Ships with the Boarding ability (generally, all Privateer and Tholian ships) can board fuel-less enemy ships by towing them, and thus obtain control over them. Uncooperating enemy crew members are jetissoned and replaced by own crew.
New_crew_on_boarded_ship = Traitors + Crew_beamed_over New_crew_on_boarding_ship = Crew_on_boarding_ship - Crew_beamed_over ...where Traitors = Crew_on_boarded_ship ...if boarded ship is Privateer Trunc(0.9 * Crew_on_boarded_ship) ...if boarded ship is Fed Trunc(0.7 * Crew_on_boarded_ship) ...if boarded ship is Colonial Trunc(0.4 * Crew_on_boarded_ship) ...if boarded ship is Empire 0 ...otherwise Crew_beamed_over = Min(Boarded_ship_full_crew - Traitors, Trunc(Boarding_ship_crew / 2))
As a special exception, if these formulas would reduce New_crew_on_boarding_ship below 2, PHost uses Traitors = 2 and Crew_beamed_over = 0.