An idea

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Civilian Cruisers quite possibly make even less sense than Zoner caps. Capital ships are massive, crewed by dozens or hundreds of military personnel. With that kept in mind, how do the words "Civilian" and "Cruiser" mix?

And no, just because rag-tag criminal groups have capital ships doesn't mean that civilians should also have them. Why? Because first of all, those groups shouldn't have them either, but ended up getting them in a time Discovery's development team didn't really give a rat's ass about the roleplay reasoning - or lack thereof - behind ships. Second, those groups are still exactly that: groups. Civilians might technically be a group, but they're more independent entities than anything else.

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