The Borg are the ultimate user. They’re unlike any threat your Federation has ever faced. They’re not interested in political conquest, wealth, or power as you know it. They’re simply interested in your ship, its technology, They’ve identified it as something they can consume.” – Q  Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Q Who”

This June, WizKids/NECA will release the Star Trek: Attack Wing – Borg Cube with Sphere Port Premium Figure bringing the Borg back to Star Trek: Attack Wing in a new and exciting way!

The Borg Cube is one of the most formidable technologies known to the Federation. Its lack of identifiable function spaces, such as a bridge, engineering, or personal quarter, reveals the hive-like Borg collective consciousness and its drones. It not only carries “smart” weaponry that adapts, but it also can analyze an opponent’s weapons systems and adapt defenses within seconds.

In 2373 a cube tried to conquer Earth by altering the timeline, but was destroyed with concentrated weapons fire by a Starfleet Armada. It ejected a smaller, spherical ship, a Borg Sphere, which created a time vortex that allowed the sphere to travel back in time in an effort to stop humanity’s first contact with an alien species.

Attack

Attack Wing players will recognize the look of the massive Borg Cube Premium Figure, but this new version contains a surprise. Inside the Borg Cube lies a spherical port that is home to the Sphere 936. Just like in the movie “First Contact”, the Borg Sphere can detach from the Borg Cube and join in the battle or it can be played separately as its own ship. Additionally, there is a brand new “First Contact” Scenario that allows up to five players to play cooperatively and take on the Borg threat.

Here is how the scenario works:

SET UP

Each player builds a 120 SP Fleet using the special rules for this scenario and the standard Squad Building Rules (on Pg. 21 of the Full rules of Play). Players set up around the perimeter of the play area within Range 1 of any edge. Cube 384 is placed directly in the center of the play area. The Borg Cube starts with 30 Shields and 30 Hull for each player. Mark the total number of shields on the Shield Tracker and the total number of hull on the Hull Tracker. Shuffle the Battle Objective Deck and Borg Attack Deck and place them face down next to the play area.

SPECIAL RULES

ATTACKING

  • Cube 384 makes a number of attacks each turn equal to the number of players.
  • Cube 384 attacks using the effect of the Borg Attack Card in play.
  • Cube 384 attacks the ships closest to it.
  • Cube 384 cannot target the same ship with more than one attack each turn.
  • Cube 384’s attacks can be cancelled, but any effect that cancels its attack only cancels the attack for the ship that activated the cancelling effect.
  • Any ship that cancels an attack of Cube 384 is dealt 2 normal damage.

SHIELD AND HULL

  • Cube 384 cannot have its shields affected or bypassed by any game effect.
  • Cube 384 is not dealt damage cards, instead its shields and hull are tracked in its Shield and Hull Trackers.
  • Cube 384 repairs 1 damage per player to either its shields or hull at the beginning of each turn.

OTHER SPECIAL RULES

  • Cube 384 cannot be moved or placed by any game effect.
  • Cube 384 has a Captain Skill of 5.
  • Cube 384 cannot be equipped with any Captains, Admirals, Upgrades or Resources.
  • Cube 384 cannot have Auxiliary Power Tokens.
  • All ships except for Cube 384 and Sphere 936 are considered to be part of a single fleet.
  • The words ship and ships on this sheet, the Borg Attack cards, and Battle Objective cards, refer to all ships and squadrons except for Cube 384 and Sphere 936.

Note- Any effect listed on a Battle Objective Card or Borg Attack Card supersedes all special rules.   

TURN SEQUENCE

At the beginning of each turn, before the planning phase, resolve the below steps in order.

  • Step 1: Overturn the top card of the Battle Objective Card that will be in play until the end of the turn.
  • Step 2: Shuffle all Borg Attack Cards together. Then, overturn the top card of the Borg Attack Deck. This is the Borg Attack Card that Cube 384 will use to attack during the turn.
  • Step 3: Activate a Strategic Advantage effect if desired.
  • Step 4: Cube 384 repairs 1 damage per player to either its shields or hull.
  • Step 5: Resolve the rest of the turn as normal.

BATTLE OBJECTIVE CARDS

Each turn a different Battle Objective Card will be in play. While a Battle Objective Card is in play, the effect listed on the card is active. The players must complete the objective listed on the card by the end of the turn. If they do, they claim the card. If they don’t, resolve the repercussions listed on the card and remove the card from the game. If there are no more Battle Objective Cards left in the deck, shuffle together all Battle Objective Cards that have been removed from the game to create a new Battle Objective Deck.

BORG ATTACK CARDS

At the beginning of each turn, shuffle all Borg Attack Cards together (excluding any that have been removed from the game). Then, overturn the top card of the Borg Attack Deck. The overturned card shows the attack that Cube 384 will use during the turn.

STRATEGIC ADVANTAGE EFFECTS

Once per turn, at the beginning of the turn, after the Battle Objective Card and Borg Attack Card have been revealed, the players can activate one of the below effects by removing the appropriate amount of claimed Battle Objective Cards from the game.

  • 1 Card: Cube 384 cannot repair damage to its shields or hull this turn.
  • 2 Cards: Cube 384 takes 10 normal damage.
  • 3 Cards: Cube 384 cannot attack this turn.
Attack

SPHERE 936

When all of Cube 384’s shields are destroyed, Sphere 936 is deployed. Sphere 936 is treated as a normal ship with the following additional rules; Sphere 936 has a Captain Skill of 5, can only be attacked once per turn, moves using the straight 1 maneuver, cannot take actions, and attacks the ship closest to it. Additionally, when Sphere 936 is deployed, it immediately makes an attack.

If Sphere 936 leaves the play area through any edge, it has gone through a temporal vortex and changed the course of history. The players lose the game.

If the players destroy Sphere 936 before it leaves the play area, the crew of the players’ ships gain a morale boost which increases the primary weapon value of all ships by +1 for the rest of the game. However, the Borg are now more determined than ever to assimilate your fleet after seeing Sphere 936 get destroyed. Instead of Cube 384 repairing 1 damage per player, Cube 384 now repairs 2 damage per player to either its shields or hull at the beginning of each turn.

WINNING THE GAME

To win the game, players must destroy Cube 384 and Sphere 936 before their fleet is destroyed.

Whether using Cube 384 and Sphere 936 as a part of your daunting fleet or teaming up with some friends to battle against the Borg menace in the Star Trek: First Contact Scenario, the Borg Cube with Sphere Port Premium Figure is sure to make opposing ships turn tail with its frightening dimensions and supreme power! You can find the Borg Cube with Sphere Port Premium Figure at your Friendly Local Gaming Store in June.

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