Corsair - Zoner

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Guard systems cannot be taken into account when considering your factions weaknesses and strengths.
Omicron 74 and Baffin are slightly different, as is Omega-52.
All in all though, folks taking guard systems into account is one of the reasons why they should be removed completely or removed from faction control (Which they are now, partially at least).

Corsairs need food.
They get supplies from Junkers, Kusari and Zoners.
One way or another, it would hurt to lose any of those supplies.
It would hurt the Omicron zoners more to be blasted to pieces.
If the Omicron Zoners decided to try cut off Corsair supplies, they would most likely fail and suffer quite a bit for it. Not only would it cost lives and lose them a trading partner but it would actually cost money too.

The main reason for the Zoners neutrality has been the balance of power between Corsair and Outcast empires.
The Zoners have not been making good use of said balance but instead relying on the supply argument.

The Corsairs are much like the British Empire. If the local traders are causing issues, the Navy/Army is brought in and they are taught a lesson (Gunboat diplomacy).
If there is another empire, such as the French Empire, to oppose any aggressive moves by the British Empire, then the British Empire would most likely not attack the traders, encase they sided with the French.

Zoners can't rely on the supply argument alone.
Zoners can't rely on the Order for aid anymore.
Zoners need to adjust to the changing scenario.

Corsairs can't rely on Hogosha alone.
Corsairs can't fling imaginary fleets around.
Corsairs need to consider the current situation, excluding guard systems.

This is of course assuming that any opposing factions take advantage of weaknesses as they arise. (Outcasts for instance)

This is the space shooting game with bases not having a health bars so we will not come anywhere in result and just may guess who will die first: Sairs from not having enough food or Zoners from not having enough water\oxy or maybe from being bombed.

But what we can do is to give an excuse to engage our factions for other people or not to give. All zoners do is giving an excuse for Sairs to shoot them, don't give an excuse and this will be called "walking on the edge". Don't hide behind the RP reasons - they are not existent at all and can't be forced in any way. There is you (Zoners) and there are surrounding factions (player bases of the factions you interact with including sairs, hessians, nomads, whatever). To walk on the edge you have to build the relations with people around in the way when no one have an excuse to blow your arse. Of cause you meant to be flexible for it.

But if you're just give out an excuse for another faction to shell your bases and ships and then run to forum to express your feelings about that not meeting with your understandings of RP - It's all your fault.

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