I don't think it's possible, basically. This part of the game is completely hard-coded. The only thing that COULD be done to simulate it is something like what we had in SH4 commander, where you could change the status to "surrendered" instead of "sunk" when your career was lost.
Alternatively, damage mods should prevent these types of parts from being destructable. But that still might leave you without enough fuel to reach base... So another option is some kind of savegame editing.
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