Card Extra

Establish Trade Route from Evan Lorentz (02/04/2000)

One of several tricks in the Ferengi arsenal for expanding mission selection, Establish Trade Route lets you attempt any of your space missions with a point box using the more Ferengi-friendly requirements of Greed, a Ferengi ship (or any freighter or transport), Acquisition x3 and a CUNNING greater than twice the mission's point value. After completing the mission, you can download a Ferengi Trading Post there with up to two Equipment cards. You could get some Latinum to Bribe your way into your next mission, or you might set yourself up nicely for a "cargo run." You've got both the equipment and the facility to start with!

It's a little more difficult, but Establish Trade Route isn't just for Ferengi. All affiliations have access to the card through Non-Aligned freighters and transports. It's just a matter of pulling together the Aquisition and Greed.

Combos:

• Establish Trade Route + Patrol Neutral Zone x6: CUNNING > 120 won't be easy, but it's a fair bit easier than keeping your opponent's ships out of the Neutral Zone.
• Establish Trade Route + Jovis: A transport you can use to meet the objective's ship requirement, and it special downloads Kivas Fajo to help you along with the others.