. While your sphere is here, your objective on Phoenix, draw 3 cards. Your Alpha Quadrant may discard this event to download any Event or and personnel here are attributes all +1. Discard when missions are worth +5 points while Phoenix in orbit. Interrupt card. your objective targeting this mission completed. (Unique.)

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Astrophysics May downloadTemporal Vortex inplaceofacard Physics Your When solved, mission worth 30 points (instead of When solved,missionworth30points(insteadof Seeds on Earth; you may download Launch the Phoenix. Seeds onEarth;youmaydownloadLaunchthePhoenix. native to2063Earth. requirements: printed value) and you may download a personnel printed value)andyoumaydownloadapersonnel Anthropology+ArchaeologyCUNNING>30 T Senior transporter operationsengineer.Senior transporter Friendof Wesley Crusher. Way outofhisleague. Maggie Hubbell.Onceromanticallyinvolvedwith I B dentifcation ask iologcal v v OBJECTIVE : Calibrate and maintain chronometric particles. : Calibrateandmaintainchronometricparticles. personnel may attempt Earth using these personnelmayattemptEarthusingthese

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