@Highland Laddie Ye it was sarcasm, 2nd uhm I guess you know exactly that the Coalition has the necessary resources to deploy at least Cruisers. Also hold on a second srsly, I mean there are factions which just have 2 Battelships RP Lore whise and they still deploy 10 Battleships instead, Uhhhh so for those which try to say "No, the Coalition doesn't have the necessary RP".
But seeing as the NPC Cruisers flying around, why not it's the Army. The SCRA has Battleships, 2 Osirisses and the Kerimov an Order Recon Cruiser. They had "Battleships" inside their ID line aswell as previously Colonial Zephyrs and dunno what Jormungands in the past.
It isn't realy much to add the Coalition Cruiser into the indie ID, realy.
Anyhow, that was just additional question, the actual questionw as about engaging pirates and protecting civies so that you actually can "Live" your RP. We should be able to engage Outcasts, Corsairs, hell if necessary even BHG's.
Coalition ID shouldn't be restricted on wheter it CAN engage someone or not, there are some very silly restrictions, realy.
The Coalition should be able to attack whomever it has as Enemy and hostiles (basicly the Alliance Remnants). Wheter it Propagandas people into following and accepting the Revolutionary Cause or just attacking them because of threat to the Cause should be in the hand of a Coalitioner indie.