Boarding as an option in battles?

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How about adding a system that enables boarding? After researching marines or equivalent technology there could be a possibility for researching some means of boarding - boarding torpedoes or assault shuttles with breaching charges etc. This should require that the ship has a marine module, similarly the ship getting boarded should have a good chance to repel boarders if the ship has its own marine module. furthermore a large ship with module should have more marines than a smaller ship with a module.

If a boarding action is successful there could be all kinds of positive options, from being able to use the ship to being able to research counters against that races tech e.g. improved EW could be researched giving an advantage against that particular race.

Several counters could be researched aside from having a contingent of marines on board e.g. an automated defence systems module or a self destruct module destroying the ship if it falls to boarders.

  I think that might be a fun addition to the combat system, what do you think?

 

With respect.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I like this idea, but think it may be better for an expansion that the vanilla game. 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Hell yes! Like in X3, it had a good system for it.

But don't let the ideas presentation get convoluted by your imagination. I don't think the devs and some fans like me get turned on be hearing of double and triple counters and secondary effects boarding, you know.

Tech researched.

Boarding initiated.

Mathematical analysis done.

Ship taking.

Done and simple.

 

DARCA. ;)

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I loved taking enemy ships as trophies in Masters of Orion 2. Only problem is I would have most my ships with the black hole weapon system and not realize I sent my boarding party on a ship that was about ready to disappear into the void.  Whoops.

Also was fun to have all my ships from various empires stationed around one planet. Kinda made it a museum planet showing my conquests throughout the ages.  ^_^

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Hell, the ability to have units in your fleet board other ships and then have those boarding parties take control of the enemy vessels turning the tide of an important battle is epic!!! I think it would be alot of fun.

You could pre-program the boarding vessel to either self destruct, ram into stronger enemy ships or commandeer them as your own.

It would be nice to have a tech tree option for 'Understanding Alien Crafts/Technology' before the commandeering can occur. You could also tie espionage into it (i.e. learning how the enemy operates a vessel, plans to their starships, etc...).