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. As long as Q makes costume changes, we'll get Q-cards...
PICTURE: Man, those early Admiral uniforms were gaudy! Q looks like some sort of Roman senator with that haircut, and the background is plain old beige. The look on his face is classic Q, but otherwise, an average pic at 2.9.
LORE: The Q-uote is short, but okay. Does its best to somehow convey the game text's reasoning, but barely manages it. Again, a 2.9.
TREK SENSE: Not much. I think it stems from Mortal Q being a Non-Aligned Civilian (therefore Q as a Personnel is Civilian). Then, he turns into a Federation Officer (though Admirals are sometimes VIPs). Is that it? As an "Admiral", Q himself's not really an Officer (or Fed). And as a Q-Event, he isn't really ever a Civilian to begin with. This one's pretty much conceptual. Q never turned any number of Officers into Civilians or vice-versa (he did change Picard from Officer to Science in Tapestry). It DOES make Mortal Q an Officer though. Conceptual, and not especially inspired. A 1.9.
STOCKABILITY: Well, for maximum effect, you have to hope your opponent is playing Federation or lots of Non-Aligneds. Then it turns semi-useful OFFICERs (leaders) into less useful CIVILIANs. It's reversed for the CIVILIANs who become a little more useful. The Feds have lots of OFFICERs, and few CIVILIANs. The NAs have lots of CIVILIANs and fewer OFFICERs. So basically, this card helps NAs and hurts Feds. Not that useful offensively unless you're running a battle deck and want to remove some leaders from your opponent's ships. Defensively, it affects both players' cards, so you might use it to turn your load of NA Civies into battle-ready OFFICERs. Of course, it has to come up in the Q-Flash, and only lasts until the next. Not a great justification for using the Q-Continuum side-deck, though someone using Kits might be caught with much fewer classifications that they were expecting. A 2.9 here.
TOTAL: 10.6 (53%) An annoyance for your opponent, maybe, but an annoyance for you too.
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