SpaceTug Tractor Array: The Rugby Toss

[TBot 589]

Theoretically, could you line up 5 Jakku gunner runners horizontally on the leftish side of the map, catch an opopnent in range 1 in the middle of the map and then continually throw that ship down the line like a rugby toss right off the map? I'm suprised this isn't one of the mynock bounties yet.

[thespaceinvader 17,538]

Tractor Beam tokens only apply the forced movement for the first token received per round.

[Mangipan 695]

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The first time a small ship receives a tractor beam token each round,

Many questions can be answered by reading the card.

[TBot 589]

2 minutes ago, thespaceinvader said:

Tractor Beam tokens only apply the forced movement for the first token received per round.

oops. Thanks for clarification

[AEIllingworth 978]

Nearly as fun is the Fastball Special. Named from the X-men comic where Colossus throws Wolverine at the bad guy, it only requires two Quads with the tractor Array. If one tractors the other straight forward, which goes 3 straight, that second Quad can tractor someone that is 8.5 base lengths ahead of its starting position, or just under a big base past range three. 

You will probably lose that reduced agility Quadjumper, but no one sees it coming!

[Jeff Wilder 5,212]

It's almost as if FFG's design team considered that as a possibility!

[haslo 950]

You also can't tractor ships off the map. You can place them in a way that makes them maneuver off the map on their own.

[RejjeN 149]

4 hours ago, AEIllingworth said:

Nearly as fun is the Fastball Special. Named from the X-men comic where Colossus throws Wolverine at the bad guy, it only requires two Quads with the tractor Array. If one tractors the other straight forward, which goes 3 straight, that second Quad can tractor someone that is 8.5 base lengths ahead of its starting position, or just under a big base past range three. 

You will probably lose that reduced agility Quadjumper, but no one sees it coming!

Make the boosted Quad Sarco Plank and the tractor beam doesn't affect him, and/or if you want more distance add a cloaking device to it

[TBot 589]

36 minutes ago, haslo said:

You also can't tractor ships off the map. You can place them in a way that makes them maneuver off the map on their own.

Whooops. Didn't know that one.

[Bojanglez 2,156]

5 hours ago, Mangipan said:

The first time a small ship receives a tractor beam token each round,

if that wasn't the case it could also be hilarious to have a pingball effect going as you bounced them from asteroid to asteroid.

[DragoonKainKatarn 115]

On 4/28/2017 at 3:46 PM, Jeff Wilder said:

It's almost as if FFG's design team considered that as a possibility!

Almost.

It could also just be by happenstance.

[haslo 950]

On 4/28/2017 at 10:31 PM, TBot said:

Whooops. Didn't know that one.

I only learned it after I'd done it once to an opponent. Felt bad about it afterwards 

[TBot 589]

On Friday, April 28, 2017 at 1:55 PM, haslo said:

You also can't tractor ships off the map. You can place them in a way that makes them maneuver off the map on their own.

Is there anywhere that clearly states this? I'm trying to convince a friend that you can't do this.

[Transmogrifier 1,366]

1 hour ago, TBot said:

Is there anywhere that clearly states this? I'm trying to convince a friend that you can't do this.

p21 of the FAQ:

Q: Can a ship decloak or perform a boost or barrel roll that

would cause it to go outside the play area (and thus flee

the battlefield)?

 

A: No. A ship cannot decloak or perform a boost or barrel roll if this would

cause its base to go outside the play area. This includes a boost or barrel

roll caused from receiving a tractor beam token.

[TBot 589]

1 hour ago, Transmogrifier said:

p21 of the FAQ:

Q: Can a ship decloak or perform a boost or barrel roll that

would cause it to go outside the play area (and thus flee

the battlefield)?

 

A: No. A ship cannot decloak or perform a boost or barrel roll if this would

cause its base to go outside the play area. This includes a boost or barrel

roll caused from receiving a tractor beam token.

Thanks man!

[Lampyridae 651]

On 28/04/2017 at 5:25 PM, TBot said:

Theoretically, could you line up 5 Jakku gunner runners horizontally on the leftish side of the map, catch an opopnent in range 1 in the middle of the map and then continually throw that ship down the line like a rugby toss right off the map? I'm suprised this isn't one of the mynock bounties yet.

No. But it is possible to use a combination of ion bombs and tractor beam tosses to achieve this over a few game turns. Then it should be at the edge of the board and doomed to fly off in the next turn.

It makes me think of a rather bizarre form of Life (the game).

Although boost, barrel roll are protected from edge of board, this does not apply to Daredevil and Adaptive Ailerons because those are manoeuvres.

Edited May 1, 2017 by Lampyridae

[TBot 589]

2 hours ago, Lampyridae said:

No. But it is possible to use a combination of ion bombs and tractor beam tosses to achieve this over a few game turns. Then it should be at the edge of the board and doomed to fly off in the next turn.

It makes me think of a rather bizarre form of Life (the game).

Although boost, barrel roll are protected from edge of board, this does not apply to Daredevil and Adaptive Ailerons because those are manoeuvres.

How about this:

97 Points:

x2 Syndicate Thug + Ion Cannon Turret 

x3 Jakku Gunrunner + Spacetug Tractor Array

There is a few points left over you could give an ion bomb to one of them or upgrade a Gunrunner to Unkar Plutt.

This would be a pretty fun list so long as you dont run up against an all large base opponent. I still can't seem to get over the fact that tractor beams are useless against most large base ships (especially the VCX and Decimator).