Talk:Death Troopers/@comment-33024157-20180215171947/@comment-454133-20180215175630

Essentially it's a matter of which ship you want them to attack. Put Rebel Captive on a ship you don't want foes to shoot. Put Death Troopers on a ship you do want foes to shoot. You're taking the heat off that ship's allies, since foes take stress for shooting allies instead of your death troopers (unless they can keep you out of arc). This means your support ship can draw fire from the munitions boats etc it's supporting while providing a pilot ability. Possibly mix with Targeting Scrambler to make it a bad choice either way.

It's an interesting way to make flying in formation a bit more viable (which is so important to Empire with all its close-range pilot/crew abilities), after it became a terrible idea thanks to Harpoons and other strategies.