Been trying to capture a Falcon (XIV), I killed the rest of its fleet while avoiding it and let it retreat, then engaged it to try and save-scum until I captured it, mostly since I"m curious about how different it is and I can't get any from the Hegemony for obvious reasons.
My problem is, I engage it in battle and it has 0% CR, which means it explodes within the first 1-5 seconds of the fight from malfunctions. I let that happen about 40-50 times without getting a capture chance, which I believe should be about 5%?
Then I happened to bamf over with my Hyperion and shoot it, and noticed that I got salvage as a result of that fight, which I hadn't been getting when it blew up on its own. Managing that a few more times, I found it gave salvage when it was destroyed by me, but not otherwise.
The thing I'm wondering is, am I even getting a roll on the maybe-capture table if the enemy is blowing up on its own, or do I NEED to kill it within the first 3 seconds of the battle?
Notably I have 800 Marines, so like, you'd think they could do their job.