Eagle is needed to be distributed around Sirius, which is true. But we don't need a civilian line of cruisers and battleships. Zoners will be recieving a Gunboat of their own. I can see that ship as an appropriate selection for civilians and even some of the outlaw affliations with limited choice.
As a small edit, I don't agree with Eagle being far superior than its military counterparts. Reason is VHFs are fairly balanced in Discovery except a few bugs which I hope are going to be tweaked with the arrival of 4.85.
