I never said lances were common. I said they were an already existing option, in response to your assertion that lances were somehow "un-orky." You may not like that the option exists, but it does, and it can actually be very widespread. A 1500 point fleet has three Warlords automatically. That's three capital ships or three escort squadrons that can take them.
It may be that you simply don't like the idea of additional ship types. That's a perfectly valid position, but if so, individual objections are pointless. Or rather, they don't address the actual issue, namely you just don't want to see the innovation. But to argue against something on the basis of its absence, when it already clearly exists, is just counterproductive.
In answer to your strawman argument, which I can only presume you already know it to be, thus far your objection has been entirely (and, as we've already seen, erroneously) based on the fact that the option didn't exist (when it did). Never did we discuss balance. Your ridiculous example would be problematic on balance issues, which we both know.