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Brainwash

Rare card from Q-Continuum (1996)

Geordi La Forge (Prem) was mentally reprogrammed to do the Romulans' bidding by a machine that accessed his mind through his VISOR's neural implants.

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Plays on one personnel you've captured. Captive reports to your outpost, is under your control and may mix with your personnel regardless of affilation.

  
   

Strategy notes

'crosslinks' - Brainwash

See Capturing-related cards in strategy area.

'downloading' - Brainwash is the target

Brainwash could be downloaded by the following cards:

Holding Cell Door

Timing - each turn  Frequency - no restriction 

(Reason: download Brainwash if you have Tal Shiar, Obsidian Order, Resistance or Section 31 (or a personnel who has SECURITY and Treachery) present.
Location: to a captive in your Brig at any quadrant.
Further costs: discard Holding Cell Door or place atop draw deck.)

Reflection Therapy

Timing - each turn  Frequency - no restriction 

(Reason: download Brainwash when captured an opposing personnel affected by Frame of Mind.
Location: to replace (discard) Reflection Therapy at any quadrant.
Further costs: discard Reflection Therapy.)

Chief O'Brien

Timing - each turn  Frequency - once per turn 

(Reason: Chief O'Brien has the skill: Once each turn, may download Brainwash here.
Location: anywhere at Chief O'Brien's location at any quadrant.)

Evek, Attaché to the Demilitarized Zone

Timing - each turn  Frequency - no restriction 

(Reason: Evek, Attaché to the Demilitarized Zone has the skill: When you play this personnel, you may discard a card from hand to download a Capture card.
Location: to hand.)

Strategy article

Mot's 'Useless' Card Review from Evan Lorentz

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Rule notes

Official Runlings:

This event does not change a captive's affiliation, but makes it compatible with your personnel and removes all affiliation-based restrictions on using the Brainwashed personnel as your own. (See capturing.)

Examples:

  • Galen will work with the Federation if Brainwashed, or with a Brainwashed Federation personnel (even if not Brainwashed himself).
  • A Brainwashed captive in your crew or Away Team does not add affiliation-based attack restrictions (e.g., a Brainwashed Federation captive will not prevent your Klingons from initiating battle).
  • A non-Borg captive Brainwashed by the Borg is not assimilated and thus may not share skills or scout, but may attempt missions of his affiliation (the Borg may not join the mission attempt and the Borg player may not score the mission points). The captive's skills may be used for other purposes, such as using SCIENCE to enhance SHIELDS with Metaphasic Shields.
  • A Borg captive, Brainwashed by a non-Borg captor, will work with that affiliation, but may not join mission attempts. The captive's skills may be used in other ways, such as using Transporter Skill to nullify an Anti-Matter Pod. A Brainwashed Talon Drone could assimilate an opposing personnel stunned in battle (it would immediately be placed under house arrest or would become a separate Away Team).

Taken from: Rulebook Glossary (08/2002)

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