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For my convenience, here are a list of the components in Star Trek: Frontiers compared to components in Mage Knight Board Game. I am sure comparing the two is blasphemy, but as I had experience with one, it has helped me learn the other. Could help learning the other in either direction.
Glossary: (Star Trek: Frontiers vs Mage Knight)
Tiles and Locations:
• Core tiles = Core Tiles
• Frontier Tiles = Countryside Tiles
• Borg Cubes = Cities
• Empty Space = Fields
• Nebula = Forest
• Planets = <doesn't exist>
• Suns = <doesn't exist>
• <doesn't exist> = Desert
• <doesn't exist> = Marsh
• Asteroid Belt = Sea
• Black Holes = Mountains / Lakes
• Outpost = Village
• Class-M Planet = Monastery
• Drydock = Magical Glade
• Research Station = Crystal Mine
• Romulan Starbase = Keep
• Dominion Starbase = Mage Tower
• Away Mission = Adventure Site
• Class-L Planet = Monster Den
• Class-L Distressed Planet = Spawning Grounds
• Class-K Planet = Dungeon
• Class-K Distressed Planet = Tomb
• Class-H Planet = Ruins
• Borg Cubes = Cities
Cards:
• Ship Card = Mage Knight
• Advanced Action = Advanced Action
• Ship Damage = Wounds
• Crew Wounds = Wounds
• Undiscovered = Spells
• Crew Members (Elite and Regular) = Units (Elite and Regular)
• <doesn't exist> = Artifacts
• Ship's Captain = <doesn't exist>
• Tactics = Day Tactics
• <doesn't exist> = Night Tactics
Dice:
• Data Core = Mana Source
• Data = Mana
• White Data = Gold Mana (wild)
• Black Data = Black Mana (spells)
• Purple Data = <doesn't exist>
Enemies:
• Romulan Warbird = Orcs
• Romulan Starbase = Keep
• Dominion Starbase = Mage Tower
• Class-L Planet Enemies = Monster Den Enemies
• Class-L Distressed Planet Enemies = Spawning Ground Enemies
• Class-K Planet Enemies = Dungeon Enemies
• Class-K Distressed Planet Enemies = Tomb Enemies
• Class-H Planet Enemies = Ruins Enemies
• Borg Spheres = Draconum
• Bord Cubes = Cities
• Red Borg Cube = Red City
• Blue Borg Cube = Blue City
• Yellow Borg Cube = White City
• Green Borg Cube = Green Borg Cube
• <doesn't exist> = Spawned Enemy
Tokens:
• Faction Tokens = Shield Tokens
• Wound Tokens = <doesn't exist>
• Transport Tokens = <doesn't exist>
• Away Team Token = <doesn't exist>
• Skill Tokens = Skill Tokens
Combat:
• Long Range Attack Phase = Range / Siege Phase
• Shields Phase = Block Phase
• Assign Damage Phase = Assign Damage Phase
• Attack Phase = Attack Phase
• Diplomacy Phase = <doesn't exist>
• <doesn't exist> = Fortified
• Defense = Armor
• Normal Phasers = Physical Attack
• Photon Pulse = Elemental Cold Attack
• Photon Torpedo = Elemental Fire Attack
• Resistance = Resistance
• Diplomacy = <doesn't exist>
• Disruptor = Swift
• Antimatter Weapon = Brutal
• Biogenic Weapon = Poison
• Energy Dissipator = Paralysis
• Catastrophic Damage = Knocked Out
Stat and Abilities:
• Experience = Fame
• Reputation = Reputation
• Diplomacy = Influence
• Discharge Crew = Disban Units
• Subjugating Outpost = Plunder Village
• Wounded Captain = <doesn't exist>
• Damage = Wounds
• Heal Crew = Healing
• Repair Ship = Healing
• Emergency Repairs = Rest
• Crippled Ship = Exhaustion
• Reverting = Reverting (undo)