WizKids has announced the October release of the U.S.S. Defiant Expansion for its Star Trek: Attack Wing miniatures game.  The Defiant of course is the nimble starship from Star Trek: Deep Space 9.  The U.S.S. Defiant Expansion Pack allows players to run the unique version of the ship (at 24 Squadron points) or the non-unique version (at 22 points). 
 
Thanks to its advanced ablative armor the U.S.S. Defiant gains one shield as well as the ability to convert all of the opponents’ "critical hits" to just "hits" when defending.  Also with Benjamin Sisko in command (and his card is included), players will be able to re-roll any one of the attack or defensive dice once per round. 
 



The Defiant Expansion also comes with some great upgrades for the Federation players thanks to the first Star Trek: Attack Wing appearance of "Quantum Torpedoes" as well as the first Federation cloaking device.  The new expansion also includes 3 Crew upgrades including "Jadzia Dax," who can help maneuver a ship into a better fighting position, "Miles O’Brien," who can keep a ship in the fight for the duration of the battle by repairing two shield tokens, and a "Worf" card, which can cause an opponent’s ship to roll two fewer attack die in a round.
 
Also new to the Star Trek: Attack Wing game are two new Elite Talent cards that allow captains to employ new tactics--the "Attack Pattern Omega" allows a player to search for a "Warp Core Breech" damage card to play on after a successful critical hit to the opponent’s hull, and the "Attack Pattern Delta" card allows players to reroll their entire defensive roll if needed.
 
This month WizKids is launching a organized play program for its Star Trek: Attack Wing game (see "WizKids Announces 'Star Trek: Attack Wing OP'" and "Dominion War OP Program").