I've seen this a couple times now. The only action I see occur during or before the crash is when someone is hiring a pirate. The game usually picks back up after the 10 minute hiring period. Anyone else able to reproduce or notice this issue?
I can confirm this has happened to me, it's really weird, it eventually fixes itself of the hire is in the future and you multitask out but I have seen this occurring
R10t-- Software Engineering student by day, avid gamer by night.