There have been worse revelations about factions' "unknown" but dirty sides and the only case in which faction diplomacy changed was the OSI-Rheinland incident, in which the OSI leadership accepted the development and - as I am told - actually wanted it that way.
I think the fear of "All Zoners will be red to Houses!" is unfounded. If it was that easy, my faction would be red to everybody and their stepmothers and pets, as well as every neutral faction would be auto-red to all Houses because of some screwup that simply happens sometimes.
Relax.
Look at it as an opportunity for rp.
Even though it is not the cool type of rp... believe me, as IMG I know that. It normally involves numbers followed by 6 to 8 zeros in fees plus some other things that are rather uncomfortable.
But still: Houses will not simply say "Baaaam! U Zonurz <3 terrorists! Baaaaam! FR5 on Zoner ID!" because actually there are sane players and FR5s (if they were filed, which I highly doubt) have to be passed to the Admins. And they would not agree with it, likely, as it would change the lore in more than one way for many many players.
And perhaps one little statement about my "skypelancer" comment: I do not say that I condone it. I just -know- that the discussion about it has already happened. Faction leaders talking about it, checking what the backgrounds are, checking on the context and how to proceed actually makes sense. I just worded it a little controversly because at the time I wrote it, this process was happening, and I found it funny.
I bet, the damage for Zoners will be temporary and it will be possible to cope with the fallout, in case the message is not rejected because of the oorp drama behind the whole thing.
