Hard for me to word, so I have attached an entity to reproduce:
- load thrust tester
- add 4 thrusters to the core. Thrust should be 20.2ish
- Remove the 4 thrusters
- Toggle inherited thrust
- Total thrust with the other docks 4 thrusters is 22
With this there really isn't any reason not to use docked thrusters and they seem to have a clear advantage over just putting them on the main ship to squeeze out the most possible. I'm not sure if this is intentional but from a balance perspective it seems to be a bit off.
-Confirmed-
Using the docked entity thrust inheritance gave 2 more thrust vs mounting the same amount of thrusters (4) direct to the ship.