Capture Astrid impossible?

[Mr.Killer]

Though this is not a bug, or it might be, but I tried to disable the astrid to capture it, but it kept shooting at me with those weird weapons that block almost the whole screen, I can't hardly see and can't select any definable engine/shield/weapon, and I tried.
So how do you capture this ship, and is it worth? It has exceptional speed but how about its shielding and weapons?
Please, if anyone can enlighten this a bit, that would be very nice to know a bit about it's background.

[CBJ]

Not beta feedback. Moved to the main forum.

[charlie1024]

Not a bug I think.

They're a little hard to capture. However, you can do it. Just, maybe the possibility is low.

I personally don't use even though I have an Astrid, because I just want maneuverable ship rather than just a fast ship, but it will be different based on the each users' opinion.

To bail effectively, I think you'd better to practice to damaging the ship to possibly bail, but not be destroyed. This should be possible with your experienced skills.

[oddgit]

I used some corvettes with ion weapons and pretty will trained marines.
I don't really use it, i have it sitting on the deck of my flaghship Asgard to add some extra turrets to defend against fighters =D

[flywlyx]

The 1st Astrid is forced bailed by the plot. So you could get the 1st Astrid, and modify the beam turrets with Lens or Expediter so it has a longer range than you could safely buzz the 2nd Astrid with the 1st Astrid.

[Mr.Killer]

Well people, I tried but as some of you say, useless piece of flying beauty, nothing more. As I used a cheat to get one, I wanted to know about this firepower it has, well, disappointment here, it could hardly punch a hole in a pack of butter, I thought it was a formidable weapon with both two front guns and a six-pack weapon, but not. Or, the cheat I used interferred here, because now, when I took the Astrid, it only fired its two main guns, the six-pack did nothing. So, this is a quest I never going to make again. The Erlking has a better perspective.

[GCU Grey Area]

Or, the cheat I used interferred here, because now, when I took the Astrid, it only fired its two main guns, the six-pack did nothing.

That's unfortunate, the turrets are arguably it's best feature. Vastly more powerful that conventional M beam turrets, with almost double the range & being beam weapons almost never miss. Main guns are a bit on the weak side (less powerful than the turrets), but at least they're accurate, have a decent range & high rate of fire.