Discussing the lore of CR

[Crassus]

Zoners. Olol. Few thousand (just look at population of their bases in vanilla) people that were struggling for survival in omicrons in vanilla freelancer suddenly pop out behemoths like Jinkusu. They would struggle to build a decent combat fighter that's on par with Houses!

If you judge Zoners by Vanilla lore then you're right, but it isn't vanilla anymore, Zoners are rich, richer than most other groups because of the unique way in which their neutrality benefits them. The trade routes from lawful to unlawful bases and back again and the accumulated wisdom and knowledge to do with shipbuilding explains the existence of a wide range of Zoner ships. The Jinkusu is not exactly a full on combat battleship, it's always been seen as a mobile station, you could also argue the Jinkusu as an evacuation vessel ready to take Zoners away to safety from, let's say Freeport 10, should the OC and CR start going at each other hammer and tongs.
The only faction left who are really meant to be dirt poor are the Xenos and even they got buffed.
Capitalism rules, even in Sirius.

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