When a starship is called upon to manage objects in space, it can employ its tractor beam remote manipulators. The tractor beam may be used to tow other spacecraft, change the course of space objects, or manipulate remote instrumentation outside of the ship. The tractor beam can also be used to guide the docking of shuttlecraft, as well as maneuver within a space dock. Tractor beam emitters employ a focused linear graviton force beam and are located on the surface of a vessel at key locations to allow objects of virtually any bearing (relative to the ship) to be manipulated.
