The IPM uses it's 1M additional pay to purchase another Lightning.

OK, seriously people. What does this rebel fleet + indie fleet CURRENTLY have in it? Nobody seems to know, and I can't find it anywhere.

If nobody knows, we might as well either reset the game, or let it die as it has been. Because I can't attack without having at least some idea as to what I'm fighting.

-Dash

The rebel segment has:
32 cruisers.
44 destroyers.
44 mantas.
The indie segment has:
1 Kestrel.
12 Corvette.
7 Rapier.
3 Scoutship.
1 Clipper.

The fleet you say you are sending has:
10 Cruiser.
28 Frigate.
30 Gunboat.
24 Patrol Ship.

If it were me, I'd send in the corvettes first as a screening line, and take out the gunboats before they can do damage to the mantas and destroyers. After that, the rebels obviously outnumber the confeds.