[Suicide Junkie]

Yeah, fighters can (and should) be rammed.

They have almost no hitpoints, so you can bump piles of em out of the way provided you have some heavy armor.


Yeah, in summary:

- Ship capture tech is easily beaten by non-capturable units.
- Pirates lose in big Fleet-to-Fleet confrontations, since they must capture to recover losses.


Additional:
Fleet situations make capturing dangerous, since the boarding ship loses ALL shielding, and the captured ship has no shields.
Any remaining Loyal ships, now have the opportunity to take out two defenceless enemy ships.

Plus: Boarding parties must be repaired after capturing. SOooo, Once the pirates have all they can carry, they'll be heading off into deep space again, hoping you won't follow.