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Major Rakal

    Major Rakal

    Physically altered, the half-Betazoid, halfhuman Deanna Troi was coerced to assume the identity of a Tal Shiar major in the 2369 M'ret defection plot.

    Romulan Romulan icon & Federation Federation icon  Personnel Personnel
    Gender: female. Species: Betazoid.
    Command & Staffing abilitys: Command Alternate Universe
    Classification: V.I.P.
    Red Dot Romulan: Tal Shiar, Empathy, Treachery Red Dot Federation: Empathy, Diplomacy, INTEGRITY +4, CUNNING -1
    INTEGRITY: 4  CUNNING: 8  STRENGTH: 4

    Characteristics: "Continuing Mission"-related cards, Affiliation Federation affiliation, Affiliation Romulan affiliation, Major, Intelligance - Tal Shiar, Betazoid species.
    Requires: Affiliation Romulan affiliation.

    Rule hint for this card

    This card has an erratum:

    Errata on lore text (missing race and name in bold face).

    Lore before errata: "Physically altered, Deanna Troi was coerced to completely assume the identity of a Tal Shiar major in the 2369 M'ret defection plot."

    Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.

    This card has an clarification:

    This personnel retains her Alternate Universe icon. Her attribute adjustments in Federation mode are a special skill. See Assign Support Personnel.

    Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.

    Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
     

    Major RakalMajor Rakal (first version)

    This Card-Review article was written by Evan Lorentz and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Feb 24th, 2000.

    Over the years, Tal Shiar has become a central element of the Romulan affiliation. But there was a time when the only member of covert intelligence agency available was Major Rakal. And she can be just as useful today as she was then.

    Romulan players find in the Major the skills needed to solve a number of popular missions including Secret Salvageimage, Wormhole Negotiationsimage, and of course Quash Conspiracyimage. They also get an Alternate Universe icon good for Fissure Researchimage, or a "report with crew" using Space-Time Portalimage - especially valuable given the relatively small number of Romulan AU personnel. Best of all, her Empathy gives the Romulans access to that important dilemma-busting skill without having to turn to Non-Aligned personnel or Reflection Therapyimage.

    But Major Rakal is especially duplicitous even for a Tal Shiar personnel: she's dual-affiliation. Switch her to Federation mode and you get all the skills of the Premiere version of her persona Deanna Troiimage, plus the AU icon. Note that instead of Deanna's normal OFFICER, you'll find V.I.P. on the Major. It's perfect for going after the biggest of all planet missions, the 60-point Diplomatic Conferenceimage.

    Combos:

    • Major Rakal + Sisters of Durasimage + Diplomatic Conferenceimage: Add any Romulan and Non-Aligned V.I.P. and you've got all you need for Diplomatic Conference. You can get them all there easily in Romulan mode, then switch them all to their secondary affiliations to solve the mission. No treaties, no fuss.
    • Major Rakal + Ilon Tandroimage + Diplomatic Conferenceimage: The same trick, made available to a Federation player.