1. make a ship take off horizontally, and not vertically at all? like so I could have a escape pod launch from a tube.
like in the vehicle odf, there is a line like takeoffheight = #

2. can terriancutters cut through objects too?

3. how feasable is a tractor beam? like have a modified force pull from a turret, and if you got hit by it your ship would shake (since it would be invisible) and it would lose most control (be able to move Very slowly to try to escape) and pull it toward the tractor beam turret.

#2 No, only terrain.

#3 - Push/Pull only works with units.