Perhaps a new alien race like triglavians but is peaceful in nature but also defensive, like triglavians the ship comes in frigate, cruiser and battleship, this line would be tier 1 ships
When repairing others and itself, the ship comes togethor and “shells up”
When defending itself it opens up, i imagine it to be diamond shape with a circle core that opens and closes around the core depending on what mode it is in.
The ship has a singular ray that can repair armor, shields and hull… but on the downside it does not have the range of other logistics, however you can survive / self repair better in the repair mode at close range with other ships in pvp / and mission running.