Computer Crash

Uncommon card from Deep Space Nine (1998)

Rao Vantika accessed the Deep Space 9 / Terok Nor computer system through a temperature control panel. He sabotaged the data network by purging everything in active memory.

Seeds or plays on table. No player may play a Q’s Tent doorway, download any card or play any card that requires downloading. Discard event at end of your next turn.

Special-icons: Hidden Agenda

Strategy notes

Strategy article

Card Extra from Kathy McCracken (07/1998)

Rule notes

Official Runlings:

You may activate this hidden agenda event as a response to an attempt to play a Q’s Tent or a card requiring downloading (e.g., Activate Subcommands), or an attempt to download a card (e.g., by using the Borg Queen (FC)'s skill or any special download icon), but not during the seed phase. The Q's Tent or card requiring downloading becomes an illegal card play and returns to the owner's hand; an attempted download is simply aborted (and does not use up any resource). See actions - step 2: responses.

If you initiate the play of a multi-function card such as Bajoran Civil War, and select a function that requires a download, it may be responded to by the activation of this event. The card returns to your hand; you may then play it for its other function, but you are not required to do so.

A card may allow but not require downloading, and thus may be played despite Computer Crash. For example, if Computer Crash is activated in response to an attempted download with Assign Mission Specialists, the download is prevented, but the card remains in play.

You may not suspend the activation of this event by using a special download icon.

Taken from: Rulebook Glossary (08/2002)