Anyone else capture the Boron story capital ships?

[Chris]

When I saw that both the Orca that spawns in Sanctuary of Darkness (after you open the gate) and the Queen's named-Shark had no crew (other than the captain), I decided that I had to capture them.

The Orca was a bit harder because it spawned in with a scripted move (so I needed to damage the engines enough for the boarding pods to catch up), but the Shark was happily waiting for me to go speak to the Queen, and so happily waited while my boarding crews captured it. (Note: that took FOREVER because I couldn't/didn't damage the hull any prior to the boarding).

But now I've got a portable throne-room....

[SigmaSquadron]

technically you've kidnapped the queen

[Aieonae]

Cool

[Chris]

.... aaaaand it's now patched out. :D

[Pandorian]

Originally posted by Chris:

.... aaaaand it's now patched out. :D

But you still have the Queen hostage right?

[Chris]

Yes, my most honored "guest" is still happily riding along in the throne room I have so graciously loaned....

In all seriousness though, I wouldn't expect Egosoft's patches to do something like revert ship ownership. *Maybe* convert the ship in to a normal version of the Shark (that doesn't have the Throne Room or Briefing Room), but doing that risks breaking quests that rely on those rooms (such as the incomplete Queen's Herald missions I still have), so instead I just expect the patch to add the "impossible to board" flag to those ships spawned in new saves & any existing saves who were quick enough to capture them now just have a fun Easter egg.

[Chris]

Update: Apparently finishing the Boron plot missions removes all the special rooms, once the final broadcasts are done. So no more Throne Room or Briefing room :(