Capturing ships?

[Olgark]

Hi all first time here on the forums and just started to trade in my TS Argon Mercury ship while I explore in the Disco that I was given at the start of the game.

What I would like to know is how do you capture ships ?
I have killed a few pirate mandalays and none of them have surrendered yet.

Also I have the trade software mk I and II and it is still greyed out even when I am not in the ship. Do I need a statlite or a homebase. If I need a homebase how do I go about it?

Sorry for the newbie questions but I am stuck and seek some help.

[designationlocutus]

Hello I am also new to the game.

But if it is anything like the other installments of X, just keep the enemy's shields just above zero. Eventually they will get scared and eject from the ship. You can then get in, or remote control it.

[Battle Pope]

I just made a thread about this today, but it's probably swept under by now.

The consensus seems to be that it happens at random when an enemy's hull is below 87%.

[paulindevon]

The easiest way when you first start out is to buy as many wasp missiles as you can afford and a salvage insurance or two. I funded this by stripping the discoverer of shileds and guns and completing the mission. This bought me 30 something wasps and a few salvage insurances.

Next trick is to find your local happy go lucky pirate. Park up 5KM Behind the Orinoco lower speed to 0, Save the game, and fire off 12 Wasp missiles at him. With luck they will bail. If they dont then reload the game and try the 12 missiles again. For pirate ships you need 7 Missiles. Some pirate ships have the rear turret set to missile defence if thats the case then try from the front. 5KM away and fire 7 missiles. Once you get your first Orinoco sent it to the nearest shipyard and sell it to buy more wasps and missiles. I made my first 4 Million this way. I then made a further 27 Million with a Baracuda fitted with a BHEPT and an Ion Disruptor. Good luck and have fun