1.30 - Boarding with two ships, marines won't launch from ship #2 unless you take control of it

[aviticus_dragon]

It seems like there might be an issue with boarding with multiple ships and the 2nd ship not launching the marines/pods.

Two cerberus frigates with 14 marines each.
Names: Pirate 1 & Pirate 2

Pirate 2 was set to defend Pirate 1 (wing created).

1. I found a freighter, and began to engage. Took out the engines, the turrets, everything. Meanwhile Pirate 1 and Pirate 2 had defense drones engaging the freighters drones.
2. Scanned
3. Board settings: ships set to disable target, Medium on both settings for launch/breaching.
4. Boarding started.
5. After the hull reached the % needed, Pirate 1 (ship I was controlling) launched marines.
6. Pirate 2 would not send their marines, as they were set to an attack action.
7. Removed attack action from Pirate 2, boarding action showed 'executing'
8. Pirate 2 would never send their pods.
9. Teleported to Pirate 2 and took over cockpit - pods launched immediately.

So there seems to be some sort of issue trying to board with two ships, the secondary ship doesn't launch its pods like it should unless you take over the cockpit of the second ship.

Anyone else have a similar experience or am I missing something here?

You can see it in action at the video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVyb6EDgnuc - @ 2:36:09

[aviticus_dragon]

Updating title, and bumping this for more awareness as this can be replicated 100% of the time. Haven't tried boarding in 1.5 yet, but didn't see any patch notes that directly affect this.

Try to board with two ships under your command. The second ship holding marines WILL NOT deploy the marines, unless you Teleport and Take command of it.

Expected Behavior: AI follows proper boarding protocol and deploys the marines without having to teleport and take command of the ship. (What is the point of AI if you have to do it all yourself?)

[Alan Phipps]

Also see this thread.