Boarders, perhaps. I've found that turning it the other way works best - Get a boarding party of your own, because taking a ship intact yields way more scrap.
I think I rushed forward far too quickly and ended up in a universe where I was outclassed and then had a little oxygen related mishap and it all went downhill from there!
No, it is not.
> Really, any Kickstart that isn't "we need $X to place a bulk order with our raw materials supplier" is at best wishful thinking
That's funny, because just yesterday I got my early keys for Faster Than Light[0] which should be released in about 2 weeks.
> It should not be for paying speculative salaries to the campaigners (Hi, LightTable!).
Why not? I see KS the following way: somebody has an idea, somebody doesn't have the resources, I have resources and want the idea. Let's deal.
[0] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/64409699/ftl-faster-than...