Thruster (Large)

The Large Thruster is a Functional Block in Space Engineers.

Function
Thrusters are an essential piece of equipment for moving a vehicle without a gravity well in space engineers. As an Individual thruster only provides movement in one direction, at least a single thruster in all six are required to bring a vehicle to a halt with the use of dampeners.

Large Thrusters are much more powerful than Small Thrusters, but are far heavier, take more energy, and considerably more space. This makes them useful for larger vessels in need of the immense amount of thruster it provides, though a single one or two can also be useful to smaller ships to give them an impressive amount of acceleration, provided sufficient power is available.

Thruster Controls
(Using Default Keyboard Configuration)

W,A,S,D,C,Space - When inside a Cockpit, these keys provide basic movement as one would expect with general WASD Controls, with the Spacebar activating the bottom thrusters on a ship. C is used to activate the thrusters on the top of a ship, though it is a known practice for players to swap this out with the Shift key for greater convenience and similarity to the control of other games.

Z - When inside a Cockpit, this key toggles the thrusters dampeners, bringing a ship to a halt when enabled, and bring the ship to traveling in a straight line when moving. when disabled, the ship will drift, especially if it is a smaller or lighter vessel.

Options
Like nearly all Functional Blocks, there is the option to Hide the Block from being able to be viewed on the Terminal, and the option to have it shown on the HUD of an Engineer, provided there is an active Antenna connected to the structure.

There is also the option to Toggle the Block itself, powering it on and off.

Thrusters also have an Override control, allowing an engineer to activate a thruster through a Control panel without the use of a cockpit. a Thruster at 60% is roughly that of a thruster being controlled by hand, and a thruster at 100% is that of a thruster at full dampener speed, seen when a fast-moving vessel is being brought to a halt.