So this has only been happening today.

Definitely a major issue.

I get the typical 'you are a character in space' bug from time to time, but today have gotten it 3 times, and two of those three times instead of rectifying itself into a ship it has crashed the game outright.

Anyone else running into this?
My theory is lag + a bit of bad code = culprit.

PS

Whenever I show up as a 'ship in a base' I haven't crashed (not yet) and it seems to eventually snap back to being a character.