What are you using as a ship?
before you board him, wait for your sheilds to go up, and damagehis armor as much as poissible. That might work.
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"These are my terms, abide by them or drink vacuum."-Tycho
Chances will go up if you buy a bigger ship. There is a very small chance to capture a Confed Cruiser with a shuttlecraft while there is a larger chance to capture it with a Kestral.
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I did really good on my driver's exam. I knocked down all the cones.
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Originally posted by Desert Fox:
**Chances will go up if you buy a bigger ship. There is a very small chance to capture a Confed Cruiser with a shuttlecraft while there is a larger chance to capture it with a Kestral.
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Urm, it's not the size, it's the crew.
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tear it down / AIM: G2uidehatr
Right, but I'm not sure if the crew of your escorts count also.
But after capturing my first Cruiser, it was easier to get more 
Personally, I would take just one Cruiser plus several Frigates and Kestrels. That'll make up a cool escort. The only drawback: You have to call them back permanently because you won't have many possibilities to fight otherwise.
- Marko
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Originally posted by Marko:
**Right, but I'm not sure if the crew of your escorts count also.
But after capturing my first Cruiser, it was easier to get more
Personally, I would take just one Cruiser plus several Frigates and Kestrels. That'll make up a cool escort. The only drawback: You have to call them back permanently because you won't have many possibilities to fight otherwise.
- Marko
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Escorts count.
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tear it down / AIM: G2uidehatr
You are also forgetting a key factor, the tech level of the ships. I've done this, had a ship with a really high tech level, and a crew of only one, and could capture Confed Cruisers and Rebel Cruisers the max of 75% of the time. The problem of changing to the tech levels of a ship, you can't buy it anywhere unless you put it under the special tech field of all the planets you want to buy it at.
Chamrin
i have a alen cruser! if you don't beleve me you can come over my house and see it. but if you want one as a escort you need a plug in called instentship. it allows you to choose any ship in the game to use. i didn't use this to get the alen cruser. that another plug in
Thanks guys - but I have already tried all of the tips - my current ship is a highly customised confed cruiser - I have 5 rebel cruisers as escorts - and I am able to disable a cruiser without getting hardly a scratch - still no luck though.
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Just keep trying. The higher the crew number of your ship, the higher the chance. Also, you could do what I did - at one point I had a Confed Cruiser with a fleet of Rebel Cruisers and I was receiving tribute from many planets. I then went and captured a small shipand used it as my own, and then I went to Earth or Stardock Alpha (I forgot since I haven't played in a VERY long time) and traded it in for another 'Fed Cruiser. Since I had a good amount of the galaxy under control, I managed to gain back my money quickly, and as I kept gaining Confed Cruisers I kept dominating planets and gaining more and more money. Eventually I had a fleet full of Confed Cruisers and the entire galaxy (including the Sol System and Ruby) under my control I did the same thing with Rebel Cruisers when I played for the Rebels, since it is so nice to have a fleet full of the same type of ship as yours when you have a really powerful one
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