The Abduction Beam is a cargo tool appearing in the Space Stage of Spore.
Granted upon completing the scan mission or entirely skipping tutorial missions, the intermission equips the player with an Abduction Beam to use this tool to collect a specimen and return it to them for further research. Upon abduction, the player must abduct the specimen to the city.
Usage[]
The tool allows to collect creatures, plants, or rares while deploying via holding down the mouse until the target is transferred into the Cargo Hold. Releasing the mouse anytime between the abduction causes the object to fall to the ground. If it is a creature or a civilian, it automatically becomes eliminated if dropped at a high elevation. Abducting another planet's civilized citizens or resources (such as spice or rares) upsets the local empire. The abduction beam cannot be used to collect Grox, since they are "too toxic" for the Cargo Hold.
Before the Space Stage, it can also be seen in the abduction beam in action in the Creature Stage and Tribal Stage when present spaceships may abduct creatures.
Trivia[]
- The abduction beam is based on a very similar tractor beam from science fiction such as Star Trek or "Skyline", as well as some real-life stories of alleged alien abduction.