Corsair - Zoner

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QUOTE(Curios @ Jan 31 2012, 05:15 PM)


I'm speaking not of you but in general. And I'm not a Corsair or Zoner player.

Also "balance of power" is bullsheet since it's not about balancing anything but about being nice with people around so they won't knock at your door if something goes wrong.

It is about being nice but to who?
If the Zoners are nice to the Corsairs, Outcasts complain.
If the Zoners are nice to the Bounty Hunters, Corsairs complain.
All the groups sit poking the Zoners to stop helping the others.
There's a reason that they poke.
The Zoners being especially nice to one faction gives it an advantage over the others and usually damages the others too.

If the Zoners chucked all the BH off their stations, Corsairs and Outcasts would jump for joy.
Bounty Hunters would be none too pleased however.

If the supplies the Zoners bring were the only things holding the Corsairs back, the Corsairs would've pounced on them already.
It is the possibility that the Zoners could help their enemies, giving their enemies an advantage over them.

The Rheinlanders could be invited to Freeport 2 if Liberty annoyed the Freeport enough.
Of course the Freeport would lose its independence but drastic measures could be required.
It would effectively give Rheinland a good staging post while also removing a useful aid for Liberty.

Those are the threats that were enshrined in the zoner infocards, whether they be base rumours or ship infocards.

And that is where it all went wrong. I believe even Jameson said that it was quite understandable that FP9 might restrict it's docking rights to certain vessels that constantly put it in danger of reprisals. I assume he thought the same for FP10 but the one fundamental difference was that unlike Theta, Tau37 has a lawful base in it already so hardship for the removal of docking rights there to specific vessels wouldn't really be that hard on those ships would it?
Whats more, Zoner cache would skyrocket on one side and still grudgingly increase on the other.
The mistake (and offence) is the invitation of docking to the enemies of ones neighbours. Not a restriction to allies.
Bases in Theta did offer succour to corsair enemies and that was the corsairs sticking point.
If Zoners in FP2 wanted to make a statement on neutrality if 'annoyed' by Liberty, they should simply ban Liberty ships from docking there, not invite their enemies.
Inviting their enemies doesn't just bring military attention bad though that is. More importantly, it stands in direct opposition to what the Zoners claim to be which is neutral.
If they remain neutral, they have the backing of everyone in Sirius but once they pick sides, it's all over and here, people have long memories.

With regard to the debacle of Theta, it is my view, the wrong choice (as above) was made and military action was the only 'choice' that remained. There was no option on the table for the corsairs and with certain external factors, 'unique' diplomacy and some individuals, the Omicroners had little choice in the end either.
To much 'No U', testosterone and pimples frankly.

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