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Because navy in real life is upholding law too.
Not in my country. We are not in war. We live in freedom. They are here to protect our borders and to protect us against foreigen enemy (if some other country atack us.) We have the police to handle criminals.

My country, maybe surprisingly to you, belongs to so called "first world countries". In said country, Navy in peace time is EXPECTED to uphold the law in sea. Special Operations are trained for anti-terrorism operations and hunting down dangerous criminals even beyond the border (wartime - thankfuly not - and diplomatic treaties). Furthermore all branches of military are ordered to assist in or carry out rescue operations of all kinds.

Taking this into account of sci-fi space, a space navy is supposed to assist space police enforcnment against space pirates and even combat them on their own. They should furthermore carry out anti-terrorism operations. You can see several house naval NPC's patrolling lawless territories. To bring an example, Badlands nebula in NY is out of LPI NPC's reach - instead what you see are Bounty Hunters and Navy fighters patrolling entire south of New York.

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