The Feds don't support PFs in SFC on their own. You have to "trick" the game a bit. Here's how I do it.
First, I move
all the Lyrans above the Feds in the shiplist. You can use ANY PF race. (Lyran, Gorn, Rom) I'm just using the Lyrans in this example.
Then, copy and paste your specs for the Fed tender (F-SDA, in this example) into the lyran section and change the first 6 columns as I have here. I use SB (starbase) for the hull type as it won't show up in skirmish mode while looking through the Lyran ships. I seperate the hull types by size classes. I use BS for PF and FF, BT for CLs and CAs, and SB for DNs. By making it SPECIAL and restricted (R), it stops it from showing as a Lyran in campaigns. When you fly against it as an enemy ship it'll show as a starbase. I seperate the hull classes the way I do so you can tell what sizeclass ship you are fighting against.
- Lyran SB F-SDA SPECIAL 637 R
You must do the same with the PFs as well.
Keep them listed as you have them in the Fed section. Just copy them into the Lyran section (after moving it to the top of the shiplist) and make the above changes to the first 6 columns. I hope that helps.