Mona Lisa

Rare card from Q-Continuum (1996)

Priceless original oil painting by ancient Earth scientist Da Vinci. Stolen from the Louvre in 2243. Recovered from the collection of Kivas Fajo in 2366.

Use as Equipment card. If destroyed, the player directly causing the destruction (if any) losespoints. (not duplicatale.)

Strategy notes

'crosslinks' - Mona Lisa

See ’use as Equipment card’ in strategy area.

'downloading' - Mona Lisa is the target

Mona Lisa could be downloaded by the following cards:

Starry Night

(Reason: download (earn) up to two "use as Equipment card" artifacts when earned at same location as Quark's Bar.
Location: where you have earned Starry Night at any quadrant.
Further costs: discard Starry Night.)

Secret Compartment

(Reason: download up to two "use as Equipment card" artifacts if you have Acquisition present on a ship or facility that is controlled by opponent and you probe successfully.
Location: to ship or facility where you have played Secret Compartment at any quadrant.
Further costs: discard Secret Compartment.)

Leonardo da Vinci

(Reason: Mona Lisa.
Location: anywhere at Leonardo da Vinci's location at any quadrant.)

Strategy article

Mot's 'Useless' Card Review from Evan Lorentz

Rule notes

Official Runlings:

You are directly responsible for destroying this artifact if you play a card, such as Disruptor Overload, Plasma Fire, or Loss of Orbital Stability, with the intent of destroying the artifact or the ship it is on; or if you attack or return fire against a ship it is on, destroying that ship and the artifact. Playing a spaceline hazard, such as Subspace Warp Rift, which your opponent is not required to cross, does not count. If an outside force that neither player controls (such as a Borg Ship or a Subspace Warp Rift) destroys the ship, then no points are lost.

Taken from: Rulebook Glossary (08/2002)