So, I was just discussing with some people the possibility of using thrusters on Battleships, and a single method came out of it, which would entirely change the dynamic of battleships:
Battleships would have no speed at all, and would have no possibilities to use Cruise engines. They'd have to rely only and entirely on their thrusters to move, slowly gaining momentum from 0 to 300. Only in a single complete thruster charge you could reach your maximum speed, and letting go of the thruster button would slowly reduce the speed of the ship (as if it were EKing), and reversing would reduce the speed even moreso, and would also let you back up.
As a result, Battleships would have less mobility than most ships, while giving them the potential to have more firepower as a result, while still keeping considerable speed. They would still have to gauge their speed continuously while fighting to keep up decently with other ships and not outspeed them, since they would still be able to fire even if they head at a speed of 300 m/s. This would, also, make them undisruptable. Bombers would also likely have to cruise up to catch up with them and do some sort of weird EK dance around it to try to keep up if it decides to flee, so I don't know how this part would be balanced.
