Val: The red guys wear shields, the blue guys have guns.
Guns = attack
Shields = defend
PS: crew quarters provide the equivalent of 16 troopers/turrets, for defense only.
If you're looking at the components.txt, 16 troopers equals 4 points of boarding ability.
The boarding parties level one provide 20 troopers, or 5 ability points. Which ever side has the most wins. Unless there is a self destruct and the defenders are overwhelmed. Then both sides lose
[ 04 April 2002: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]