So I have Kel the Retributor, one of the ultra rares, equipped on my ship to boost my boarding parties and her description says something along the lines of "33% chance of sending an additional 4 level 3 boarding parties". Now, forgive me if that's not 100% correct, I'm not looking at her in game at the moment, but what I've seen in game is one additional t3 boarding party.

I use boarding party 2, not 3, so that could effect the skill, and I'm honestly happy with even 1 additional shuttle, but I was wondering is it her skill that's messed up or just her description?

Anyone know?

To me it looks like it is 33% chance to proc per shuttle. It seems like I get a random number each time.

I believe the bonus shuttles are always level 3 shuttles, regardless of the Boarding Party power, but I don't have the power up in front of me right now.

Yes, they're always T3 shuttles when the power procs, I don't have an issue with that, but I'm confused about exactly what should happen when the ability activates.

Based on Kel's description I would expect that 1 out of every 3 boarding party actions should launch twice the shuttles. I haven't seen this at all. What I see is that approximately 30% of the time I'll launch a single T3 shuttle along with my T2 wave.

Since I've never seen more then 4 shuttles launch, I'm not sure if I've misunderstood the description or if the ability acts differently at the different tiers. Could you clarify what exactly I SHOULD see?

When the power procs, it launches an additional set of shuttles, however there is a caveat, which is that the additional shuttles still need enough crew on your ship, so that can result in cases where every possible additional shuttle is not in fact launched.

Perhaps a mention could be made of this? Or even just "up to 4" would work, I think.

Hmmmm... I may be suffering heavy injuries and casualties early in the fights because of the aggro, but I find it hard to believe I'm always suffering low crew levels. I'll do more testing over the next few days and see if I can get the full 6 shuttles to launch. Thanks.

Depends on the vessel. Most escorts dont have enough crew to push that many shuttles IIRC, for example.

It's not impossible there's another (or new) issue, but last time I tested (which, admittedly, was way back when I put the power together) it seemed to be launching all shuttles when it proc'd.

Just did another round of testing and I'm getting the same issue, even with 799/800 crew on the assault cruiser. Not sure why it's happening, but I'm only using boarding party 2.

Hopefully that helps in some way. Thanks for the help.