Talk:Tractor Beam/@comment-132.3.57.79-20160311183808/@comment-174.134.48.22-20160327150205

In short: No, sadly. The text on the reference card specifically states that "this... can cause the ship to overlap obstacles (but not other ships)". Because you cannot barrel roll/boost off map, into obstacles, or other ships, it would hold true for the tractor beam. The text on the reference card implies that everything else still stands, except the restriction on obstalces.

https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/3a/d1/3ad18ffb-443d-45d1-837e-b542bc1ffe2f/x-wing_faq_v411.pdf

this is the latest FAQ effective 4.2.2016. On pg. 2, the text "The ship suffers the effect of any obstacle it overlaps." (Certainly implied already but just clarifying.)

On pg. 16, the Q posed is: Can a ship decloak or perform a boost or barrel roll that would cause it to go outside the play area (and thus flee the battlefield)? [note, the text is perform a boost or barrel roll, not an action]

and the A: No. A ship cannot decloak or perform a boost or barrel roll if this would cause its base to go outside the play area.

Still, this cannon is going to be a game changer. Now you have the (albeit limited) ability to move your enemy's ship, and can seriously ruin an otherwise safe manuever. Especially on the glass arc dodgers like Soontir.