Sooooo...I was thinking, IF they could be included into the game....could a disabled ship be boarded ?
In Naev*** a damaged & disabled ship is on a count down to explosion, so you would basically have to reach it then get in and out fairly quickly.
However a ship you simply take down with the EMP grenades can recover and fly away ( usually 'gate rather then restores it's previous orders )

* I am currently playing Eternity Port : to me, it's starting out very much like "The Worst Case Scenario" ( by FAD: http://xelerus.de/index.php?s=mod&id=998) & I am really enjoying the challenge. I have already upgraded my Armor & have a Hull Plate Ionizer, Disposable Launcher (tracking).
The exploration of the systems is really fun again


***While I do have the latest Naev, I have not played it , just looked at the changes to missions.