Boost thrusters

Colonial Ships have a boost thrusters ability, which provides additional speed at the expense of maneuverability and combat efficiency. Boost Thrusters can be accessed via the posture screen, as well as the ship Info panel. When a unit uses Boost Thrusters, it will gain an additional 40% to the maximum distance it can move in a round.

However, it also has the following negative effects:
 * Posture will be reset to Neutral, and the Engineering, Armory, Fire Control and Tech Bay subsystems will receive a -60% Strength penalty.
 * Yaw Control and Pitch Control are reduced to 40%.

This ability can be very useful for tactical positioning, but be aware that you don’t leave it on for units about to enter contact with the enemy!