Best Defense against ship capture? - Page 2

Parasite · #1 April 15th, 2005, 11:46 AM

At one point a SelfDestruct device would effectively prevent capture (If it was not destroyed) A boarding action would not even be tried on a ship so equipped. This has been changes. The current version SEIV 1.91 DOES allow boarding in stategic mode when the target has a SD Device. Both ships will be destroyed in this case.

A master computer has no effect on boarding parties. In fact they make a ship easier to capture as there are no inate defenses from the crew quarters.

Shields, while they exist, will prevent boarding. Security stations will also work wonders against a determined foe. One SS lvl5 will stop more than 2 lvl5 BPs. See the FAQ for exact numbers.

Parasite · #2 April 15th, 2005, 11:49 AM

Sorry IF, but in stock SEIV 1.91, a BP will try to board a Selfdestuct ship and both will be destroyed.

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In past versions, it was true that a BP ship would stay away from a Self Destruct ship. No longer. It was quite a shock to me when it started happening as well.