GDA 😎

If you have your own original blueprint you want to use or can get permission to use a workshop blueprint but don't want to create your own mod for this, I'd be willing to make it into a respawn ship mod for you :)

@MistLynx: I don't think this ship would be a good choice for that, as a) it has a max crew of 2, b) would never get near a planet's atmosphere, that's what the dropship is for (see link above for the full blueprint) and c) this version is balanced around a space start.

That said, you have several options to get what you are looking for:
- Make your own respawn ship. There are a bunch of video tutorials on how to do that. Just make sure to make it a planetary respawn ship to ensure you start inside the gravity well. By editing the RespawnShip.sbc you can also set the spawn height above the planet etc. Disable the parachutes on the vessel (partially) if you want to make a proper crash. Make sure to test this a lot so there actually is a chance to survive the crash! Also, add a !working! survivalkit/medbay to the blueprint so your friends can spawn inside the same ship as you.

- Set up a world as a scenario by pasting in the prepared blueprint you want in creative (again making sure you have a working respawn point so your friends can spawn there). Once you are satisfied, save the world and then save again under a different name, thereby preserving once savegame for future starts. For this, you don't need to create a mod, as you can just load that world as a multiplayer or start it as a server.
- there are several 'crashed' etc respawn ships for planets available already on the forum, although I don't know if any of them are multiplayer capable.

Would love a world start with something like this right inside the gravity well of a planet forcing you and friends to try and repair what they can to make the crash landing softer.

This damage is carefully orchestrated, though: just enough to be challenging without being completely impossible. At least that's the balance I was going for :D

looks about the same from when I was testing it and got too close to a pirate gps coord lol