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Uncommon card · Science
ACARS, an Uncommon card
In aviation, ACARS is a digital data communication system for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations via airband radio or satellite.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 102
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 45,000
Power 102 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
ACARS quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the ACARS card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
More ACARS radio ______ were added subsequently by SITA.
Answer
stations. More ACARS radio stations were added subsequently by SITA. From the ACARS article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The protocol was designed by ARINC and deployed in ____, using the Telex format.
Answer
1970s. The protocol was designed by ARINC and deployed in 1978, using the Telex format. From the ACARS article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Power set. Power set 65 · ACARS 62 · 1-Propanol 58 · Condensation 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The protocol was designed by ARINC and deployed in 1978, using the Telex format.
- More ACARS radio stations were added subsequently by SITA.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The ACARS article was read about 45,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get ACARS
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, ACARS (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Shawn from Airdrie, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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