OK. So CMDRs want a non lethal option to attack NPCs.
Most places would still consider this some kind of assault and would still send you to jail.
Well its more that the shock aspect was clearly intended to be non-lethal, and as I said, I would expect to get a bounty for assault, just like when you damage a ship, but you don't get notoriety for that. Apparently that's not on the table though due to PEGI ratings. So just a removal of the knocked out status icon would be sufficient for me to make it not have conflicting info in game.