It's occasionally useful, because since there's an ability to target & destroy specific ship components, good pvp'ers can shoot everything off your ship & leave you stranded & w/o defenses
It's been a long time since it's happened to me, but damn! I hate it when it does :/ grrrr.
We all know the only legit way of self-destruct is having 1% on a Nova Bomber - pointing the ship right at the capital, thrusting and launching torpedo that'll likely destroy you, screaming TENNO HEIKA BANZAI!
This little bird went to sleep forever. So long.
Thank you for everything.