Power Of The Day -- Assessor

ASSESSOR                        Phase 3, 6

Taxes Use Of Cone

You have the power to tax.  Whenever any other player puts tokens into
the cone, he must either pay you two Lucre or he must take one of his
tokens from any base and place it on the star in your home system, as
collateral.  In order to release his collateral tokens, the player
must pay you three Lucre for each token he wishes to free from your
system.  This must be done at the start of his challenge.  You may
include collateral tokens as part of a deal.  If you lose your power,
taxes may not be collected, but you maintain the collateral tokens to
use as described above.

HISTORY: The Bureau of Warp Management and Assessment excels in its
persistence to duties.  Once proud and beautiful, the race has come to
resemble their unabated greed.  Their huge, misshapen bodies are the
butt of many an interstellar joke.

Do Not Use With Insect
Use Only In A Game With Lucre

FLARE

Infinity
Wild: Each player must pay you one Lucre per base he has in your
system or give up the base.

Interphase
Super: At the start of your turn, you may insist that any one player
whose tokens you hold as collateral must tender immediate payment for
their release.  He must pay to release as many tokens from your
control as possible (no more than he has Lucre).

PULSAR

Phase 3, 6
Con: You only have to pay Assessor 1 Lucre as tax.

Phase 3, 6
Pro: Your tax increases to 3 Lucre.   Collateral tokens are returned
for 4 Lucre each.

Eon/Avalon:

Power

Original - payment is one token, such tokens of any color can be
traded as part of a deal.  Players may deal for others' tokens to deal
with owner later in game.  Using Lucre, payment is 1 Lucre or 1 token,
may still deal for any token.

Flare

Wild

I forget the original Eon version.  For now, as defensive player, take
one card from your opponent's regular hand.  Either keep it or discard
it.

Super: Tax is two tokens (2 Lucre if using such)

Pulsar

Con: You cannot be taxed if you ally on same side as Assessor.  Get
back your token or Lucre if Assessor allies on your side after you
enter the cone.

Pro: When you make a deal for taxed tokens with their owner, demand a
base.  If not given the base, those tokens become your tokens
permanently.  Put them on your bases.

Experience Rating: Advanced

Commentary: While Assassin is my stereotypical annoying power,
Assessor is the most annoying power though Extortionist and Butler are
not far behind.  When playing Assessor, if any player is stupid enough
to give me a token instead of the Lucre (an improvement over the Eon
version, in my opinion, but Eon Assessor was created before Lucre,
natch), I never, ever make a deal to return the token.  Those tokens
are out of the game as far as I'm concerned.  There are a few
"home-made" affects that can have owners get back their tokens from
me, but they aren't guaranteed in the game and aren't that many.  When
I have to play against Assessor, I will target it for removal, case
closed.  I will target it even before Schizoid.  I will target it even
before Void, maybe.  Assessor is a terrific power.  If a player uses
Wild Schizoid on Assessor, he gets control of all tokens on the star. 
He returns his to bases and when making deals can give back tokens on
the star.

Gerald Katz