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New Players => The Academy => Topic started by: ShadowLop on August 16, 2012, 08:50:14 PM

Title: Danger Close - Boarding under fire (also Engineering Brigades)
Post by: ShadowLop on August 16, 2012, 08:50:14 PM

Just read the details about ship to ship boarding while looking for info about engineering brigades and after reading through it, something struck me as unanswered.

Boarding crews will break through armor if there are no gaps into the ship, that makes sense.  But what would happen if, say, a missile were to strike the armor block that they are currently breaking through? Would attacks against the target ship kill boarders while they're still trying to find a way into the ship? Or do they exist in a hypothetical plane of "On the Hull" until they break through?

Second question: Can/do engineering brigades act as engineers while aboard ships to assist in maintenance?

Title: Re: Danger Close - Boarding under fire (also Engineering Brigades)
Post by: sloanjh on August 16, 2012, 09:15:05 PM

Question 1:  In "real" life: kaboom.  I'm 99% sure Steve has not coded this up in the game mechanics, though.

Question 2: No.

John

PS - Moved the thread to The Academy from FAQ.

Title: Re: Danger Close - Boarding under fire (also Engineering Brigades)
Post by: ShadowLop on August 16, 2012, 09:45:43 PM

Awesome and Damn, respectively, thanks :D

Title: Re: Danger Close - Boarding under fire (also Engineering Brigades)
Post by: Steve Walmsley on August 18, 2012, 08:58:55 AM

Quote from: sloanjh on August 16, 2012, 09:15:05 PM

Question 1:  In "real" life: kaboom.  I'm 99% sure Steve has not coded this up in the game mechanics, though.

I am 100% sure :)

Steve

Title: Re: Danger Close - Boarding under fire (also Engineering Brigades)
Post by: Crustypeanut on August 18, 2012, 05:14:34 PM

Unless they actually blow up the ship while shooting it with missiles.. then I'm presuming the boarders go with it.  XD