Mot's Useless Card Review #76: Espionage Mission

This mission does pop up fairly often in Borg decks. Not only is it the matching homeworld for the most commonly played affiliation, but the Borg don't even have to complete an Assimilate Counterpart objective before they get there - Locutus of Borg comes already Borgified.

What about outside of Borg decks? Romulans players have toyed with Espionage Mission on occasion. Selok is easy enough to get hold of, since she is a Mission Specialist (and with the often called-for skill of Treachery). She also does the job of an Espionage card at Earth, saving you the card play. The problem, of course, is the two Tal Shiar. There are only two, Major Rakal and Telak, and unless you are stocking them both in your Q’s Tent, the odds are less than certain you'll see both of them in the same game.

Once again, the Sealed Deck product comes to the rescue with the ever-useful Reflection Therapy. Suddenly, anyone can join the Tal Shiar; they don't even have to be Romulan. With enough copies of Suna in your deck to download the Reflection Therapy, it's a sure bet you'll get the two Tal Shiar you need to nab Espionage Mission. How about starting with Selok as a Mission Specialist, then converting her skill to Tal Shiar? She'll get you +5 on Earth, and another extra 5 if you want to turn around and try Quash Conspiracy.

But the fun doesn't stop there. Reflection Therapy provides the Klingons with the means to at last complete Espionage Mission. Just program a couple of Klingon Intelligence personnel, and you're off and running. You could even use K’chiQ as one of them, saving yourself the second Reflection Therapy. For that matter, you could complete the mission with Obsidian Order, even FCA if you wanted - the card doesn't specify which affiliation has to use which requirements. The only thing Reflection Therapy can't give you is a Founder.

So grab those Espionage cards and add a few to your deck. An easy 40 points is waiting to be snatched up.