[B161-165] Benzites to Berellians

Another round of dream cards for the Star Trek Collectible Card Game, resurrected from the late 90s and given graphics for the first time. Cards that play on species prejudice...

THE ENTRIES:
[161] Benzites
[162] benzocyatizine
[163] Beowulf
[164] Berel
[165] Berellians

NOTES:
[161] This is in no way meant as a racist remark (except mocking Wesley's). Not against Benzites, not against anybody. The two known Benzites are Mendon and Mordock and both were played by the same actor, the source of Wesley's confusion in "A Matter of Honor".
[162] This does not turn the Trill into a mission specialist. You can take over an opponent's Infirmary or Sickbay and use the equipment there to cure your Trill (says "any"). Source: "Equilibrium"
[163] The Program card is a mini-mission. The requirements may seem easy, but those skills are on few holographic personnel and MUST be supplied by them. Beowulf-related personnel include Freya, Grendel, King Hrothgar and Unferth. Source: "Heroes and Demons"
[164] Like Mirasta Yale, he joins the Away Team when discovered. He's Non-Aligned because he would help any alien, in my opinion, and could be used by mission-thieving Romulans, for example. Source: "First Contact"
[165] The original design was a mess because I read the Encyclopedia entry wrong. My original lore said Barellians were reputed to be good engineers, but it's the opposite. So I reversed the lore and tweaked the game text, but whether the title fits anymore, I don't know. The Dominion and Federation will stand to gain the most from this Event as they have more than one race aligned with them. I'm giving the Delta Quadrant expansions a break because they didn't exist when I designed the card, and there's no room for them anyway. The Event affects both sides of the table. The discard occurs when there are 11 ENGINEERs in play, counting both sides of the table. And yes, a Vulcan ENGINEER will get a second ENGINEER as a skill if the Vulcan species is targeted. And yes, the Event can inadvertently nullify itself by causing the limit to be exceeded. Source: "Momento Mori" (Barellians have never been seen, only referenced in "Redemption II", so this was my chance to make a Strange New Worlds card, seeing as an Andorian Aenar makes a surprising engineer.)

Next up: Ich bin ein Berliner?

Cards: All Benzites Look Alike, Symbiont Imbalance, Beowulf, Berel, Stereotypical Engineers

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