Starsector 0.97a is out! (02/02/24); New blog post: Simulator Enhancements (03/13/24)
The chance for a ship to be in good enough shape to board is fairly low - so, just win more battles and you'll get the opportunity eventually.
It rocks when you finally get it. I managed to capture a condor! Made my day. EDIT: I should mention I lost every single marine in the assault though. Many bothans died to bring us this condor...
Awesome, thanks for the help I was trying to damage the enemy ships as little as possible to try and capture them, but now I know that doesn't work I can fire as many missiles as I like
it seems that focussing damage in one spot increases likelihood of intactness