docked ships can use their thrusters

[kokoilie]

I'd like to suggest using the thrust of docked ships to move/rotate their carrier.

For example if we (3 players) manage to coordinate ourselves on a planet in a ship with two attached to the sides to make a v-toll
or use one on the side far from the carrier's core to be used as spin/rotate helping thrust.

The docked ships (on a turret doucking unit) will be rotated acording to their carrier with the mouse and the direction of their thrust with wasd q and e.

 

[MossyStone48]

People have also requested tracktor beams and tugships and the like to help move their bigger ships around better.

You can make a temp mast and boom system that increases the efficiency ratio between the ships dimensional rotation yaw and pitch. If you construct those temp structures from thrusters you get the little goose in the thrust ratio too. That would increase the efficiency of the bonus from matching dimensions.

The readout in build mode should help you get the info you need.