Nyx wrote:
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I don't think that boarding parties should be used to capture planets or troops to capture ships. For one thing, how are 20 marines going to subdue even 1-million poeple? Presumably the police requires for a population that size could handle 20 marines.
Well, if you used the "usable in boarding action" ability, you could make a whole separate set of unit bodies and components (notably weapons) for boarding actions that had really terrible damage values. They'd work just fine vs each other, but if you dropped your boarding marines on a planet they'd get their butt kicked.
Or, you could ignore the fact that some would be able to use boarding units in ground attacks as well. Although, say, all small shield and armor units not usable in boarding actions would seriously handcap them in planet assaults. Or, make all the best small weapons not usable in boarding actions.
Incidentaly, I've taken planets with 20 light troops. Actually, I've done it with 16 and lost only a tiny handful. Even if the planet had only one million people (the minimum), I'd find that pretty unrealistic, so I wouldn't worry about someone doing the same with boarding marines.