Not sure whether to put this here or in the modding section, but I'll try here 1st 
I have been playing with merc abilities
Created a ship component like that on the Praxis (which grants merciless points after a victorious battle)
Had no problem with the merciless component or the pragmatic, but when I put in the benevolent one (which is a copy-paste of the other 2) the game CTDs when creating the game.