Can we have the option to store and retrieve ships at the repair dock?
Doing so would cost a fraction of the credit value of your ship, but crews would be considered off duty and not require payment, and the ship could be retrieved from any repair dock in the galaxy.
Additionally, these stations would have an option to "Set home", so your drone will always respawn there, and you can withdraw a stored ship.
In this way you can amass several backup ships, or just swap when you feel like flying something else, or making a new ship but don't want to lose the current one and all its crew.