tractor beam v collision detector

[nitrobenz]

Since Collision Detector says, "While you boost or barrel roll, you can move through and overlap obstacles." Can a ship equipped with the Collision Detector upgrade be tractored onto an obstacle?

[Kris M]

Yes, the word “can” is used to mean “has the capacity to.”

For example, an ability that says “While you boost or barrel roll, you can move through and overlap obstacles” means when a ship with this ability boosts or barrel rolls, it ignores the rules that prevents them from overlapping or moving through obstacles. 

The ship always applies this effect as the effect is not optional but instead an expanded capability.