With the addition of physicalized cargo to Star Citizen, having ships that come with integrated tractor beams now matters more than ever for players who are interested in cargo-hauling missions.
With an integrated tractor beam, players can load/unload the ship without leaving the cockpit, and that will be a huge time saver for haulers. However, hauling cargo is not the only use case for the tractor beams.
Salvage ships like Vulture and Reclaimer use it to move around the salvage pieces, while a ship like SRV uses it to tow ships.
Flight Ready Ships With Tractor Beam
- Origin 315p
- 1x Size-2 front-facing Tractor Beam on the nose
- Used for moving cargo boxes
- Cutlass Black
- 1x Size-1 back-facing Tractor Beam on the top of the ramp entrance
- Used for loading/unloading cargo
- C1 Spirit
- 1x Size-2 back-facing Tractor Beam on the top of the ramp entrance
- Used for loading/unloading cargo
- Caterpillar
- 2x Size-2 front-facing Tractor Beams on each side of the ship
- Used for loading/unloading cargo
- Zeus CL
- 1x Size-2 back-facing Tractor Beam on the top of the ramp entrance
- Used for loading/unloading cargo
- Nomad
- 1x Size-1 back-facing Tractor Beam on the top of the cargo carrier
- Used for loading/unloading cargo
- Hull-C
- 4x Size-2 spindle-facing Tractor Beams (two on the head, and two on the tail)
- Used for loading/unloading cargo on/from the spindle
- Constellation Taurus
- 1x Size-2 elevator-facing Tractor Beam
- Used for loading cargo on the elevator
- Reliant Kore
- 1x Size-2 Tractor Beam
- MPUV Tractor
- 1x Size-1 back-facing Tractor Beam on the tail
- Used for loading/unloading cargo boxes
- Vulture
- 1x Size-1 front-facing Tractor Beam on the arm
- Used for moving around salvage pieces
- Reclaimer
- 2x Size-1 front-facing Tractor Beam on the arms
- Used for moving around salvage pieces
- Argo SRV
- 1x back-facing Tractor Beam on the tail
- Used for towing ships
Concept Ships With Tractor Beam
- Ironclad
- 2x Tractor Beams on the cargo bay roof
- Used for loading/unloading cargo
- Liberator
- Features Tractor Beams for moving ships or cargo boxes
It is yet to be seen whether the older ships like C2 Hercules or Argo Raft will receive a tractor beam in the future, but they both lack it at the moment. Starlancer Max is also another big cargo ship that comes with no tractor beams.
That being said, players can still use hand tools like Multi-Tool or MaxLife to move around the cargo boxes. Argo ATLS is also a capable suit for moving cargo around, especially when loading/unloading a massive amount of them.
Also, it’s worth noting that there are no ground vehicles with integrated tractor beams at the moment.
