Starter's guide (Page 10 of 16)

Capturing ships

It is possible to force a pilot out of his/her ship, after-which you can claim the ship for yourself. This does not mean you can fly the ship yourself. When a pilot has bailed from a ship, you will need a pilot on-board your ship to fly the abandoned ship. Ships are no longer flown by the AI like in previous games... well technically the AI flies the ship for you, but in-game you have a pilot who does this for you (hopefully that made sense).

You can hire pilots from platforms, by walking up to them and recruiting them. As soon as you do, they will automatically jump onboard the Skunk. When finding a abandoned ship, right click on it and click claim. The pilot should automatically get his/her space-suit and fly over to the ship.

Claiming larger ships

For larger ships you will need a boarding crew, of usually one marine officer and 20 marines. This process is covered later in this guide on page 15.