I am also having this problem. I can travel anywhere else in the galaxy, but when I try to travel to the "Valiant" to continue the story line, the game locks up while giving a description of the space station, or whatever it is and then the game shuts itself down. I tried doing random jumps to planets hoping that it would fix itself, but having to log back in after every attempt is a pain and it gets frustrating pretty quickly.
I don't think there is anything wrong with my version of the game and I don't plan on uninstalling/reinstalling the client, when I know it has to be a bug on their end. They have had bugs like this in the past, so I guess it is just a matter of time before it catches their attention and they fix it with a patch.