by mrthefter
If you're running Scorched Earth, then why not swap some traps for Ghost Branch? At even two advancement counters, if the runner goes for it on Click#3 without tag protection, you've effectively got yourself a Posted Bounty without the Bad Publicity or the danger of losing an agenda point (or the potential to score the agenda point, but oh well. Scorched Earth will end it anyway)Personally, though, I prefer Melange over PAD. PAD is too susceptible to Bank Job.
Empty your hand as much as possible, then temporarily put Melange in your main remote and click it until you're at about ~30-40 credits (enough to pay for about everything but heavy traces until endgame) or your hand gets full, in which case you play 3 cards and continue clicking another 3 turns.
Either that, or you can cause the runner to make a run that will leave him broke to kill your miners, leaving at least a 7 credit deficit. HQ will mostly be ignored in favor or removing miners, as your growing handsize favors going after Melange over attempting to draw an agenda out of hand, more and more each turn.