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Empire Deck Strategy

Zedan Defense Initiative

I use the ZDI as the basis of various types of espionage decks. They obviously work well as an anti-crew empire using the S7 Zedan Survey Cruiser, and two each C8 Assassin and C9 Zedan Chief Assassin. The deck needs to be kept fairly small to get at least one of each of these into play at the same time.

With the introduction of the Zedan's allies, the Shon-ti, a kind of judo, "Shoot at me and you'll regret it" theme is possible. After all, the Zedan Deuterium Bolt heavy weapon can fire in reaction to the unit being targetted, the Shon-ti have a ship with that ability and planet which give all their ships that same ability and several of the new Indirigan promotional ships have the ability to fire their phasers in reaction to being targetted.

Now imagine yourself in your opponent's shoes: I shoot at the Zedan. In response, he opens up on me, then uses an R/L6 Lucky Maneuver to get out of the way of the damage I would caused. Or worse, my ship becomes a floating whiff of various vaporized metals and never gets a chance to fire.

I've also been having fun with this design, ignoring the usual power deck concerns and simply throwing in cards that seem like they fit the theme. After all, wouldn't your agents be causing O8 Planetary Revolts and O5 Political Upheaval in addition to the usual O4 Information Leaks and spy actions?

Key cards:

• E6 Phaser Bolt System phasers may fire in reaction to being targetted

Cards for Zedan Electronic Warfare Systems:

• R/O3 Defensive Electronic Warfare
• O3 Offensive Electronic Warfare
• R/O3 Offensie/Defense Electronic Warfare