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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 37 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Sorry Data, but Geordi's right. The Tractor Beam literally never works. We need to start giving new ships grapplers like the NX-01

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago

Unless they're Vulcan. Then they put the grappler to shame.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I recall those working once on Enterprise, but I can't remember the context... maybe I'm misremembering and it never worked?

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They had grappling hooks on Enterprise. The Vulcans had a tractor beam though.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, my comment was about the grappling hooks. They weren't very reliable either.

I'm sure the tractor bean on TNG worked way more often. And I don't remember what they had on TOS.

[–] Crismus@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 years ago

Once they grappled onto a ship's nacelles and disabled them using brute force.

Physical attacks can work pretty good sometimes.