Hide and Seek

Tractor beams on ships typically worked only on non-living objects. If a living being was detected within its range, the "suction force" would be significantly reduced—this was not a bug, but a security feature.

After all, without such a limiter, kidnappings using high-powered tractor beams would be a rampant problem across the universe.

Previously, we also used this tractor beam to pull us in while a Detonid was chasing us. However, back then, we were wearing powered suits that hid our vitals from the beam's sensors. Thus, the beam didn't detect us as "living beings" and pulled us with full force—this one's a bug or an exploit discovered by hardcore players like me long ago.

Of course, there were illegally modified versions of tractor beams that didn't differentiate between cargo and people. But only criminals or pirates used that kind of tech—not legitimate ships like mine.

{Hang on tight!}