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The Mk55 "Thud" engine that radially attaches to anything has always been a pet peeve for a lot of people. It's a jack of all trades since you can attach it basically everywhere, has comparatively high thrust, and a high degree of vectoring. However.... the Thud is excruciatingly heavy for what it does and guzzles fuel. Especially since we now have the Vector that can basically do the same (sans attaching radially), but better. Which raises the following questions: Is there a good use case for a radially-attached LF/O engine with the stats of the Thud? If not, what would be proper stats to make the Thud more useful? Would the engine be better off as a Monopropellant-fired service engine, like a large version of the "Puff"? Since the engine already looks like the shuttle's OMS, feeding it with the right fuel and statting it as a properly usable OMS engine would be sensible. Are there any other purposes for the engine as it is right now? What would be better improvements on it? Remove it altogether? Your opinions are welcome. IMO, the Thud already has the looks of an OMS, and feeding it with Monopropellant means we can fly more realistic shuttle mission profiles since the shuttle does not need to carry LF+O on board.