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[A286-295] Armstrong to Arsenal

Another round of dream cards for the Star Trek Collectible Card Game, resurrected from the late 90s and given graphics for the first time. The first man on the Moon gets his due...

THE ENTRIES:
[286] Armstrong, Lake
[287] Armstrong, Neil
[288] Armstrong, U.S.S.
[289] Armus IX
[290] Armus (no card required)

NOTES: 
[286] A Federation counterpart for the Romulans' Apnex Sea. Source: Mentioned in Star Trek: First Contact
[287] Encourages redshirting for once, but in very particular circumstances. Bajorans have a lot to gain since a number of Bajor's moons have made an appearance on the show, and will turn up in AtoZ. The points remain, even if the personnel dies. Source: Mentioned in "Threshold"
[288] Source: "Apocalypse Rising"
[289] Avian ANIMALs are those that are described as birds or fowl. Source: Mentioned in "Angel One"
[290] Armus was first introduced into the game as a dilemma, Armus - Skin of Evil, in the Basic Set.

And now: When you wish upon a star....

THE ENTRIES:
[291] Arneb
[292] Array
[293] Arriaga, Lieutenant
[294] Arridor, Dr.
[295] "Arsenal of Freedom, The" 
Decipher's version for comparison: 
Decipher's version for comparison: 
NOTES: 
[291] A card you can pair with universal Space. The new skill only lasts as long as the Youth personnel is at, or adjacent to, this location. Source: TNG's "The Child"
[292] My pre-Voyager expansion attempt tries to do a lot with a Station (Decipher went with an Incident and its bigger text box). Like the Bajoran Wormhole does for the Gamma Quadrant, the way to the Delta Quad AtoZ proposed is through the Array. Note that I've made it a one-way trip. The number of species is required so that it's actually worth it for the Caretaker to kidnap a ship. Why the Maquis ship and not Evek's Galor (in the pilot)? Because the Maquis had humans, Vulcans, Klingons and Bajorans. Evek's ship had Cardassians only. Definitely leaned hard on "Trek Sense" for this one. Source: "Caretaker"
[293] Cosplay to the rescue. Your Bajoran Wormhole is one you played. Source: "Paradise Lost"
[294] Decipher's own version (from the Voyager expansion) was intent on making him a skill horse for the Ferengi expansion. I didn't even think his "Doctor" title meant he was Medical, so a very different take. I never got to make a Replicator card, so it will be in Broken Links. Source: TNG's "The Price" and, as here, VOY's "False Profits"
[295] To mirror the show, I would have given the Minos mission a built-in Holodeck, but I never got there. Source: "The Arsenal of Freedom"

Next up: We'll break the 300 entries barrier.

Cards: Lake Armstrong, One Small Step for Man..., USS Armstrong, Diplomatic Function, Wish Upon a Star, Caretaker's Array, Arriaga, Dr. Arridor, Weapons Demonstration
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