Weapons focused at killing crew can open a new set of strategies to beat an opponent. These weapons will do less damage to structure and shields, but major damage to crew.
Just for inspiration I was thinking:
- the Death Ray from Master of Orion. Expensive and heavy, but kills crew as well as doing damage to structure
- a missile mounted Neutron Bomb. A nuclear bomb tweaked for minimum explosion, and maximum armor penetrating lethal radiation.
This would be especially interesting when Boarding Parties are implemented.