@8nathan You may have one question left: How much thrust do I need to reach top speed?
You need enough thrust that at the point when all your thrust gets eaten up by drag, you already fly at 600 m/s. The drag (called linear dampening) is 10%/s, so at top speed you lose 60 m/s every second. And that's the acceleration your ship needs to counter the drag and keep that speed: 60 m/s² or more.
How do I know my ship's acceleration?
Your ship needs 60 times more thrust (in kN) than it weights (in t). Say your ship weights 20 t, then it requires 20 t * 60 m/s² = 1200 kN of thrust. That's the equivalent of 4 standard thrusters (see below). A ship at 1 million credits weights somewhere around 1000 t, so it would need 60000 kN of thrust or 30 huge thrusters (without engine rooms).
How much thrust do the thrusters provide?
100 kN = small | 300 kN = standard | 800 kN = large / booster off | 2000 kN = huge | 2400 kN = booster on
Multiplied by 1.75 when connected to an active engine room.
Of course more thrusters than the minimum still improve the ship's acceleration.
