Being a look back at cards from the Star Trek CCG, and what I thought of them back when they were fresh and new... in EPISODE order. The last card mentioned her...
PICTURE: Pretty enough, and her golden hair matches well the brown outfit, but the picture is, at most, workmanlike. A lot of these photos are simple reaction shots that must have been kinda dull to act out. The actors look bored. Sorry for the digression, a plain ol' 3.
LORE: Not bad. We get her job and her admitting to being attracted to Graves. Gets us inside at least, but still receives the middle-of-road 3.
TREK SENSE: Like Ira, she's a non-aligned Civilian. The affiliation is strange for a human, as I consider them to be Federation in most cases. I mean, they did call Starfleet when they had a problem. If it's their less than pure intentions (Graves' anyway), why is Vash a Fed, and not Ira? Neither is on the side of the angels, but Kareen is a pure soul. Though I guess moral fiber isn't a mark of affiliation. Just look at the dishonorable Klingons, the exiled Garak, and loads of criminal Bajorans for proof. That aside, as a technical assistant, she gets Computer Skill and ENGINEER. Since Ira Graves works in Cybernetics, both skills will come in handy in helping him, especially the ENGINEER since he lacks the skill himself. He thinks things up and she makes them happen. Add to that her Youth, though I wonder how youthful she really is. She must be brilliant to really be Ira's private Engineer. Oops, nope. Despite having achieved Staff icon status, expertise in those skills and an assistant position with one of the quadrant's greatest minds, she only rates a 6! An unbelievable combo. Soppy as she is, I would still think an adult with Youth would have greater Strength. Integrity seems okay. Now, as for the special skill that nullifies Male's Love Interests, we have to ask ourselves how exactly she does this. In the context of her episode, it's thematic. Ira couldn't love her because of the age difference, and then she couldn't because he was a violent adnroid. Our best bet for the larger game is that whichever male gets targeted with the Love Interest is actually interested in her. "Sorry, babe, I'm in love with someone else." So he isn't relocated. I wonder why she doesn't "stop" the male, though. Since she's been in the crew/Away Team for a while, I guess even loverboy is used to having her around. We can't all freeze up when the coveted one is in the room. ;-) Some problems, but not bad at 3.4.
STOCKABILITY: Two classifications is never bad. For Kurlan Naiskos uses, you especially want to match the less useful CIVILIAN with something better. ENGINEER is as good as they come. The Computer Skill is always useful, and Youth has its uses as well, especially if you build your deck around the skill (card management with Ooby Dooby, a good selection of missions...). Nullifying a particular dilemma is just a bonus because you can never be sure a specific dilemma will even be seeded. Note that Male's Love Interest can be annoying as you're likely to have at least one male in any given Away Team AND it always hits while forcing your team to keep going (no stopping). Relocation is as bad as death in the dilemma combo passing process (maybe worse). Attributes are lacklustre, especially the awful STRENGTH and lame CUNNING. Will fit in with any affiliation, but I think the Feds have plenty of personnel like this already. Over average, but not by much. A 3.2.
TOTAL: 12.6 (63%) Q-Continuum spawns another average card.
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