Capture (Base/Ship)

Capture Vessels are largely pirate owned assets that are used to steal or board other craft in order to gain them for effectively free.

While capturing is a pirate activity, using capture vessels bought off the black market ( after waiting for the wanted timer to wear off) or stealing capture vessels yourself is a useful way to make a quick buck selling stolen assets. More so should you have high enough reputation, the more civil factions will pay no mind to you bringing some along your fleet (to perhaps steal even more vessels for yourself).

Boarding is general a dangerous tactic as boarding pods are incredibly fragile, much slower than fighters and you generally need to overpower your enemy by a very significant margin.