Don't you think that push/pull/stop effects are weak?

[MacThule]

It's been so long since I've seen that...
Hey, where's the mock-up of THAT ship?? It'd have the distinction of being the only ship in SM with a functional pull weapon...

 

[Sachys]

It's been so long since I've seen that...
Hey, where's the mock-up of THAT ship?? It'd have the distinction of being the only ship in SM with a functional pull weapon...

Crashed on the planet of the apes

 

[MacThule]

Crashed on the planet of the apes

Oh yeah, I heard about that. She flew too close to the planet and took a null point error right to the belly.

Lower chunks never loaded again...

 

[Sachys]

Lower chunks never loaded again...

"Good lord, what are those things climbing out of her nose?!"

 

[Zekester81]

I built a cargo ship with beam/can/pull, beam/can/push turrets. Have successfully used them to dock a cargo pod to the ship. They do function. They might be made stronger, but they do work.

 

[Valiant70]

THe passive effects of push and pull are also invaluable on larger ships, as they let you "fix" the retarded thrust-curve to some extent.

Ahead full impulse! How big are the ships you're talking about? 5 million blocks?