[Deathstalker]

The only time I got boarding parties to work was with the following scenario: normal attack ship, two boarding parties in the 'must have' line, then the ship was armed with abp 1st and trac beams 2nd. Attack strat was optimal firing range but 2ndary was capture enemy ships. It only seemed to work when I went into tactical combat (never did see it happen in sim combat) and it almost seemed a 2ndary effect that they boarded at all, the ships would attack with apbs, trac in the ship and then IF the shields were down they would board....strange thing....never did see an actual 'boarding ship' board though....

Hope this sheds some light.....(I'm about as confused on this issue as anyone....that and the damn 'ship yard ship as a repair ship', never seen that work either, though I'm testing three AI's with it currently)...

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