As a retired CR commander there seems to be few of pro-royalist words in your statement, that seems paradoxical.
Also don't exactly know what do you mean by "you are all scum and you need to suffer for past deeds", please be more clear.
As a non violent explorer I can't find any reason to be treated as a hostile especially when flying a Whale and the only weapons on board is "creativeness".
Going further, Gallia open borders to AI ships which can hold even more cargo basing on ID and are not banned from docking cruisers almost anywhere, furthermore they can hunt pirates in specific locations while zoners actions can only be considered as defensive.
If there is a reason why Zoners could be treaded as hostiles to Gallia, there should be some explanation if not this means we should ready up to defend FP VI and X because of Gallic Forces Proximity and something going one behind the scenes, our survival is at the stake.