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Pirate
Piece of the Day
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Name |
Polaris |
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Type |
Ship |
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Point Value |
12 |
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Collector's Number
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300 |
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Rarity |
Limited Edition |
Piece Ratings:
3.00
Ratings are based on a 1 to 5 scale 1 being the worst.
3 ... average. 5 is the highest rating.
Date Reviewed - 4.26.07 |
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Cadet-Captain Mike |
Name: Polaris
Card: FN #300 (Limited Edition)
Points: 12
Faction: Vikings
Masts: 3 (rating: 3 / 5)
Cargo: 4 (rating: 3 / 5)
Moves: L (rating: 2 / 5)
Guns : 3L,3L,3S (rating: 3 / 5)
Hit %: 150 (S), 100 (L)
Keyword: Icebreaker
Ability: Once per turn, you may reroll any die roll
you make for this ship; you must use the second die
roll result.
My standard comment with any icebreaker is,
"Regardless if she's good or bad, if you play with a
lot of icebergs on the table, you need this ship."
This one is a limited-edition ship, so she may not
be easy to find. If you can get her, though, she'll
see a lot of action. She isn't the Vikings' only
icebreaker, but she's a decent ship for the lowest
price you'll find in the Viking faction.
Cargo and guns are average; speed is a bit low, but
not badly so. The reroll ability usually comes into
play if a ship gets rammed, gets in a boarding
action, or attacks with so-so cannons. Polaris'
cannons certainly qualify; since each one has a
50/50 chance of missing, the reroll ability works
like a built-in Cannoneer, and makes her a better
fighter than she looks. Give her the usual Captain
and Helmsman and send her out to bust icebergs and
bust heads.
Oddly enough, she's one of the most cost-effective
fighters the Vikings have. They have no cheaper
ships, and their other 12-pointers are both one-masted
longships that die like flies when the cannonballs
start flying. Their other icebreaker, the Beowulf,
costs one point more, and her ability is all about
boarding. If you like the Vikings, and you also like
fighting, this 12-pointer is a better value of guns
to points than anything else you can get. Her
icebreaking ability is almost a bonus.
The Polaris, overall, is a pretty average ship. But
compared to most Viking ships, she's somewhat better
than average.
Total rating: 3 / 5 |
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BAILEY |
Polaris
Masts: 3
Cargo: 4
Points: 12
Move:
L
Cannons: L3, L3, S3
Ah,
another typical icebreaker. Slow move, average
cargo, average cannons, and medium point cost.
They all seem to be close to the same ship. This
ship, again, is necessary for battles in which
you are using icebergs, but other than that, it
really doesn't do you much good. I suppose you
could fight with it, and its ability gives you a
second dice roll, which could be useful for a
missed shot, but it really only averages 2
successful hits per turn. It is a low point cost
for a decent ship, but you could use the points
for something more useful.
If
you were going to use it to fight, it would
definitely need a helmsman (you'd probably want
to put one on it anyways to ram icebergs
quicker) and a captain. That's only 17 points,
but why fuss over an icebreaker? My verdict is
to put it in if you're using icebergs, leave it
out if you aren't.
An
average ship with a helpful ability, I'm gonna
go so far as to give it a 3/5.
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Vladsimpaler |
Polaris, 12 Points
Viking
Masts: 3
Cargo: 4
Speed: L
Cannons: 3l 3l 3s
SA: Icebreaker. Once
per turn, you may reroll any die roll you make for
this ship; you must use the second die roll result
Flavor Text:
Some say that the modern
Viking movement comes from a vision seen by Captain
Wahlstrom: Odin rising from the ice and commanding
him to take back the seas from the evil of the
Cursed and the violators of the Viking code.
Not bad flavor text.
Actually, this isn't all that bad of a ship to begin
with. It has average stats, but you can reroll any
die for the ship. It is a good choice for the Viking
flag ship if you have Sigurd Andersen, a fleet
admiral, and gives +1 to cannon rolls against the
cursed, possibly giving this ship 2 rank cannons.
However, the Polaris is a bit expensive for what you
get, (Then again, all the Viking ships are pretty
overpriced to begin with.) but the Polaris is a
great help for the Vikings, especially in a game
where you placed icebergs, or somebody else has. I
personally would recommend this ship over the
Beowulf in all cases, unless you're going up against
Sea Monsters.
Rating: 3/5
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