I agree, this would be nice.
On the topic of salvage beams however, anything that has shields active should be made immune to it. From what I hear a player-controlled vessel is immune to being taken apart manually by someone else, but an empty ship appears to be quite vulnerable to them indeed. Making a shielded vessel immune to salvage is a must if we are to eventually have ships that can otherwise be locked by a player to allow them to leave it \"safely\" around someplace. Of course, take down those shields, and...