Depends on what characteristics Mesa wants for its Alpha lines. I seem to remember a DW comment that Anisimovna would not want to meet Honor or Thandi Palane in a dark alley. I'd comment that she has shown a healthy fear of taking on bodyguards of this gamma line.

The byplay is more likely to impress on them her importance.

The best guess is that the Streak ships are able to reach the Iota hyperspace band.