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 Bounty heads for Earth where the probe is causing havoc. Two cards result. The first...
PICTURE: Chapel in the dark is certainly dramatic, but I would have expected something from The Motion Picture where she actually did medical stuff. I do like the colors coming out of the darkness, and that big 59 just works so well with the look of Classic Films cards. Many of them have those model car letters and numbers on them. An original take and it looks good, though not necessarily the most appropriate. A 3.4.
LORE: Getting the persona isn't as difficult as on some others, a problem that could have been alleviated in all cases by naming OS personnel by their full names instead of ranks. The pic is explained by the second sentence. None of it is especially interesting unfortunately, so just a 3.
TREK SENSE: If a nurse is Medical x1, stands to reason a doctor is Medical x2, right? Well, it doesn't always work out that way. Is Chapel as good as McCoy? It's hard to say given the onscreen evidence in the movies, even if Strange New Worlds says yes. In ST IV, she isn't even doctoring! I don't know what she does at Starfleet Command exactly, but Computer Skill seems an acceptable way to represent it. Biology and Archaeology are both from the OS version. The former is Medical-based, the latter is part and parcel of her degree in medical archaeology (mentioned in Nurse Chapel's lore and a plot point in SNW). Attribute-wise, 7s are pretty standard on Federation professional types. Her Strength drop is brought on by age, but I'm not sure it's deserved. OS females were always damsels in distress anyway. By the time of the movies, they should have GAINED Strength, not lost it. And what, still a Staffer? According the her Encyclopedia entry, she actually DIRECTED emergency operations at Starfleet Command. That qualifies her for a Command icon, doesn't it? I'm far from enthusiastic about the design, which is, at best, lackluster. Only 2.8.
STOCKABILITY: Yet another super-MEDICAL for the Feds, and she isn't even the only CF, what with Dr. McCoy around. I'm not sure we needed her. She could wriggle herself into a MEDICAL and/or Archaeology deck, but I don't see any of her skills as being too difficult to find or particularly noteworthy. Persona replacement could offer a trick by which you report Nurse Chapel for free to CF Dr. McCoy and then switch her to get a better skills package. Not much, I know. 1E Feds have unfortunately grown fairly redundant, and that's gonna cost her. Just a 3 (because she's still a good MEDICAL, after all).
TOTAL: 12.2 (61%) A big yawner.
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