Why do CDs even trigger hostility?

[Techpriest]

As of right now, lawful players are at one of the hugest disadvantage when they encounter a smuggler. If smugglers are lucky to find themselves near a base and start hugging it. They have one of the best opportunity against an attack on lawfuls now:

They can cruise engine right near the base prompting the lawfuls to:
1) fire a CD which triggers the base hostility.
2) begin to cruise engine with them which then leads to:
a) them not actually cruising and just wanting you to trigger #1
b) they actually cruise away and you have to cruise too, but if they're smart they'll just do option a.

Smugglers can also hug the base and ignore any RP interaction at all with the lawfuls. This harms RP interaction and makes lawful RP actually terrible to play as. I won't name names, but this occasion happens more than often and no one ever wants to pay a fine and just instead hugs a base and waits for you to go away.

If this is a hardcode issue, I hope that diving into a planet and hugging a base intentionally to avoid RP becomes a reportable offense.