Boarding Ships

Starships may to attempt to capture ships they have scanned in the same orbit. To do so, the attacker must have a faster ship than the defender.

Boarding actions use marines to attack and defend only. They are conducted as a ground battle composed of a tactical phase only.

If there are no more defenders after the tactical phase is run, the ship is captured. Once captured the attacking house owns the starship and one of the following three things will happen:
 * 1) If the captured ship has no bridge the captured ship will suffer an immediate integrity breakdown and the attacker will immediately attempt to salvage the ship.
 * 2) If the captured ship has a bridge and there is a suitable lieutenant from the attacking ship, the lieutenant will move to the captured ship and become its captain.
 * 3) Otherwise, if there is a bridge but no suitable lieutenant from the attacking ship, the ship will simple change ownership and await a new captain.