What happened to Colonial BC

[Mao]

because a small group of miners needs access to capital ships )))

Because they're not small at all. Because they got bases all around Sirius in real hot spots. Because they developed capital ships in cooperation with a militarized mini-house and why not use them if they have access to them.

Honestly it'd make more sense for there to be a Colonial Battlecruiser and a IMG Cruiser instead of the way it is currently.

CR can't rely on brute force since they've been evacuated from Tau-44. See the fate of the Kronos BS (they went back to the smaller and sleeker Zephyr). Same goes for the cruiser. They opted for a smaller and faster vessel that can hit hard and then vanish instead a battlecruiser that is more expensive to maintain and a bigger and slower target. The Tau-23 is the primary battle area and the asteroids there don't really allow big ships.

On the other hand, IMG can use their BC in the open space of Dublin, Magelan and Omegas.

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