Quote:Random note: Boarding actions provide several things.
... which is boring. Now, boarding actions? Not boring. That's ignoring the societal implications of a bunch of us having weapons which (by dint of the fact that they can hole handwavium hulls) are capable of annihilating anything the mundanes can field. Which might be a fun story, but I don't think that's what *this* story is about.
Number one, of course, is prisoners (who can be interrogated) and loot (which can be sold and/or kept/guzzled/dumped/whatever).
Number two, of course, is the opportunity to look cool while swinging an electro-cutlass, lightsaber, or 'wavium/chakra fist, as per your fannish pleasure.
After all, what's the point of being a Space Pirate/Ninja/Whatever if you can't board the enemy ship, hold their captain at swordpoint, and make him Walk The Plank?
(Exactly what 'walking the plank' constitutes in fenspace is left as an excercise for the reader.)--
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.