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. They didn't take Bok from The Battle (boo!), but we did get a Ferengi...
PICTURE: Furs are a more interesting uniform for the Ferengi than those ugly gray things with the big golden ring in the center, that's for sure. Kazago sports better fashions (fur and chainmail headgear), and his smile/sneer is interesting, but they have to do something about those terrible backgrounds. A 3.5.
LORE: His role in the episode is spelled out in a couple of sentences, without mistakes, I don't think, though I have the feeling Bok was arrested more for the gift-giving than the thought maker ;-). A fair 3.2.
TREK SENSE: The first thing I notice is the Staff icon which doesn't go at all with his First Officer status. Come on. Especially one that had the authority (and I accept Leadership fully) to arrest a DaiMon. The fact he sided with the Enterprise against Bok has warranted Honor, sure, though that might just have meant he didn't have Treachery, you know? I'm on board with the high Integrity on that basis though. Engineer? Don't remember him showing any aptitude. It's possible, and he knew what a thought maker was, but not implicit. Possible special skills might have included nullifying Thought Maker or capturing a Ferengi with Treachery, but there's none of that here. Cunning's low as is often the case for TNG Ferengi, though I'm left to wonder if it's because he was easily convinced to switch sides by the Feds. If that's the case, he shouldn't have Honor. Can't have it both ways. Maybe it's because he allowed himself to be beamed over to the Enterprise, which is imprudent. Strength is very high for a Ferengi, but he had some guts and possibly the means to back them up. Unfocused in parts, questionable in others, Kazago only scores a 2.
STOCKABILITY: A Ferengi DiHoLe? Yep. For Bribing your way through those Klingon and Federation missions that require those skills, he's invaluable. Leadership and Honor are on their fair shares of dilemmas in any case, and the latter is quite a bit rarer on Alpha Quadrant Ferengi. ENGINEER is never a waste, and in combination with another classification, even better. And great attributes! The Ferengi have plenty of CUNNING, so he doesn't really need it. They're kind of low on INTEGRITY and STRENGTH though, and that he has. Maglocks aren't too difficult for him. Not big in redundant decks, Kazago is the kind of personnel that patches the holes your affiliation naturally has. I'd say that was enough for a 3.5.
TOTAL: 12.2 (61%) And he slides hommmmme... he's safe!
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