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There really isn't any situation that i can think of that would require running the bow thrusters continuously more than a few seconds. Even if you were holding the bow in a wind it would likely be bursts of use.

Sure but what's the limit? How much rest time do I have to give it? Do I have one shot to put the bow back on the ball and if my crew misses the pendant I don't dare hit the thruster again because it hasn't rested enough?

And more importantly, why is this even a thing? Can the motor just not cool itself? Why can't it handle more than a few seconds of continuous operation?

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Better to ** trip a breaker** than burn out your bow thruster.

Why is it so easy to burn out your bow thruster? It just doesn't make any sense to me. Regardless of how much I *should* need it, why will it break if I use it too much?