As of right now not many players tend to go for prestiging. Whether that be not wanting the extra two rows of space, or all together not wanting to start over. A few conversations have been had in the general chat trying to find some ways that this may be more enticing for players. One thing myself and a few other community members discussed that would, hands down, make us prestige would be unlocking the compact container with prestige points. Although this container would be very expensive to craft, it would be very worth while to unlock.
The only other thing I would add to the game would be ship insurance. This would allow for a money sink to players who have everything and not make it seem like gathering valuables is not important/pointless but also add some reason for players to take out ships other than the rust bucket. Along with this maybe some missions could be added such as "steal ship" or possible ''disable ship" just to give cause and reason for space combat.