Thruster Port/Nozzle

[neospud]

Sorry if this has been suggested before.  Just thinking that maybe a balance of aesthetics and volume can be achieved if you have a thruster port block that attaches or otherwise links to a thruster fuel or base block.  That way you can maintain a more realistic approach to design without punishing people.  In my case the most vulnerable part of my ship seems to be thrusters.  I just found out apparently you can cover them up and they'll still work.  Which i'll obviously do.  We'll see if they will show through the blocks covering them up or not.  Basically i've spent a lot of time limping back to repair or otherwise waiting 30 seconds before repairing mid-fight and re-entering because thrusters were destroyed and I couldn't effectively target enemies.

 

I'd suggest giving each port a maximum thrust so you couldn't just have a ton of volume in the base block and a single port/nozzle in on each axis.