Scrap Tractor (ware)

The Scrap Tractor employs an array of graviton beams to leash an object to a towing ship. The beams automatically and independently adjust their focus to further enhance the gravitational forces as the distance between the two objects becomes greater, resulting in an elasticity effect. All resistance is not futile, however, since severe disruptions, such as being hit by weapon fire, will cause the connection to break. Likewise, the graviton beams are inherently unstable until the artificial gravitational field is fully engaged, and even minor distortions such as the lingering effects of depleted shields, or electrical currents behind the target's hull, will prompt them to lose focus. Because of these limitations, the Scrap Tractor is mainly used to tow ship wrecks below a certain size limit, to avoid exceeding the maximum energy output of the weapon mount. For reasons which are not entirely clear, the connection remains stable during Jump Gate traversals.

The modern Scrap Tractor has only recently been made available to the wider Gate Network by the Alliance of the Word. The Alliance received the designs for it by deep space messenger drone, sent from the Avarice system, which was once thought lost. It is, however, by no means an entirely new technology. Before the Terran Conflict, and even up until the Gate Shutdown, a predecessor of this weapon - or rather tool - was occasionally deployed by opportunistic scavengers, looking to profit from the ongoing destruction of advanced warships in conflict zones. However, due to the general abundance of resources in the well-connected Gate Network at the time, and the inherent danger of the profession, it never saw widespread use, and the factories necessary for its production were often dismantled as quickly as they sprung up.

Ware price	Min: 12,154, Avg: 14,299, Max: 16,444,
Ware type	Equipment
Ware subtype	Turrets
Ware volume	1
Ware ID (for devs)	turret_gen_m_scrapbeam_01_mk1

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