So, are you saying: (for example) If the Empire was to produce Bothan spies (instead of espionage droids), had several on an Imperial controlled system that gets assaulted (successfully) by the Rebel Alliance, then those same Bothan spies (previously produced by the Empire) would now be available to use by the Rebel Alliance? I've never tried this. I was completely surprised myself when, as the Empire, upon assualting a rebel system I suddenly found myself in possession of several Alliance Infiltrator units. You can send them on missions as well! Best thing Tex is see for your self! I must confess though to not playing with it like this on account of being fearful of a game-crash, it is after all wading into uncharted waters as far as the game engine knows what to do or can handle... Your instincts are right, you simply have the ability to build ships normally available to the other side; you can't capture them, mainly because you're going to have the obsticle of the tactical battle inbetween... EDIT: Might be an easy way to enable the rebel's to be able to assassinate characters.... but untested...