Writing PADD (TNG)

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Crafting Table

Rarity	Basic	Common ()	Uncommon ()	Rare ()	Super Rare ()	Legendary ()
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Location Found At:	Standard Reward: Pillage and Plunder	Standard Reward: On Their Heels The Army of Anaydis The Army of Anaydis Not Without A Fight Internal Dispute	Standard Reward: Fan Club Ancient Guardians Garak's Gamble Hounded Off at the Pass Improvised Entry Striking at Shadows Lost Legacy The Toss Cytherian Highway Material Assistance Researching Future History Rare Reward (1-Time) : The Vedek's Trail Picking the Bones Common Ground Cardassian Hospitality Blunting the Dagger Saving Smiley O'Brien Common Ground Cleansing Fire Picking the Bones The Toss A New Recruit Common Ground The Raptor's Fury	Rare Reward (1-Time) : Top Marks Crafted Item	Crafted Item	Crafted Item
Crafted From:	[edit recipe] Nothing	[edit recipe] Nothing	[edit recipe] Nothing	[edit recipe] x1 Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★[e] x4 Uncommon Isolinear Chips ★★[e]	[edit recipe] x1 Rare Writing PADD (TNG) ★★★[e] x1 Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★[e] x4 Uncommon Isolinear Chips ★★[e] x2 Rare Optronic Circuit ★★★[e]	[edit recipe] x1 Super Rare Writing PADD (TNG) ★★★★[e] x1 Rare Writing PADD (TNG) ★★★[e] x1 Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★[e] x4 Uncommon Isolinear Chips ★★[e] x2 Rare Optronic Circuit ★★★[e] x2 Super Rare Optronic Circuit ★★★★[e] x1 Super Rare Power Cell ★★★★[e]
Item Cost:	Drop Only	Drop Only	Drop Only	Crafted: 4000	Crafted: 10k	Crafted: 25k
Crafts Into:	Uncommon Kim's Calculations ★★ Basic Cadet Command Uniform Basic Poetry Basic Press Credentials Basic War Report	Uncommon Anslem ★★ Uncommon Jake's PADD ★★ Uncommon Past Prologue Story ★★ Uncommon Tuvok's PADD ★★	Rare Troi's PADD ★★★ Rare Writing PADD (TNG) ★★★	Super Rare Writing PADD (TNG) ★★★★	Legendary Writing PADD (TNG) ★★★★★	Unknown
Item Bonus:	Away Team Bonus: 0 +(1–3) No Passive Ship Stat Bonus.	Away Team Bonus: 0 +(3–7) No Passive Ship Stat Bonus.	Away Team Bonus: 0 +(6–14) No Passive Ship Stat Bonus.	Away Team Bonus: 0 +(16–34) No Passive Ship Stat Bonus.	Away Team Bonus: 0 +(33–67) No Passive Ship Stat Bonus.	Away Team Bonus: 0 +(65–135) No Passive Ship Stat Bonus.
Item Used By:	Acting Ensign Crusher (L.13) Ensign Pazlar (L.4) Ensign Ro (L.2,20,23,53) Hockey Paris (L.4) Promoted Sisko (L.16)	Age of Sail Crusher (L.26) CMO Bashir (L.26,36) Commander Riker (L.16) Constable Odo (L.36) Ensign Robin Lefler (L.33) Enterprise-D Picard (L.23) Major Kira (L.36) Maquis Chakotay (L.20) Nurse Paris (L.20,53) Penk (L.13) Racquetball Bashir (L.5) Warship Chakotay (L.16)	Admiral Owen Paris (L.20) Arachnia Janeway (L.33) Ba'ku Worf (L.26,46) Cadet Sito Jaxa (L.40) Captain Dathon (L.43) Captain Janeway (L.30) Captain Sisko (L.16) CMO Bashir (L.56,73) Commander Barclay (L.23) Commander Riker (L.56) Commander Tomalak (L.40) Disguised Tuvok (L.20) Dr Crusher (L.26) Ensign Crusher (L.53) Ensign Ro (L.73) Enterprise-D Picard (L.46) Enterprise-E Picard (L.33) Lt Commander Nella Daren (L.50) Lwaxana Troi (L.50) Maquis Chakotay (L.50,86) Promoted Sisko (L.73) Racquetball Bashir (L.40) Security Chief Tuvok (L.20) Security Chief Worf (L.73) Tuskegee Mayweather (L.36)	Acting Ensign Crusher (L.96) Bridge Officer Troi (L.66) Cadet Sito Jaxa (L.86) Captain Dathon (L.86) Captain Janeway (L.46,63) Captain La Forge (L.53) Captain Proton Paris (L.36) Captain Silva La Forge (L.36) Chief Engineer La Forge (L.56) Commander Riker (L.80) Commander Tomalak (L.76) Delta Flyer Paris (L.40) Ensign Pazlar (L.80) Jazz Musician Riker (L.70) Lt. Commander Jack Crusher (L.80) Lt Commander La Forge (L.30) Luther Sloan (L.40) Lwaxana Troi (L.60) Maquis Takeover Torres (L.86) Niners Sisko (L.50)	Admiral Nechayev (L.60) Assimilated Tuvok (L.60) Captain Proton Paris (L.73) CMO Ogawa (L.99) Disguised Tuvok (L.60) Grand Proxy Neelix (L.83) H.M.S. Pinafore Data (L.80) Jazz Musician Riker (L.90) Lt Commander Nella Daren (L.90) Polywater Yar (L.70) Vice Admiral Dougherty (L.73) Warship Janeway (L.83)	Admiral Owen Paris (L.99) Captain La Forge (L.83) Captain Proton Paris (L.99) Colonel Karr (L.99) Commander Tomalak (L.93) Protomorphosis Worf (L.93) The One, Lore (L.90)

