                               Command : BOARD

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: board [<SHIP> [(from ship) | (from sect)]]

The board command enables two ships' crews to engage in  hand-to-hand  combat.
To board ship #16 from ship #93 you might type:
   [##:##] Command: board 16

The program will ask from which ship you wish to board, (you  may  only  board
from one ship at a time).

In order to be able to board a ship from a ship, your ship must be as fast  or
faster than the defending ship.  If you can't catch him, you can't board him!

The attacking ship will use, based upon its speed, an amount  of  mobility  to
overtake and board the target ship.  If the attacking ship has no mobility, it
cannot catch anybody!  Ships' speed depends upon the speed of  the  ship,  the
technology  of  the owner, and the current efficiency of the ship.  A 50% dam-
aged ship moves one-half the speed it does when undamaged.

In order to board a ship from a harbor sector, the ship must be in the  harbor

                               Command : BOARD

sector, and the harbor must have mobility. (Boarding from a  harbor  does  not
use mobility, but there must be some in the sector)

Some things to note:

Boarding costs BTU's -- in direct proportion to the number of military killed.

The boarding party is at a disadvantage while swinging  across  to  the  other
ship, e.g. 10 against 10 is not even odds.

Other ships belonging to the victim will fire on you when you  try  to  board,
(if you're within range).

Any land units on the victim ship will fight as if they were simply mil,  i.e.
they  won't  get  any  offensive  of defensive multiplier. Similarly, units on
ships don't have to take morale checks, as they are fighting as mil.   Mil  on
the victim ship will still die before units take casualties, however.

If the HARBORPOLICE option is enabled, the owner of a harbor may board a  ship
in  the  harbor  using  mil  there  by  giving the harbor sector's coordinates

                               Command : BOARD

instead of a ship when asked who  will  board.  (This  option  also  disallows
ship-to-ship boarding in harbors)

See also : fire

