@isaackuo @nyrath yeah I like the sci-fi sub-tradition where, because beams, projectiles & explosives are too risky in space boarding battles that the standard for personal combat, for either attackers or defenders, defaults to clubs, armored gloves, maybe nets, as part of hand-to-hand melee.
because if the wrong thing gets pierced or malfunctioned then *all* those folks will Have A Very Bad Day in Space
if one side wants the prize.booty at least. if its not a kamikaze