Balancing Act

Uncommon card from Voyager (2001) / Uncommon card from First Contact (1997)

Voyager: Rarely had Tuvok been in a more precarious position than at a Nezu colony, halfway between the ionosphere and the planet surface, dangling from the bottom of a mag-lev carriage.

First Contact: Deadly plasma coolant flooded main engineering through a rupture opened by Data. Survival depended upon balance and strength. Resistance was futile.

Space / Planet Dilemma; Points: -50

Each player whose missions with point boxes are mostly or mostly (by a difference of 3 or more) loses 50 points (even if playing Borg).

Strategy notes

Strategy article

Mot's 'Useless' Card Review from Evan Lorentz (17/03/1998)

Rule notes

Major Rakal's Dilemma Facts

Calculate difference between space and planet missions (with point boxes) for each player. If difference is 3 or more, that player loses 50 points. Examples: 3P - 3S= 0 or 4S - 2P= 2, no point loss; 5S -1P= 4 or 6P - 0S= 6, lose 50 points; 4 univ Space (no point boxes), 1S (with point box), and 3P (with point boxes) = 3P - 1S = 2, no point loss. Affects both players, including Borg player. Note point losses and discard dilemma. Player may lose points from more than one Balancing Act dilemma.

Official Runlings:

The point loss for this dilemma is not scored at any specific location and thus is not affected by Altonion Brain Teaser.

To see if you are affected by this dilemma, count all your missions with point boxes in all quadrants. A dual-icon mission is both and and is counted twice. A mission location destroyed by a Supernova is not counted at all. Examples:

5-1 or 5- = 4. You lose points.

4-2 or 4-2 = 2. No point loss.

1 + 4 + 1 = 5-2 = 3. You lose points.

Taken from: Rulebook Glossary (08/2002)