[B376-380] Builders to Buran

Another round of dream cards for the Star Trek Collectible Card Game, resurrected from the late 90s and given graphics for the first time. Rats and rabbits...

THE ENTRIES:
[376] Builders
[377] Bularian canapés
[378] Bulgallian rat
[379] bunny rabbit
[380] Buran, U.S.S.

NOTES:
[376] Mot's Advice-like card that can only be played in the Delta Quadrant. Source: "Prototype"
[377] At the very least, you have to stop your upkeeping personnel. Note that this protects the personnel from battling, maybe to make sure it's around for a later turn. Even if an enemy Away Team attacks you, it will remain "opposed" as long as the unattackable stopped personnel is present. Source: "Journey's End"
[378] The rat may use You Dirty Rat as if it were a shape-shifter. Its disabling of Empaths is supposed to reflect how the fear engendered in other crewmembers by the rat could incapacitate them. Source: "Coming of Age"; pic from the Creatures sourcebook for the Star Trek RPG.
[379] You can even download ANIMALs to opponent's ships, where they can be a real nuisance. (Think Spot or Tribbles, which AtoZ imagined as an ANIMAL card, so you'll see one in the Broken Links.) Source: "Imaginary Friend"
[380] Using this ship keeps you safe from Borg looking to salvage something from your discard pile (among other things). Source: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II"

Next up: A holographic dual-personnel.

Cards: Builders' Knowledge, Bulgallian Canapés, Bulgallian Rat, Head in the Clouds, USS Buran

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