Federation Commander

Ok, I follow you. You don't have to capture previously destroyed/disabled control boxes in order to capture a ship. But you must have as many marines as control boxes in order to maintain control after the ship has been captured.

When determining the number of marines you must have on board, do ...

Can someone please clarify an aspect of 5F2c (capturing ships). In order to capture a ship, your marines have to eliminate all enemy marines, and then do an additional number of casualties equal to the number of control boxes on the ship.

Do you have to 'capture' control boxes that have already ...