Boarding Actions in Capital Ship Combat

[CRMcNeill]

This is something that has been nagging at me for a little while now. We know that boarding actions do occur in the SWU (it was practically the first scene), but there are no rules for performing a boarding action in-game apart from role-playing the whole scenario out. I'd like to see some rules for SW that would allow a pirate captain or military starship to engage in a board-to-capture action that doesn't necessarily involve RP'ing the boarding action round by round (or at the very least, would give the GM a measuring stick as to how challenging a boarding action is going to be before he initiates combat).

Battlefleet Gothic has relatively simple rules for boarding actions, having the two ships compare their remaining Hit points against each other to determine the status of the boarding action. However, BFG's Hit ratings for ships are based mostly on crew strength, which doesn't translate directly over to the Hull ratings of SWU Capital Ships.

What would be an equitable way to convert SW Capital Ship crew levels into a D6 rating to use for boarding actions? Factors would include crew numbers and quality, starship internal layout, morale...

Thoughts?
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The CRMcNeill Stat/Rule Index

[jmanski]

So you want a number that adds in crew combat abilities (blaster, dodge, etc) of both sides as well as modifiers for crew size and ship capabilities (defenses, layout)?

There are mass combat rules out there that would take care of the combat portion. What about the rest? I guess you make modifier numbers for everything else.....?
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[CRMcNeill]