Bail and Board

Key Features

• []Full In-Game Settings Menu: Tweak every single feature to your exact preference. Find it under Settings -> Extensions -> Bail and Board Settings.

  []Three Unique Bailing Formulas: Choose your preferred style of surrender, from the balanced vanilla to

  the skill-focused "Veteran's Resolve" or the dynamic "Panic vs. Morale".[]Granular Bailing Control: Adjust bail timers, bonus chances, crew bail group sizes, and even apply reputation penalties for forcing a surrender.

  []AI vs AI Bailing: For the first time, AI pilots can now surrender to other AI attackers. This is a newly introduced and thoroughly tested mechanic. Note: AI crews do not restock when low.

  []Meaningful Boarding Consequences: Piracy is a crime! Initiating and succeeding in a boarding operation

  will correctly apply a reputation penalty and alert local police, with multipliers fully adjustable in the menu.[]Dynamic Boarding Combat: Tweak the lethality of boarding fights. Independently adjust health

  multipliers for attackers and multiple defender types, and enable configurable critical hits for high-skill marines.[]Train Your Elite Squads: Reward your surviving veterans by adjusting the experience multiplier

  for successful boardings, helping you build a legendary marine corps faster.[]Enhanced Boarding Mechanics: Enable "Pod Frying" where high shields pose a real threat to incoming

  pods, making veteran marines more valuable. Adjust the speed of the hull-cutting phase to your liking.[]Improved Player Feedback: Receive clear, on-screen notifications for hull cutting progress,

  boarding pod status, and bail checks—now with over 140 unique messages for added immersion.

The Nitty-Gritty

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• []Three Bail Chance Formulas:

  []Formula 1: Vanilla: The standard Egosoft formula. A balanced approach where pilot skill, ship size, and health are all factors.

  []Formula 2: Veteran's Resolve (Quadratic): Skill matters immensely. Rookies will bail easily, but high-skill

  veterans become incredibly resolute, making them extremely difficult to dislodge without destroying their ship.[]Formula 3: Panic vs. Morale: A dynamic battle between the pilot's rising panic (based on hull

  damage) and their nerve (based on morale skill). High-morale pilots can withstand immense punishment, but even they will break when their ship is about to fall apart.

[*]Difficulty Divisors: Se