Psi Corps Hunter - Troops Rating?

[Rorschach]

A question I haven't seen addressed in FAQ...

Most ships that have no Troops show a "0" at least for their rating.
The Psi Corps Hunter shows just a "-".

Is this intended to mean just a zero (Odd for a battle), or something more, like that the Hunter can't be boarded ala Shadow vessels?

Are there ANY of the Shadow Special Rules that the Hunter is supposed to share, but isn't noted as such?
In context of normal crits, boarding, maneuver, etc, it seems much less effective than at first glance...

Thanks!
Dale

 

[EDFDarkAngel1]

It's not a troops rating, it's how many troops there are. a - means the ship cannot carry any. 0 just means they're not carrying any by default.

Dark Angel

 

[Ripple]

Basis for this?

'-' being an indication of the ship not being able to carry troops I mean. You can't buy troops separately so how could this come into play? It seems more likely a typo to me... ie something that was forgotten in the move from on fleet to the other.

Ripple

 

[EDFDarkAngel1]

Pure speculation, and that the fighters typically have dashes instead of 0s for their stats.

Dark Angel

 

[Rorschach]

Any demi-official or better answers? (Greg?)

I'm at a 3rd Fleet decision point between doing Psi Corp or Drazi, and whether my Battles can be easily boarded might just weigh in a bit. (It doesn't help either that the Psi Corps Box Set is so pants...)

 

[katadder]

they have no troops on board. no number and no special rule for them obviously means they can be boarded. just have to keep them moving and away from breaching pods.

 

[Ripple]

While I agree with you Katadder, really bad rule... really bad fleet concept.

Would think given how the 'components' slipped onto the Shadow Omegas acted the shadow tech would have some good internal defenses... but maybe psi corp got squeamish.

Ripple