I have to agree with redshift.
I'v played agienst this faction alot and it's stupid how a single green missle can bypass 4 5k shields and cut 30 maxed out armour blocks in half destroying or crippling a cost 10k ship.

Gotten to the point where i'v been forced to disable this faction as they are just too broken.

this is not one of my favorite factions to play against or play as. There isn't much block diversity nor reason to keep building after around 1000p. The spike launcher is really broken and needs to be fixed. A single lucky spike should not be able to take down a 8k capital ship, at least not with the super low cost. I see potential with this faction, i like the AI designs and I hope more will be added.

how would the tractor beam work?

w00t Deluks!
kudos for you :D