Tractor Beams

posted on June 30th, 2006, 12:46 am

Non of the avatars have anything to do with the tech assimilation beam(check the info avatar info )

whats this then

Directive: Assimilation

Unimatrix 008

- All Assimilator special abilities are initially available and needn't be researched

i wish i cud capture a ferengi vessel and use its transporter but it won't let me!

er dude every ship that has crew on it has a transporter think you must mean the tractor beam then

posted on June 30th, 2006, 9:24 am

Assimilator is a ship, which apparntly has some special abilities, it doesnt have anything to do with the tech stealing beam I believe that was on the adaptor

posted on June 30th, 2006, 9:43 am

the assimilator has been made a support ship?
still think the tech assimilation beam should stay borg exclusive

posted on April 10th, 2007, 2:19 am

[move]/MEGABUMP[/move]


I had an idea, but I figured it's not quite worth it's own topic.


How's this:  Combat Tractor Beam.  On the Descent class.

The Descent class has been my pet peeve for more reason than just it's sheer kitbashiness, (that will go away when it gets a new model in v3... *stares at Optec*) I have also thought it to be rather useless, especially when those resources could go to a Defiant or an Akira.
However, an ability would change that, and I think a combat tractor beam would be a nice one for the Descent.  It's very simple.  The tractor beam holds the ship in place, and the Descent bombards it with its impressive torpedo ordinance.  It even sounds Federation.  I mean, who else's idea of badass would be... a tractor beam?

I mean this to be a very serious suggestion.  Not only is it easy to implement, it eould give me one less reason to had on the Descent...

posted on April 10th, 2007, 5:19 am

That idea would go better on the Cube, they do it all the time.

posted on April 10th, 2007, 12:19 pm

doesn't the cube have a holding beam already?

posted on April 10th, 2007, 5:51 pm

Yeah, but that one beams crew aboard. The T Cube has nothing, does it?

posted on April 10th, 2007, 9:11 pm

the combat tractor Red is talking about i think is like the idea that Cpt Archer did with the Klingons. Its really a Fed tact, the Borg like taking over things not getting rid of them. 

posted on April 11th, 2007, 2:23 pm

Exactly.

Right now it's a Klingon tech, languishing on their torpedo turret.  I'm not necessarily saying that it needs to come off the turret; only that it would work better on the Descent.

posted on April 11th, 2007, 4:00 pm

wouldn't the engine overload special work better in the descent though?

[Redshirt]

posted on April 11th, 2007, 4:42 pm

Last edited by Redshirt on April 11th, 2007, 4:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Not really.  I never even liked engine overload.  For one, no one can yet explain how it works.  For two, it always seemed more like a generic RTS ability rather than something that actually belongs in the Star Trek universe.


*edit

14,000th post in Feature Request.  Awesome.

posted on April 11th, 2007, 4:48 pm

Engine Overload would be very useful for Borg Assimilation Vessels.

posted on April 11th, 2007, 9:28 pm

some one has a borg fetish. i cant remember Engine overload i'll have to play a game to see.  I ussualy dont use many science things.

posted on April 12th, 2007, 3:57 pm

I guess I am a bit Borg-obssesed sometimes, but I nstand by my opinion that a weapon disabling engines would be useful to the Borg.

posted on April 12th, 2007, 7:49 pm

I... agree.  It does sound like a tactic employed by a race that enjoys capturing things.  Which, I believe, is why the Klingons have it now.