DUST Search - Tractor beam

Hunter Junko wrote:

currently at a mining op in new eden, and i've noticed that there are tractor beams pulling containers full of loot and i said to myself:

"why dont we fit a dropship with this beam and pull up our guys out of harms way should the need arise"

so here is the idea, squadmate is flying a dropship, surveying the battlefield then his Sqd leader calls for a quick pickup. Pilot knows that there are a fair number of forge rounds flying everywhere and he'll have only seconds to make the pickup.

so he decided to simply hover a fair distance from the ground and activates the beam, the squad leader and whats left of his squad are suddenly lifted up off the ground and back up into the dropship. cargo secured, the pilot puts the afterburners on full blast and they fly to safety.

Restrictions:
very high cooldown time, to prevent spamming the beam all over the place

squad based module, you need to lock on to the squad first in order to activate the beam

benefits:
Rapid extraction

incentive to fly dropships for your squad

DAT SCENERY

anyways i've rambled long enough,there's the idea ,what do you think?

Safe hunting


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Monkey MAC killer taxi company General Tso's Alliance 46	Posted - 2013.08.29 23:37:00 - [1] - Quote Hunter Junko wrote: currently at a mining op in new eden, and i've noticed that there are tractor beams pulling containers full of loot and i said to myself: "why dont we fit a dropship with this beam and pull up our guys out of harms way should the need arise" so here is the idea, squadmate is flying a dropship, surveying the battlefield then his Sqd leader calls for a quick pickup. Pilot knows that there are a fair number of forge rounds flying everywhere and he'll have only seconds to make the pickup. so he decided to simply hover a fair distance from the ground and activates the beam, the squad leader and whats left of his squad are suddenly lifted up off the ground and back up into the dropship. cargo secured, the pilot puts the afterburners on full blast and they fly to safety. Restrictions: very high cooldown time, to prevent spamming the beam all over the place squad based module, you need to lock on to the squad first in order to activate the beam benefits: Rapid extraction incentive to fly dropships for your squad DAT SCENERY anyways i've rambled long enough,there's the idea ,what do you think? Safe hunting Hmm, for use with infantry? Not so much, dropships are meant for insertion, however what if you allowed dropships to physically drop there passenger module the pick it by landing on it? Easy in easy out!
Monkey MAC killer taxi company General Tso's Alliance 46	Posted - 2013.08.29 23:38:00 - [2] - Quote Hunter Junko wrote: currently at a mining op in new eden, and i've noticed that there are tractor beams pulling containers full of loot and i said to myself: "why dont we fit a dropship with this beam and pull up our guys out of harms way should the need arise" so here is the idea, squadmate is flying a dropship, surveying the battlefield then his Sqd leader calls for a quick pickup. Pilot knows that there are a fair number of forge rounds flying everywhere and he'll have only seconds to make the pickup. so he decided to simply hover a fair distance from the ground and activates the beam, the squad leader and whats left of his squad are suddenly lifted up off the ground and back up into the dropship. cargo secured, the pilot puts the afterburners on full blast and they fly to safety. Restrictions: very high cooldown time, to prevent spamming the beam all over the place squad based module, you need to lock on to the squad first in order to activate the beam benefits: Rapid extraction incentive to fly dropships for your squad DAT SCENERY anyways i've rambled long enough,there's the idea ,what do you think? Safe hunting Hmm, for use with infantry? Not so much, dropships are meant for insertion, however what if you allowed dropships to physically drop there passenger module then pick it by landing on it? Easy in easy out!