[TC] Having fun with Tractor beams

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7Circles
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Having fun with Tractor beams

Post by 7Circles » Thu, 30. Jul 09, 02:24

Can you tractor an NPC station to another part of the sector?

What I'd like to do is tow some of the heavy weapons platforms away from their placements and park them closer to my stations. Since I can't build them why not steal someone elses? :twisted:
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Post by Scarecrow » Thu, 30. Jul 09, 02:36

Nope ... only stations you can tractor are yours.

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Post by 7Circles » Thu, 30. Jul 09, 02:41

Ah well. One evil idea down.


How about this then. If you're at war with one race (ie - they actively fire on you). Can you get that race to inadvertently go to war with another race by getting them to fire on each other? It's dead simple to hide yourself in the structure of a (peaceful) space station. If another race were to try firing through it to get to you - would they end up fighting each other?


Not that I'm looking to instigate a war where I can make a profit from others misfortunes. No. That would be wrong.
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Post by X1000 » Thu, 30. Jul 09, 04:45

Yes, now THAT you can do. :twisted:

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Post by Carlo the Curious » Thu, 30. Jul 09, 10:15

AI ships don't care about friendly fire between themselves, as far as I know.

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Post by Bany » Thu, 30. Jul 09, 16:20

Care only if they are not friendly by setup. So you can still agro from you when hiding behind other ship that is hostile to one that is shooting you. They will retaliate then and stole agro to to target it. No accydently wars imo.

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