The OTHER Siskoid! That boy's a Sisko through and through, I tell ya! Oh, hello! Welcome everyone to the 18th installment of A Siskoid by any other name - a series devoted to pointing out the numerous -oids found in Star Trek. For the uninitiated, "-oids" are somehow skewed versions (not to use the term "warped") of our beloved characters. These aren't dream cards: they're guesses as to what Personae and AU personnel might be out there for our game. So without further ado...
JAKOIDS
1-Jake Sisko (young): The early Jake really doesn't have any skills beyond Youth, not standard skills anyway. If Decipher's doing DS9 chronologically, is this the first Jake we'll get? His non-standard skill would probably enhance Sisko or, possibly Nog. How about the REVERSE of a Nemesis restriction when those two are together? (Just a fancy way to say +X to X attribute... or wait, it's coming to me... they can share skills as if mindmelded to each other!)
2-Jake Sisko (current): I'd stick with the "share skills with Nog" thing plus Writing (no worse thn music and more common in DS9. As a journalist, how about making him able to "scan" certain cards. Which cards? Well, are cards going to be hidden under Station Locations? Could be those.
3-Future Jake: From "The Visitor", the great great AU episode in whch an aged Jake tries to save his father from his time-jumping. A sure-fire bet this one gets made at some point. He's got ENGINEER/SCIENCE-type skills, reports a dead Sisko to himself once per game... you get the picture.
4-Kid from SF magazine world: From "Far Beyond the Stars". I had all these untreklike personnel down as specialized downloaders based (mostly) on what each writer wrote in his or her stories. Jake, for once, ISN'T a writer. Still, he could download something... or better yet, a pickpocketing ability to steal equipment from rival away teams. Only time will tell. Or maybe it stays silent forever.
5-Starfleet Intelligence operative: Jake and Nog once told Weyoun they were with Starfleet Intelligence. How about a cool AU Jake with just such a skill package? He gets replaced with just plain Jake (from outside the game if necessary) if he's ever present with Weyoun, or Interrogated, or something like that. ;-)
6-Prophet: As I first mentioned in Sisko's article, the Prophets appear in the shows in the likenesses of all the regular characters. What I would like to see then, are Prophet cards (perhaps attainable through a Wormhole Doorway or the new Orb icon) that have effects related to the personna taken. Jake-Prophet is the youthful prophet so how about an effect related to time (or sequence). Maybe making countdown cards permanent? Or is that too powerful an effect?
7-The Evil One: In the recent episode "The Reckoning", Jake gets possessed by the Bajoran "evil one" and is forced to fight the Prophets. Obviously, he gets a Nemesis icon (I vote for magenta as the color) matching that of the Vessel of the Prophets (a Kiroid which will show up in an update, don't worry). He could damage Stations as a special ability. And maybe the owner gets a point penalty if he ever dies (think of how Sisko would have felt if Jake had dies). Sure a Personnel like this would be fun, but he'll more probably show up as a Devil-like effect/interrupt. (Then again, we DID eventually get a Traveller personnel...)
Missing any? I'm a bbig fan of Jake Sisko, but I might be forgetting an episode here and there (gotta find a DS9 program guide...) I'll let you finish this up if I haven't, so suggestions welcome!
