If this is already a feature then I'm dumb.
But I feel like this would be a useful under certain circumstances.
Ability to click and drag to choose tractor beam "hold" distance
11 days later
Gray I agree! Tractor beam hold distance is currently decided simply by when the beam first hits the ship - allowing the player to decide the push/pull distance would allow the player to more directly influence the position of the enemy ship.
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a month later
It might be more useful to put a slider or spinner in the interface as this could be used to set a distance without having a target and have it stored the way ion prism orientations are. This would allow AI run NPCs to manage their tractors sensibly.