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Once boarding succeeds the target ship ownership is immediately transferred to the <player>. See also JoeTheDestroyer's calculations
Boarding Resistance
Boarding resistance of a ship can be viewed in the target's info panel. The resistance is calculated from many factors which the player can influence. Nearby supporting ships (eg drones), ship hull and shield percentage as well as active ship components raise boarding resistance. Inactive drones equipped by <target> (ie not trade cargo) such as Cargolifters can also play a major part, whether or not they are combat-capable.
Boarding resistance can be minimized by destroying all surface components, removing all drone units and reducing ship shield and hull to very low amounts.
| Ship | Min BR |
|---|---|
| Marauder Phoenix | 65 |
Marines
For the board option to be available the player must first acquire a Marine Officer and a number of Marines. How many Marines in his command helps determine his boarding strength for the passive boarding mechanic. The Marine Officer can be assigned up to 50 Marines in total.
Marines come in 3 different variants of increasing power and value. After successful boarding operations there is a chance that surviving marines are automatically promoted to a more powerful variant for free.
| Type | Strength | Value (Cr) | Individual chance of promotion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recruit | 0.5 | 21,7321 | 25% per recruit |
| Veteran | 1.5 | 93,2282 | 2% per veteran |
| Elite | 5.0 | 372,1962 | N/A |
- This can vary by around ±3k and assorted discounts from rep & smalltalking individual traders may also apply.
- As of v3.x although a price is listed in the encyclopedia there is no place that trades these Marines, making successful boarding operations the only way to obtain them.