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    Submitted by stccgfaq.com on Sun, 07/11/1999 - 20:00

    Activate Tractor Beam

    Tractor beam' is the common term for the focused linear graviton force beam installed on most starships.

    Interrupt Interrupt

    Plays on your ship with Tractor Beam; it may tow any ship present which is yours or is empty. OR Plays on your outpost or ship; adds Tractor Beam (but may not carry ships aboard).

    Characteristics: Tractor Beam.
    Requires: Outpost, Tractor Beam.

    Rule hint for this card

    This card has an clarification:

    The first function of this interrupt allows you to tow one ship for the extent of your available RANGE on the current turn; the interrupt is then discarded. When played for the second function, the interrupt remains on the ship to add the Tractor Beam permanently. You may play two copies of this interrupt on a ship, one to add a Tractor Beam and one to tow a ship. See towing.

    Taken form Glossary - Version 1.9.5.

    Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
     

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    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Jul 11th, 1999.

    Ever wondered just what you could do with that Tractor Beam, aside from removing inconvenient Radioactive Garbage Scowimages or loading and launching shuttlecraft? Now you can actually tow a ship with it. Perhaps you have a ship with its RANGE reduced so far by Baryon Buildupimages that you can't get it past a high-span mission to get home, and you're out of Kevin Uxbridgeimages. Activate your other ship's tractor beam and tow it past the pesky mission. Maybe your opponent has sent his entire Away Team down to a planet and got "stopped" in his mission attempt. Tow his ship away and leave them stranded. If you don't happen to have a ship with a Tractor Beam handy, no problem-play one of these to add the Tractor Beam, and another to tow a ship with it.

    Combos:

    • Activate Tractor Beam + any ship: Tow away that Radioactive Garbage Scow with a lowly shuttlecraft, as long as you have two ENGINEER aboard.
    • Activate Tractor Beam + ship "stopped" by battle + unstopped ship: Tow the "stopped" ship to another location to prevent your opponent from counter-attacking on his turn.