Zoner Alliance Faction Feedback [ June ]

[Jinx]

bit late - but there you are

@Thyrzul

why do i think that the ZA has not left canon? - easy - canon says that firstly - zoners are very diverse. in terms of discovery - it means they are what is left when you subtract the pirates, the bounty hunters, the idealistic saviours of humanity and the aliens from what dwells in the outer rim.



here is an example of a perfect Zoner:

Andrew Ryan, late ruler of Rapture

you might try to bend your mind around that character, which is by no means a pacifist. - he left his country for the following reasons:

- unrestricted creativity
- limitless research, including unethical research
- escaping the the state that wants to control, wants to know everything about you
- be truly independent
- be out of sight - gone - vanished ... hence, under the sea ( thats not really a coincidence there )
- find a community of like minded people

in my opinion - this bioshock character is a true "zoner" through and through.

strangely enough, you can apply much of Bioshock to Zoners. - maybe not all of course, because it is still a different universe - but maybe it derails your idea of Zoners just a bit.

And what you see in Bioshock is just what happens when the social bonds start to loosen. ( or if you don t like pop culture that much - you can also always read the Lord of the Flies )

It is also a strange thing - that people who seek to live outside of the society, isolated, with their own laws - tend to be very defensive - and also tend to hoard tons of weapons ... "for self protection of course" - its a funny little aspect.


now - with that said - it does not mean that the ZA has not had a disruptive effect on the conservative diplomacy in the omicrons - but i would NOT call it ooRP or non zonerish.

i think you d be naive for sticking so singlemindedly on your idea of what the faction must be like. - you can express that you do not like what they do - but that is different from saying what they do is non canon.


4.82 canon:

zoners deploy juggernaut ships to protect what is theirs ( theta ) - a ship that looms forcefully and threatingly over zoner interests - ready to smite those that oppose them. - THAT is established zoner lore.

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