Capturing Ships?

[ImperiousLeader]

I have the boarding tech. I designed a Heavy Frigate with 2 Assault Pods, Ion Cannons to damage internals, Torpedoes to drop the shields. I have everything set to manual.

I attack until the enemy ship is disabled, but my fleet keeps destroying the enemy ships and even a Pirate Base. They are not boarding. I really wanted that base. What am I doing wrong?

[Emperor0Akim]

Two maybe stupid questions :

Did you order your ships to capture or attack ?

In your Policy settings, how did you configure the capture conditions ?
( Empire Tab / Policy Settings ( P ) / Military )

[zgrssd]

If you got assault pods and ion cannons, just giving the "Capture" order should mean they deal with the details of dropping shields then launching pods.

[ImperiousLeader]

Two maybe stupid questions :

Did you order your ships to capture or attack ?

Not stupid questions at all. The option to capture never came up.

In your Policy settings, how did you configure the capture conditions ?
( Empire Tab / Policy Settings ( P ) / Military )

Ah, there's the problem. I didn't change anything. That's what I'm doing wrong. Yes I am a newbe at this game, and RTS as well.
Thank you so much. I guess I have a little save scumming to do.

[Emperor0Akim]

The capture option should come up when you right click on a target.

[zgrssd]

The capture option should come up when you right click on a target.

CTRL+Rightclick.
Rightclick is straight attack.

[Emperor0Akim]

The capture option should come up when you right click on a target.

Okay .. yeah .. Right-CTRL or Righ-Hold work the same.

[ImperiousLeader]

CTRL + Right Click, got it thanks! The only way I was getting it to work, was to use each individual ship in the fleet to target. If I tried to target with a fleet, only the attack option came up. CTRL + Right Click should fix that.