Managed to get it working by accident! :lol:
I had to update the new 'player' ship once before updating it again with a starting system.
Before, I had been setting it up all in one ship 'update'
Edit: Hmm, I'm still getting the error every time an escape pod is destroyed. I've prevented it for now by making them all invincible, but if anyone has any other ideas let me know
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