Tractor beam (Assembly)

An exploded view of an assembled tractor beam

Tractor beam (Assembly)

Type Cargo device

Function Non-contact cargo ferrying

Size 216×96×72 cm

Mass 5,645 kg

Volume 567.31 kv

Corrosion resistance 320

Input / Output

Electric input ~25 e/s

Sub-components

Tractor beams grab objects that their beams hit. They are most commonly found in cargo spaceships as they enable the transportation of heavy cargo. The beam drags the attached object close to the tractor beam base, orientating the object according to the nozzle of the beam.

Basic information

• The device requires power to work. The amount of power needed is determined by the beam length, device state, and force applied when moving objects.
  • The further and the heavier the objects are, the more power the tractor beam needs to be able to move them.
• If power is cut out, the object will stop moving but it will be held in place.
  • This is a safety feature to prevent objects from drifting away, causing possible damage in interiors, such as factories and ships.

• Tractor beams are commonly controlled with buttons and levers.
  • Buttons toggle the power on and off.
  • Levers control the beam length, rotation and such.

• In automated factories, the tractor beams are generally connected to a mover.
• Endoskeletons can be moved by a tractor beam, but can easily escape.
• Cargo lock beam locks object entirely if hits it from 3 sides and small. Tractor beam, meanwhile, will never lock an object entirely and used to transport something. Also, as stated above(but will serve as a reminder here), tractor beam can actually manipulate with it's target, unlike Cargo lock Beam.

Assembly

A tractor beam needs to be attached to several objects to function:

• Utility Tool Body which needs equipped with 2 Utility Tool & Rail Cannon Capacitors
• Small Turntable Mount 2
• Small Turret Base or equivalent
• Device Hardpoint or equivalent

The hardpoint needs connected to Cable or Duct to supply power.

Device fields

Tractor beam

YOLOL field	Description	Range
tractorBeamOnState	Beam on/off	1 or 0
tractorBeamSoftRelease	When set to 1, brings the object grabbed by the beam to a stop, then turns off the beam	1 or 0
tractorBeamSnapToObjects	When set to 1, tractor beam tries to snap held object to nearby objects	1 or 0
tractorBeamSearchLength	Length (meters) of the beam when the beam is not attached to anything. Max range of the beam.	0-100
tractorBeamForce	Maximum amount of force the beam will try to apply to grabbed object.	0-50,000
tractorBeamTorque	Maximum amount of torque the beam will try to apply to grabbed object.	0-50,000
tractorBeamPosition	The distance (meters) the beam tries to move a held object to. Resets on grab, but does not message network / other devices.	0-100
tractorBeamYaw	The yaw (degrees) the beam tries to move a held object to, relative to the base. Resets on grab, but does not message network / other devices.	-
tractorBeamPitch	The pitch (degrees) the beam tries to move a held object to, relative to the base. Resets on grab, but does not message network / other devices.	-
tractorBeamRoll	The roll (degrees) the beam tries to move a held object to, relative to the base. Resets on grab, but does not message network / other devices.	-
tractorBeamObjectInBeam	Indicates whether an object is grabbed by the beam.	1 or 0
tractorBeamForceApplied	Indicates the force currently being applied to the grabbed object. Can be used to detect when the grabbed object has been set to the target position.	-
tractorBeamTorqueApplied	Indicates the torque currently being applied to the grabbed object. Can be used to detect when the grabbed object has been set to the target rotation.	-

Utility tool capacitor

YOLOL field	description	range
StoredLocalPower	How much power is stored in the capacitor	0 - 4000
MaxLocalPower	Maximum amount of power that can be stored	4000

To learn more about how to use fields, consult these wiki pages:

• Universal Tool
• Data networks
• YOLOL