Tractor Beam and Asteroid question.

[arnak]

Hi Folks,

Just a quick question in order to clear up some confusion regarding the tractor beam.

I have checked with the search engine and found two answers to the question of can you tow an asteroid.

One answer is yes you can without a mine on it.

The other is you can only tow a mine with a mine on it.

Which one is the correct answer as I have tried attaching the tow to an asteroid but it will not lock.

I have tried being from 2.5k to 1.8k, I can't get any closer.

Using the autopilot with a tractor beam in the very front of my Vidar as a test to make lining up easier will not produce a lock even though I am spot on the center of the target.

I also tried with the rear turret of my Elephant with an equal lack of success.

The asteroid does not have a mine on it at the current time as I am trying to position it near a complex first.

Thanks for any help.

Arnak

[Deadbeat_Spinn]

There has to be a mine on the rock in order for you to tractor it and move it to the desired location.

[profitzzz]

I raised the same topic and the answer is to build a mine on it first and then move it.....

[arnak]

Hi,

Thanks Guys, I'll build the mine and try and move the whole assembly...

Arnak

[arnak]

Hi,

Thanks Folks, just to update the question.

You are quite right you can only move an asteroid with a mine on it...

However did you know that you can push as well as pull?

I managed to push a silicon mine out of the way with the beam in the front of the Vidar!

Then still with the beam at the front I turned around and towed it 56km to were I needed it.

The only problem was that after unhooking I chased a pirate elite and fired at it with the tractor beam instead of the main weapons.

Arnak

[Gold Dragon]

Did you get a lock on that, too? Or did it fail (Or the Pirate Broke it)?

[arnak]

Hi,

No, I didn't get close enough to try that, next time maybe.

Arnak