I am surprised no admins have commented yet. It was stated a while back that capships "can not" use cruise to catch those ships that are faster when thrusting. The first person to use cruise for any reason is considered to be leaving the fight and is not allowed to engage further unless attacked.
This does make it so capships can not catch fighter class ships and it was mentioned that this is the way it is supposed to be. It is one of the negatives of flying a capship.
Are cap ships now allowed to use cruise to catch a fleeing fighter that is only using thrusters?