Defend Homeworld

Uncommon card from The Trouble with Tribbles (2000)

Seeds or plays on table. When opponent initiates battle against your card at a homeworld matching that card's affiliation, just after it is targeted you may download there any number of HQ cards and compatible ships, leaders, SECURITY personnel, and hand weapons. Once per game, you may discard objective to download a SECURITY personnel OR any HQ card (except Return Orb to Bajor).

Special-icons: Hidden Agenda  Referee

Strategy notes

'crosslinks' - Defend Homeworld

See Referee icon cards, personnel with SECURITY skill or classification, HQ cards (except Return Orb to Bajor) in strategy area.

'downloading' - Defend Homeworld is the reason

. See overview in strategy area.

'downloading' - Defend Homeworld is the target

Defend Homeworld could be downloaded by the following cards:

Strategy article

Card Extra from Joeri Hoste (29/06/2000)

Rule notes

Official Runlings:

The "compatible ships, leaders, (and) SECURITY personnel" that you may download with this objective when your card is attacked at a homeworld must be compatible with the card that was attacked (and with each other, if they are mixing).

Taken from: Current Rulings (06/07/2003)

When this objective allows a download of personnel and ships in response to battle, it is to a specific destination ("download there") and thus the cards may report anywhere at the location (e.g., personnel may report aboard ships), ignoring quadrants. However, a SECURITY personnel downloaded with the objective's final function must be reported to a facility or other place where that personnel may normally report, because no destination is specified. See downloading. If a facility or site provides the place for the downloaded SECURITY personnel to report, both the personnel and facility must be in their native quadrant. You may not download cards with this objective when your opponent attacks your Non-Aligned ship at your homeworld, even if there are crew members aboard matching the homeworld's affiliation. The specific card that is attacked (the ship) must match the homeworld and its universe (see mirror universe).

An attack by a Borg Ship dilemma or Rogue Borg, which are self-controlled, will not allow the download. Your opponent must attack your card with his ships or personnel.

Taken from: Rulebook Glossary (08/2002)