They do, but nonetheless even if they don't I will try and be the last man to the escape pods.

C-Store Prices might change, but so could;

• The Gold player stipend
• the real $ to C-Point rate
• The ingame methods for getting ships

A price hike in c-points might level out to something bearable if the gold stipend went up, and/or the $-> C-point rate got better.
Or all ships got an in-game dilithium acquiring method.