Ability: Boarding Party

Overview

Boarding Party is a unique Engineering bridge officer ability. Up to three Boarding Party shuttles are shot at the enemy ship. Assuming the shuttles aren't destroyed, a general Boarding Party debuff is applied for about twenty seconds. In addition, for each shuttle that makes it, one of two extra debuffs are applied: a hull damage-over-time or a subsystem sabotage.

Drawbacks of this ability include the randomness of the applied debuffs and the fragile nature of the shuttles; one shot generally destroys them. But, the possible upshot of knocking out a battleship's weapons and shields, in addition to direct hull damage, can be enticing, if you're willing to spend the slot.

Basic Information

• Profession: Engineering
• Locale: Space
• Game Description: Boarding Party launches up to three assault shuttles at the target. If they arrive safely, they will cause damage the ship’s crew and subsystems. Each shuttle launched removes twenty crew from your ship who attempt to beam back upon completing their mission.

Detailed Information

• Target: Foe
• Range: 10 km
• Activation time: 1 sec
• Duration: 1 sec / shuttle
• Modified by:
  • Skills
    • None
  • Stats
    • None
  • Duty Officer
    • Flight Deck Officer
      • Reduce the time to for all hangar bays and Boarding Party abilities after use
    • Uras'Kalan (Dominion_Lock_Box)
      • Chance for Boarding Party Shuttles to come equipped with a Point Defense Turret
    • Kel_the_Retributor (Ultra-Rare Duty Officer), Kwim_Lo (Gamma Quadrant Ultra-Rare Duty Officer)
      • Chance to double the number of shuttles launched with Boarding Parties
• Trained by:
  • Bridge Officer Trainer (Rank I, Rank II)
  • Non-common Bridge Officer Candidates (Rank III)

Counter-Tactics

• Ability: Tactical Team (removes boarding parties and debuffs)
• Ability: Engineering Team (restores disabled subsystems)
• Ability: Transfer Shield Strength (chance to remove hostile boarding parties when a Transporter Officer is on active duty)

Ability Ranks

User Rank	CD	SPR	Ability Effects
Rank I: Lieutenant	1 min 40 sec	500	Creates 3 level X+1 Boarding Party shuttles. To self: -10 Crew per shuttle (Return if successful) To target: 50% chance to Disable either Weapons, Shields, Impulse Engines or Auxiliary Subsystem for 10 sec. To target: 75% chance to kill 5% or 2 crew (Whichever is less) per shuttle every 3 sec for 10 sec. To target: 50% chance to add +4 sec (Delay) to recharge time to one of the following systems: Energy Weapons, Projectiles, Tactical, Engineering or Science abilities.
Rank II: Lieutenant Commander	1 min 40 sec	750	Creates 3 level X+1 Boarding Party shuttles. To self: -10 Crew per shuttle (Return if successful) To target: 66% chance to Disable either Weapons, Shields, Impulse Engines or Auxiliary Subsystem for 10 sec. To target: 85% chance to kill 7% or 3 crew (Whichever is less) per shuttle every 3 sec for 10 sec. To target: 66% chance to add +4 sec (Delay) to recharge time to one of the following systems: Energy Weapons, Projectiles, Tactical, Engineering or Science abilities.
Rank III: Commander	1 min 40	1000	Creates 3 level X+1 Boarding Party shuttles. To self: -10 Crew per shuttle (Return if successful) To target: 83% chance to Disable either Weapons, Shields, Impulse Engines or Auxiliary Subsystem for 10 sec. To target: 90% chance to kill 8% or 4 crew (Whichever is less) per shuttle every 3 sec for 10 sec. To target: 83% chance to add +4 sec (Delay) to recharge time to one of the following systems: Energy Weapons, Projectiles, Tactical, Engineering or Science abilities.

X = the level of player.

Upgrading this ability to rank 9 will reduce the (recharge) cooldown from 1 min 40 sec to only 1 minute.

Notes/References

• Borg vessels using this ability use transporters instead of shuttlecraft.

Images

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  Boarding Party in a Type 8 shuttle launched from an Excelsior class starship

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  Boarding Party shuttles (circled in green)

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  Crew returning to the ship