If a person has been playing for a few weeks and has a high level ship but is going to miss pretty much the rest of the beta, could their points be redistributed to the rest of the legion? That way it's not such a big blow to the legion when it loses someone to vac mode. It's not a lot of points per pilot but better than nothing. If the player comes back earlier than expected, they'll have to go back to new ship (or new less harsh death penalty).
Don't know if there's potential for abuse of this system though?