boarding party
Vessel takeover crew
A boarding party is a group that boards a vessel, typically by force.
The term comes from naval warfare, where armed sailors would board enemy ships to capture them or engage in combat.
It extends to science fiction, where crews board spacecraft, and to law enforcement or coast guard teams inspecting vessels: The boarding party found contraband in the cargo hold.
- skeleton crewMinimum workers needed
- letters of marqueState license to raid enemies
- crewWorking team aboard
- marinesNaval infantry soldiers
- away teamOpponents on foreign ground
grappling hook · close quarters · piracy · corsair · privateering · capture · seizure · search and seizure · hand-to-hand combat · cutlass · small arms · battle stations · customs officer · invasion · navy · task force · military · buccaneer
- Piratespirate, buccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers
- seafaringship, sailors, ships, sail, sailor
- Caribbean Piracypirate, buccaneer, privateer, corsair, Port Royal
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, admiral, battleship
- naval warfarenaval battles, naval battle, battleship, destroyer, sea battles
- anti-piracynaval patrol, naval patrols, escort mission, hostage rescue, warships
boarding partydefenders
Those who shield others
defense force · security detail · garrison · evacuation team · extraction team
board, boarding, boards, boarded, boarder, boarders, onboard, shipboard, overboard