There were the Borg "tractor beams," but those just drain the shields rather than crush or pulverize the ship.GrahamKennedy wrote:I wouldn't rate tractor beams as a weapon myself. Crushing a 300 year old jet is one thing, but a Starship? We've never even seen a tractor beam crush a shuttle.
As for ramming, it's not really something the strength index includes.
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I wasn't suggesting that the tractor beam should be counted as a weapon, Graham. I was responding to your point that an unarmed E-D shouldn't be able to destroy a Saturn-V rocket by suggesting improvised 'weapons' that it could use.
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I'm quite sure that two tractor beams used together could be a quite deadly weapon.
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Against something unshielded maybe but I doubt it would do much to a starship.
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Yeah, no chance of damaging a shielded vessel. Unless it picks up something big and throws it at the ship.
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It would probably put the shields under strain and drain them over time but the tractor beam would have to be stronger than the norm.
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What I meant was, after the shields were down, through weapons fire or other means, using the two tractors to pull on a weak point, such as pulling on the saucer and engineering sections of the E-D. That would put a lot of strain on the neck connection and could probably tear them appart with a little phaser assistance.
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You know stitch for someone who wasnt going to be around much you are around here and awful lot 
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Well, I had a free night yesterday, a free minute a few days ago, and a free day today. However, I won't have any time till next Tuesday at the earliest, so I really need to make today count.
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I'm around a a little bit
but only really as comedic relief
but only really as comedic relief
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Can you juggle and do magic card tricks for us?Nickswitz wrote:I'm around a a little bit
but only really as comedic relief
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I can make people think that i can.
i lie well
but no
i like making people laugh though
im not very good at it though
i lie well
but no
i like making people laugh though
im not very good at it though