DropTests

Basic

Item	Units	Cost/Unit	Runs/Unit	Runs	From
Basic Writing PADD (TNG)	1471>> Basic Writing PADD (TNG) Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 6 runs in 10 percent of cases 12 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 11 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 490 runs or so.	10.5Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Basic Writing PADD (TNG) within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 10.04 — 11.07>>	2.6	3871	Pillage and Plunder Pillage and Plunder [edit]

Common

Item	Units	Cost/Unit	Runs/Unit	Runs	From
Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★	51>> Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 7 runs in 10 percent of cases 13 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 12 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 580 runs or so.	22.3Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 17.64 — 30.23>>	2.8	142	Dogs of War Dogs of War [edit]
Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★	146>> Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 2 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 4 runs in 10 percent of cases 8 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 7 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 150 runs or so.	14.3Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 12.44 — 16.81>>	1.8	261	Not Without A Fight Not Without A Fight [edit]
Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★	171>> Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 5 runs in 10 percent of cases 10 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 9 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 310 runs or so.	18.1Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 15.86 — 21.08>>	2.3	387	The Army of Anaydis The Army of Anaydis [edit]
Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★	95>> Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 6 runs in 10 percent of cases 11 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 10 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 28 runs or so.	21.1Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 17.77 — 25.83>>	2.6	250	Internal Dispute Internal Dispute [edit]
Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★	1064>> Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 9 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 6 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 19 runs in 10 percent of cases 37 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 36 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 14,000 runs or so.	32.4Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 30.57 — 34.48>>	8.1	8620	On Their Heels On Their Heels [edit]
Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★	51>> Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 13 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 9 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 28 runs in 10 percent of cases 56 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 55 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 49,000 runs or so.	48.6Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 38.1 — 67.19>>	12.2	620	The Army of Anaydis The Army of Anaydis [edit]
Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★	63>> Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 4 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 3 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 23 runs or so.	19.1Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Common Writing PADD (TNG) ★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 15.82 — 23.92>>	1	60	Empty Vessel Empty Vessel [edit]

Uncommon

Item	Units	Cost/Unit	Runs/Unit	Runs	From
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	390>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 5 runs in 10 percent of cases 10 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 9 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 270 runs or so.	13Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 11.85 — 14.28>>	2.2	842	Off at the Pass Off at the Pass [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	51>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 4 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 3 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 160 runs or so.	15.9Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 12.83 — 20.84>>	0.9	45	Lost Legacy Lost Legacy [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	785>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 4 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 3 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 17 runs or so.	20.6Statistical Strength: Very reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 19.46 — 21.76>>	0.9	672	Hounded Hounded [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	50>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 4 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 3 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 16 runs or so.	20.2Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 16.52 — 25.86>>	0.8	42	Shielding the Prey Shielding the Prey [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	10>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 6 runs in 10 percent of cases 11 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 10 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 7,200 runs or so.	41.4Statistical Strength: Somewhat unreliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 25.87 — 103.59>>	2.3	23	Cytherian Highway Cytherian Highway [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	40>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 7 runs in 10 percent of cases 13 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 12 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 590 runs or so.	50.4Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 38.85 — 71.72>>	2.8	112	The Toss The Toss [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	18>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 4 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 3 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 7 runs in 10 percent of cases 14 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 13 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 810 runs or so.	49.8Statistical Strength: Somewhat unreliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 34.41 — 89.98>>	3.1	56	Improvised Entry Improvised Entry [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	54>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 6 runs in 10 percent of cases 12 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 11 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 530 runs or so.	43.3Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 34.47 — 58.08>>	2.7	146	Ancient Guardians Ancient Guardians [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	29>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 3 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 7 runs in 10 percent of cases 13 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 12 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 700 runs or so.	47.5Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 35.13 — 73.06>>	3	86	Striking at Shadows Striking at Shadows [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	34>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 14 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 10 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 32 runs in 10 percent of cases 63 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 62 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 69,000 runs or so.	136.8Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 102.15 — 206.88>>	13.7	465	Fan Club Fan Club [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	5>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 2 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 2 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 5 runs in 10 percent of cases 9 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 8 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 220 runs or so.	48.0Statistical Strength: Nearly useless Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 26.22 — 283.11>>	2	10	Researching Future History Researching Future History [edit]
Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★	36>> Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ Average (mean) runs per drop: 1 Based on test averages, to get one more drop, you may need to do another: 1 runs in 50 percent of cases (median) 2 runs in 10 percent of cases 4 runs in 1 percent of cases That is, 1 in 100 players may not see this item drop at all even after 3 runs. Also, a run dropping only this item is expected per 17 runs or so.	20.7Statistical Strength: Fairly reliable Range of average cost per Uncommon Writing PADD (TNG) ★★ within 2 standard deviations (~95.5% confidence): 16.37 — 28.02>>	0.9	31	Material Assistance Material Assistance [edit]