Ability: Tractor Beam

Overview

Basic Information

• Profession: Science
• Locale: Space
• Game Description: Tractor Beam slows the target ship, thereby making it an easier target for weapons. Targets held in a Tractor Beam cannot cloak. Increases in effectiveness based on current auxiliary power level.

Detailed Information

• Used by: Captain
• Target: Foe
• System: Tractor
• Ability Type: Debuff
• Activation: 0.5 seconds
• Range: 5 km
• Shares cooldown with:
  • Tractor Beam Repulsors (15s)
• Duplicate ability cooldown:
  • 20s
• Modified by:
  • Skills
    • Exotic Particle Generator - Improves Exotic Damage
    • Drain Expertise - Improves power drain on target.(See Tractor Beam Officer)
    • Control Expertise - Improves slow ability.
    • Control Amplification -25 Exotic Damage Resistance.

• • Starship Trait
    • Insult to Injury - Activating any Intelligence Bridge Officer Ability or Tractor Beam I, II or III: Grants Torpedo: Transport Warhead I to all hangar pets within 10km.
    • Particle Feedback Loop - Activation of exotic damage abilities provide bonus to the Skill: Hull Penetration.
    • Parting Gift - -10 Damage Resistance Rating. X Kinetic Damage (100% Shield Pen). Knocks Engines Offline
    • Pilfered Power - Enemy Weapon and Auxiliary Power Levels are drained to enhance your own power levels. + Weapon Firing Speed.
    • Rapid-Emitting Armaments - Tractor Beam Launches Torpedoes, Bonus Torpedo Damage
    • Scavenger Beam - 50% damage increase and Hull heal.
    • Carrier Wave Shield Hacking - Activating Tractor Beam, or any Intelligence Bridge Officer Ability, enemy Shields offline and +Damage for Tractor Beam.
  • Subsystems power level
    • Auxiliary - Improves hull damage.
  • Duty Officers
    • Tractor Beam Officer - Adds a shield drain effect.
• Trained by:
  • Rank I & II: Bridge Officer Trainer
  • Rank III: Requires 12 Tactical Skill points
• Countered by:
  • Polarize Hull
  • Expose Vulnerability - Critical Systems

Ability Ranks

Ability/User Rank	CD	Ability Effects
Rank I: Ensign	30s	92 x25 (58 dps) Kinetic Damage Reduces turn rate and flight speed for 10 seconds Disables Cloak
Rank II: Lieutenant	30s	124.1 x34 (96.8 dps) Kinetic Damage Reduces turn rate and flight speed for 14 seconds Disables Cloak
Rank III: Lt Commander	30s	154 x42 (139 Dps) Kinetic Damage Reduces turn rate and flight speed for 17 seconds Disables Cloak

All values are based on 100 Aux and 0 Exotic Particle Generator Skill points.

Gallery

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  A Breen Plesh Brek Frigate using a tractor beam.
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  A Science Star Cruiser (T6) tractoring a Ferengi Nandi Warship

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