tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099236779357814083.post8427198595500172334..comments2010-10-26T19:00:48.593+02:00Comments on Scop's Log: Blog Banter #8: "We're caught in a tractor beam! It's pulling us in!"Scopiquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917177569176779124noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099236779357814083.post-20786117081633064972009-05-28T18:35:14.976+02:002009-05-28T18:35:14.976+02:00/me remembers tractor beams being used in X-Wing v.../me remembers tractor beams being used in X-Wing vs TIE Fighter. What pain in the ass they were when used by a good pilot...Benoit CozmikR5 Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344632862155047695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099236779357814083.post-49985201595175260582009-05-27T19:18:41.916+02:002009-05-27T19:18:41.916+02:00I ran with about the same idea on my blog.
http://...I ran with about the same idea on my blog.<br />http://soagcure.blogspot.com/2009/05/eve-blog-banter-8-tug-me-away.htmlSara Pickellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861362527256055790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099236779357814083.post-5402882649307768712009-05-27T13:42:03.344+02:002009-05-27T13:42:03.344+02:00Maybe not on small ships but this kind of thing fi...Maybe not on small ships but this kind of thing fitted to capital ships with the possibility of boarding parties could be interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7099236779357814083.post-49469508564877945712009-05-26T23:01:24.917+02:002009-05-26T23:01:24.917+02:00Interesting! It does fit the science-fiction trop...Interesting! It does fit the science-fiction tropes, as you point out, and it would provide another reason for fitting tractor beams on a ship besides loot-and-salvage duty at the end of the fight.<br /><br />But yes, there would have to be a way for the locked-on ship to "break" the tractor, given enough effort.<br /><br />- Erbo Evans, Abbot, Rho Alpha DeltaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com