Ok so I have a Steam-based installation of the game, so I don't really have a choice where I install the game. But I did delete my Steam install, then tried deleting the files and folders from the Starmade directory. Unfortunately (and I have no #$%^ing clue how this happened, let alone how to fix it) the /StarMade/client-database/DATA directory is corrupted to the point where it wont even let me delete it. I deleted everything else and tried reinstalling the game, same thing happened.