Well well, its v1.481 time folks. And in this v1.481 of Darkspace, a long gone feature is being reenabled, ship capturing! Ship Capturing should explain itself, launch infantry from your spacecraft in an attempt to board the enemy ship to capture it. This is something that will create many new strategies now that you must try to save infantry for security instead of using it on planet captures.

In ship capturing, your chance of capturing the ship depends on two things, first, if you have infantry on the enemy and the enemy has no infantry left to defend him/herself, and then depending on the ship, you will have a small chance of capturing the ship. Here's the percentages per ship type. More highly trained infantry increase the chance of capture (maximum 10% bonus - Elite Infantry)

Engineer 11%,

Supply 11%,

Transport 8%,

Scout 11%,

Frigate 8%,

Destroyer 6%,

Cruiser 3%,

Dread 2%,

Station 1%