Capturing Ships

[PBI]

Although this would be more realistic, it would be too complex & time consuming if the original plan
for your ships was to attack a port & end up randomly finding another fleet, which after u capture
plenty of their ships then have to return to ur port before they're usuable. & also the fact that if
u were to get attacked b4 u got back to the friendly port then what would happen to the captured
ships?

I'd quite like that; you'd have to choose between scuttling the captured ships and keeping your own fleet at full strength or weakening your fleet in the short term to escort the captured ships back to port. I'd like there to be some situations where capturing isn't a good idea, otherwise I fear I'll always go for the capture rather than the kill and never get to see the pretty graphics of ships blowing up and sinking.

Unless I take your approach and go on a Dalek-like extermination of all opposition.

Of course it's moot, because as pevergreen points out, the ships will simply become yours next turn. But I wonder, do they automatically get crews for free, or do you have to make up a crew from the crews of your own ships?