Ok, one more comment, maybe another thread covered this. I never realized this before...

I just surrounded a ship, in a game I was losing, that had already lost it's rigging. My THOUGHT was I would gain the points from the surrender, just like I had sunk it. I got ZERO points. So, I am stil behind. I thought it was a great move. Turns out it's a terrible move.

SURELY it's only fair that a surrender by immobility SHOULD count for points???