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New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: Nibelung44 on August 02, 2011, 07:40:41 AM

Title: Boarding an alien ship
Post by: Nibelung44 on August 02, 2011, 07:40:41 AM

Say I would like to board an alien ship. MUST I use only combat drop pod or troop transport module can do, if the enemy ship is almost halted? This will be the difference between approaching a derelict ship with a single marine company, or a whole brigade of mobile infantry  ;D

Title: Re: Boarding an alien ship
Post by: Brian Neumann on August 02, 2011, 09:26:59 AM

To attack an enemy ship you will need the drop pod.  This is true even if it is not moving or destroyed.  With planets it is a bit better as you will have a colony to offload the troops onto.  The pods do work better from what I have heard but are not mandatory.

Brian

Title: Re: Boarding an alien ship
Post by: Nibelung44 on August 03, 2011, 01:14:38 AM

Thanks Sir!

Title: Re: Boarding an alien ship
Post by: Charlie Beeler on August 03, 2011, 07:43:23 AM

The basic mechanics of boarding can be found here (it is a little obscure to find)
http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/topic,1680.0.html (http://aurora2.pentarch.org/index.php/topic,1680.0.html)

Title: Re: Boarding an alien ship
Post by: Nibelung44 on August 04, 2011, 12:54:17 AM

Thanks, I think I read it once, but the article is so excellent, it was a pleasure to read it again...

I wonder if Steve took the precaution of preventing boarding if there is still a shield on?