Thrusters

Thrusters are modules that allow you to move your ship while consuming energy. Thrusters have a linear power consumption per module, but diminishing returns on how much thrust each thruster module on a ship produces. Larger ships will require more thrusters and more power to move at the same speed as a smaller ship.

Thrust to Mass Ratio

A ship's thrust to mass ratio (TMR) determines its maximum speed, as well as how fast it can accelerate. The maximum TMR for top speed is 5.0.

Thruster Management Menu

Opening the radial menu to Ship -> Thrusters opens the Thruster Management menu. In this menu, you can assign the percentage of thrust that goes to each axis of travel, as well as rotational thrust and repulsors. You can also enable "Inherit Thrusters From Docks" to add thrust from docked ships to the main ship, and enable or disable automatic dampeners (passive braking).

Repulsors

Repulsors use thrust to allow a ship to automatically hover off the ground inside of a gravity field.

Enhancing Thrusters With Chambers

Chambers can increase your ship's max speed or unlock a "Thrust Blast" system for sudden bursts of acceleration.

See the Chambers guide for more details.