Re: Boarding combat

On Thu, 9 Dec 1999, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> That's pretty much what I meant with the "you don't normally attempt
to
> board..." thing above. The attackers should already have a serious
> advantage; do they need being boosted by another ~15%?
> 

There should be a difference between a detachment of Swabbies with guns 
doing a boarding action and a bunch of jar heads in Power Armour and 
infantry combat as their primary MOS. 

In some cases I can see specific craft being better suited to conducting

boarding actions as there are far more mariens on board than a basic
line 
combat vessel. 

An NAC Gator Carrier pulls up next to an FSE Carrier that has no fire 
cons and no thrust. What are you going to expect? I'd expect to see jar 
heads in charge of an FSE capital ship and wiping the decks with the 
Frogs. 

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