Well, I have 3 CMDR profiles. All I had to do was wait for the game was on sale. So the last game cost something like $21.00
The issue I have with that solution is that you cannot reuse your cosmetic items etc,
So why not be able to buy extra CMDR slot in the store then? Since for obvious reasons, a second CMDR save slot cannot be at the same time the primary CMDR is used, it makes sense that it is cheaper.
We could have some interesting settings for the extra CMDRs, like ironman mode. where it resets every time you die.