List of card questions for STDBG - Next Phase

[MajorOracle]

Thanks.

As far as the events, I checked them all in both games and determined that there is only 1 event that doesn't tell you what to do with the event after it fails, and that is "Drone Attack" in the Borg Scenario of Next Phase. But I also found an answer from Alex on this card in another forum thread. He said, "Thank you for pointing out this typo, it should read: FAIL: Your flagship receives 4 damage and move this card to the bottom of the space deck. It is meant to be treated like a Borg Starship. "

[Alex_Bandai]

These are correct:

Yes, the +xXP is the "Text Effect" on a basic character (just the same was as Human Q's number increasing ability works on a cards "Text Effect" and can increase the XP of a basic character by one).



Yes. Uncompleted events go back to the space deck unless the card says otherwise.

[MTeson]

Thank you so much for answering these! 3 followup questions:

1 - Kataan Alien Probe -- What happens when another player flips a battle while I am under the probe's spell? Do I still participate? Can I use my cards and then draw 5 more to do my trash phase for the probe?
2 - Warship (Negh 'Var Class) -- If this ship and my ship have the same speed and therefore attack simultaneously does it still get the +4 effect or is it only if someone damages it before it fires?
3 - I still don't understand the Level 2 Diagnostic and how to play it. It's in my hand. I place it down. Does it just stay there turn after turn (like the communicator badge) until I choose to trash a card? Or do I have to trash a card on that turn and then trash the card after it's done? And just to clarify, both communicator badge and level 2 diagnostic, when they are on my bridge, get removed if I get destroyed, and if it's Level 2 I don't discard it I trash it? Sorry if I'm being unclear, if you could just walk through how to play this card properly...

Just double checking! Thanks again!

[MTeson]

One more I thought of - on Phase Cloaking Device, the reward is +5 Defense - if I have full life do I basically get no reward or do I get to add an extra 5 to my defense (if I have an 8 point ship I now have 13 on the defense counter)?

[Space Elmo]

1. The Kataan probe does not affect anything when it's not your turn. Play the battle as you normally would.
2. I'm not sure, but I don't think it gets the extra ATK if firing at the same time.
3. The Level 2 stays on your bridge turn after turn until you choose to discard it, there's a war drawn by someone else, or your ship blows up. When discarded it gets trashed per its Effect. Basically as long as you have that card on your bridge, before you end your turn you can use that trash ability (but don't have to). It can be really powerful as long as other people don't explore up a War (grr right after I played it...).

4. The Phase Cloak ups the total defense of your ship for as long as you have the card. Keep in mind you should be tracking damage on the dice (counting up), not remaining defense (counting down). When my group started I didn't see the rulebook's mention of that, so now half the group insists on counting down with their dice and half switched to the more logical counting up on the dice. If you count down it makes knowing if you should blow up or not harder when someone steals the Phase Cloak.

[BeyondTolaria]

With regards to exploring, can anyone tell me how you handle two different effects that trigger from exploring? For example, if I play both Sirol and Sensor Scan before I explore, do I only get one or both effects?

[Space Elmo]

I would guess you get both effects, considering that multiple Sensor Scans stack (multiple peeks before you're stuck with the last 'plore). For what it's worth, I think it's best to do Sirol first, as you might not need to Scan if one of the two is good. I don't think effects can happen at the exact same time though, but it might be kinda confusing exactly how that would work with these two cards.

[AnimeFanZone]

2 - Warship (Negh 'Var Class) -- If this ship and my ship have the same speed and therefore attack simultaneously does it still get the +4 effect or is it only if someone damages it before it fires?

Because you are both firing at the same time, the Warship doesn't get the bonus stat. If the Warship is hit first by an attack, then the +4 Attack is then applied as a triggered event. Events must resolve before another action/event takes place. Because of that specific order of the rules, that's why it doesn't get the +4 during a simultaneous attack.