Star Trek Regional Event Report 2000

Final Standings

• 7(+25) Fleet Admiral Benji 8th Place
• 3(-79) Admiral Razor 25th Place

While I was disappointed that I would not be able to use any Tribble cards this time around, at least I wasn't scrambling at the last second to build a deck with new cards, as was the case two years ago with DS9. Having taken a year off from the regional scene, I was looking forward to testing my mettle against the best around. I designed a good deck, in my opinion, based on utilizing both Romulan HQs. Since it had done well against Razor in the trials, I figured it should survive the day.

• Round 1: The day couldn't have started much more pathetic than this. I failed to draw any ships. That tends to hamper your ability to win. A very well constructed Borg deck had no problem acing me.
• Round 2: Wow, the joy continues with a bye. At least I had a nice long lunch hour.
• Round 3: The one I was waiting for, my match with Razor. We had practically built each other's deck, and I knew mine could take his. I had all the personnel necessary to get passed his killer Hippocratic Oath/Aphasia Device/Plague Ship dilemma, until the first person disabled was a biology personnel. By the end of the game I was looking to win. With time running out, I was going to make my last effort to take it all. and Razor's draw deck ran out, giving him the technical. Oh what a gloomy day...
• Round 4: Well, it can only get better. I played someone that had a Neutral Zone heavy Fed deck. This made Patrol Neutral Zone worth 80 points! Unfortunately for us, we were both always in the Neutral Zone to nullify it. I came out of it with a timed technical win, so I guess not all was lost.
• Round 5: Now here was an interesting opponent. He was playing a Terok Nor deck with the Orb of Wisdom at Q's Planet. He got his people out very quickly which worried me, but he hit my Cytherians. That kept him delayed until I could pull off a full win.
• Round 6: This was worse that round 4, he had 6 PNZ! Now each one was worth 90. We were both Romulan however and always in the zone. He managed to destroy one of my ships and take out transporters on two others. After a long battle I was able to pull off the last missions I needed to get a 20 point victory.

I finished up in 8th place, not bad for starting the day with an aced loss and a bye. It was an enlightening experience to be sure, I'm looking forward to a few more. Now, I'm only 11 points away from my next promotion. I'll be a Q!

-Preceeding Summary by Fleet Admiral Benji

Well, Benji really covered most of it, but I wanted to add a few high and lowlights of my own. My deck strategy was based around a Quark's Bar/Credit Exchange/Dabo point machine while I could build up forces for missions to end the games. The best part of all...the deck is designed so that it is virtually impossible to score a perfect victory, since it's possible to get 2 points the first turn if necessary (DL Morn to Cargo Bay, walk to Quark's, DL Latinum from Morn, Credit Exchange for 2...he shoots, he scores!). It didn't work tremendously well, but I have to say that the technical win over Benji was certainly a morale booster, since we knew each other's decks inside-out. I didn't get a full win all day, though I was closest in round 2 where I was timed out before I could finish a game winning mission. Better luck next time I guess, and time to start planning and plotting for next year. :) Good luck to Kris Sostenby, headed for Worlds, and to defending World Champ Mike Harrington. Can't wait to hear how this year turns out.

-Preceeding Summary by Admiral Razor