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First Contact: BORG Card Highlight

Objective: Assimilate Planet
This Borg objective is a nasty one to play on your opponent's outpost. However, it is relatively easy if you can keep just one drone on a planet. As long as you can probe a or then you've got 25 points, you get to download another objective card, and everything on the planet is now Borg! :)

_This card is a likely one to be included in all Borg decks. First of all, it is a hidden objective card, so that you can play it face-down and activate it whenever you want. This saves it from being targeted by nasty events that can discard cards from your hand. Remember, however, that you can have only one Borg objective in play at a time. Second of all, it is easy for you yourself to seed at least one planet mission with at least 35 points. If your opponent does, all the more selection. Thirdly, you are able to build an outpost on the assimilated planet, allowing the download of a Transwarp Network Gateway to that location.
_When you deem it necessary to begin this objective, all you need is a healthy planet (non-assimilated and at least 35 points) and a significant Borg presence in the alpha quadrant. At that point you may schout, which is a time of risk for your force. You have to go through the dilemmas, one scout at a time, utnil you have gotten past them all. After that, you must still have Borg present at the spaceline location.
_For this objective, you want a wall dilemma, so that a drone is stopped but not killed. Then you can get more than one drone on the planet in order to overcome the dilemmas. When that is accomplished, you can then probe. Again, this is one of the disadvantages of the Borg, as all the opponent needs to do to prevent you from probing is battling you at that location. And if you are allowed to probe, it's still possible for no effect. If, however, a or shows, the planet is yours. The objective goes on the mission to represent assimilation; all facilities, ships, personnel, and equipment are also assimilated, which is a great change of balance for you. Oh, and don't forget the 25 points and the option to download another Objective card. The latter is good if you haven't drawn that eliminate starship card yet, so you can fetch it from the bottom of your deck or a Q's Tent.

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