Name:   Queen of Sheba (Corsair)
Card:    BC #027 (Common)
Points:  6
Masts: 2
Cargo: 5
Moves: S+S
Guns : 2S,2S
Hit %: 133 (S), 0 (L)
Ability: Galley. Eliminate one of this ship's masts when she rolls a 1 on any cannon roll.
 
For our first formal reviews in months, we'll do a week of Six-Point Ships.  Exhibit "A" is the Queen of Sheba, named for the North African queen who visited King Solomon to hear his wisdom (and, according to tradition, got trapped into some royal friskiness with the King).
Question: does it show wisdom to use this ship?
 
If five cargo for six points with decent speed doesn't scream "gold ship" in your ears, then have your ears checked. You don't have to add a Helmsman, but if you do, she'll really skim across the waves. Her cannons are good, but her negative ability means you won't ever want to use them. So, even though she has most of the stats for a good secondary fighter, don't make her fight. She's too small for boarding, so that's not her job, either.
 
To get a ship with 5 cargo for 6 points or less, you have to endure a negative ability; the Bloody Jewel is the best in this category, and she gives the Americans a +1 cannon bonus against her. The Queen of Sheba's negative ability need never come into play at all, as long as she sticks to her gold running. She's very good at that.
 
Goldship rating: 3.5 / 5
Gun Ship rating: 1.6 / 5
Boarding rating: 2.5 / 5
Value for points: 3.6 / 5