Tractor beam

[OKOK]

The first thing i think about Tractor beam is beam resource on board. But i did not seem to understand how this work.

[Katitoff]

Its descriptions states moving ships, how did you got anything other out of it?
And if you can rotate enemy ships with it, it'll be powerful af.

[OKOK]

Too bad. It junk than.
This game is really strange.
Power is hand carried in space age?
Hand carrier Space loots and ore? Strange logic

[MisterSpock]

Originally posted by OKOK:

Too bad. It junk than.
This game is really strange.
Power is hand carried in space age?
Hand carrier Space loots and ore? Strange logic

Its a actual good simulation. Yeah there could be a power grid. Automaticly. But it would kill the logistic challenge.

[Targa]

It's a Tractor Beam, not a Transporter. I haven't used it yet, but I'm guessing it'd be useful for enemy ships that are faster than your ship that keep backing away. Tractor them in close to your big guns and *BOOM*.

[Bauxite]

You could technically use the tractor beam on a wreck or disabled ship, (lost engines or cockpit). Bring it back to the station and fix it up maybe?

[PhotriusPyrelus]

Originally posted by Bauxite:

You could technically use the tractor beam on a wreck or disabled ship, (lost engines or cockpit). Bring it back to the station and fix it up maybe?

Yup. Kind of expensive for that use, though. Also, you can use a structure cage to do the same thing (though admittedly, the cage and the wreckreally screws up your flight characteristics, while the tractor beam seems to have *much* less effect on your ship's flight characteristics).

[Elethio]

Originally posted by Katitoff:

Its descriptions states moving ships, how did you got anything other out of it?
And if you can rotate enemy ships with it, it'll be powerful af.

Rotating ships using Tractor beams (they can be set to push, or pull) is a meta multiplayer tactic. Tricky to do, be very effective.

[OKOK]

Still my dream of Star Trek beaming stuff on board is gone. So it junk to me.
This tractor beam is so huge. Waste of space.

[Chairman Meow]

Originally posted by OKOK:

Still my dream of Star Trek beaming stuff on board is gone. So it junk to me.
This tractor beam is so huge. Waste of space.

It's a tractor beam. Just like the star trek tractor beam. I think your confusing star trek tractor beams with star trek transporters................

[icuurd12b42]

Originally posted by OKOK:

Too bad. It junk than.
This game is really strange.
Power is hand carried in space age?
Hand carrier Space loots and ore? Strange logic

Tractor beams are useful if you have multiples on board. like a set of 2 or a set of 4. because alone they are not very powerful. with multiple ones you get ot be more efective. and you can play with a mix of push pulls settings acros multiple beam to set how far you can keep tractored objects...

As for the batteries, I like to imagine the reactors are catching anti matter and placing them in special canisters because it's the only way to move anti matter.

[Nyarlathotep]

Originally posted by Chairman Meow:

Originally posted by OKOK:

Still my dream of Star Trek beaming stuff on board is gone. So it junk to me.
This tractor beam is so huge. Waste of space.

It's a tractor beam. Just like the star trek tractor beam. I think your confusing star trek tractor beams with star trek transporters................

The original post is from 2022, when there was no tractor beams bringing in resources. They were added sometime in the middle of 2023, if I remember correctly.

[Romulus]

Has anyone been able to successfully tow a ship using tractor beam? It doesn't seem to "lock" on a target like other commands do (weapons targeting, ship targeting, ship "docking"). It's a pretty weak strength force, too. I could see it maybe being useful for those "facehugger" enemies that like to drive right into you to make them back off. Or maybe to pull away individual enemies in packs that will try to kite back to lure you to the pack? But towing seems to be out of the question.

[Romulus]

Originally posted by MiniHerc:

Originally posted by Romulus:

Has anyone been able to successfully tow a ship using tractor beam?

Yes. Works fine. Bigger ships need more than one.

Mm, the tractor beam blocks are already pretty huge. I tried towing a ship, the second my tow-er moved it lost "link" to the towee. Wasn't even a whole ship, just a fragment of one, and not *that* big a ship...

is there a useful ratio of ship size to tractors needed?

[CannedHobo]

I use them to pull valuable asteroids out of the sun's burning radius to safely mine them

[Stellar Remnant]

Originally posted by CannedHobo:

I use them to pull valuable asteroids out of the sun's burning radius to safely mine them

or just mine them in the sun area
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2914850044