Not sure if i'm reading this right. But your shields de-activate when you drop your cargo... coverd in the manual.

Mmm...
That makes sense, I suppose.

yeah, the shield is de-activated when u wanna jettison a cargo. first time i did it, i took in scrap metal by mistake on my anubis (shortly after SP) and a couple' o' rouges told me to hand over the metal, and i did, not bothering to stay and make their aquanintence..my sheild's deavtivated and i felt a bit vulnerable but i saw the metal dropping out (my droppings) and it went back on. i suppose if u didn't the metal would stay inside ur hull and follow u around, which would make it look kinda weird...

presently, my world is upside down, so if u do not mind, u'll have to tok to my a$$

then doenst anyone wonder why you dont have to drop your shields when you tractor something in?

or why wont it bounce around outside your shield and act as a secondary armour

That explains it, thank god for that...it's bit unnerving when you have 8 Corsair Titans in front of you and your shields drop and you don't know why

At least I now know they can't remotely disable my shields.
(and I hadn't pressed a key by mistake)

Thanks for the info guys

Ah, I see more technical information is needed. The Mk13 Mod1 tractor beam is unique in its design, in that this beam will actually sync with the frequency of a ships shielding allowing the beam to actually form a sort of hole through the ships shields while maintining shield integrety.

Upon gaining a lock on, the tractor beam surrounds the intended target with this field, allowing it to pass through the tractoring ships shields.

However it is not recommended to attemps to tractor explosives in this manner as your shielding will be ineffective should the device detonate.

Hope this helps, hehe.

Edited by - Zaratomb on 03-04-2003 17:07:33

Great... now explain the working principles of super-luminal drive and artificial gravity generator.