I never said all Independants are a problem. I stated the majority of independants are. If you aren't breaking the rules, then you have nothing to worry about regarding stiffer penalties for doing so. I play an Independant myself, and plan to continue playing it. The fact that some independants refrain from abusing the system does not change the fact that most do abuse it. If the only way to stop that abuse is to limit the abillity of all independants to do so, then I, as an indie player, accept that. I would rather have an immersive story and role play community than the ability to fly a battleship. I would rather have a rule abiding community that interacts with each other than the abillity to fly a cruiser. Most characters should not have a capital ship anyway. Capital ships are supposed to be few and far between, not flying around Sirius in groups like fighter wing.
The problem is, that is not the only way to solve the situation. It just happens to be the easy way out and can be easily abused.
If you want lower capital ship numbers, do not fly one yourself. This mod has capital ships and anyone that can role-play one deserves an equal opportunity to fly it. We have enough restricted content as is.