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Author: fulltimeD

Aug 6th 2012 at 5:44:00 PM

A few questions about the "trope parameters," SuperTulle:

Just to be clear, anything involving a "Tractor Beam" or similar technology IE Farscape's docking web or a graviton beam or whatever does not count, right? As your original description?
Or is this flexible? Would the Star Destroyer pulling in the Blockade Runner in StarWarsANewHope count as an iconic example? Similarly, Borg Spheres usually use tractor beams (I don't remember if the one in Tallens' example did, but I'd bet it did). There's no reason we can't exclude mechanical assistance like a tractor beam, but then again, is there a specific reason why we ''should''? Maybe you could add something to the description like "This may or may not involve a Tractor Beam, grappler or other manipulative device pulling the ship into the maw." OR "This excludes instances where a tractor beam, grappler or other device is used to pull the smaller ship into the maw of the larger ship."

What about a larger ship using a mechanical device like a grappling hook to pull another ship into its maw? Would that count? Or is it too similar to a "Tractor Beam"?