revision of the ZONERS faction - to avoid yearly discussions

[Zuretz]

Well, Zoners need to be able to defend themselfs effectivelly if needed to, not really to win an all out war, but at least to protect a convoy or the families living at freeports, for example. Therefore i believe theyr warships will always be necessary, some of them maybe even with a little more firepower to make an upstand against theyr counterparts of the rival forces around the edge worlds who are less prone to negotiations (nomads or wilde for instance).

By the way, I wont get in the merit of Zoners having gunships, cruisers, carriers or other capships here, i believe this is a lore discussion problem (which was resolved or not?).

In my opinion, it's not becouse a group is more prone to negotiation or trading that it needs to be leveled down in comparison to others in terms of firepower in ships, even becouse Zoners are not in the most friendly of the places, it's the edge worlds, nobody knows what to expect in there, from what i know (well i could be mistaken, i'm new at this) some nomad group could pop up and decide to blow up your freeport or convoy without any real demands, so protection is needed, and not help from others, but help from yourself, theres no 911 call there that would arrive in time, and when a bullied group doens't show any capability to fight back, well evrebody knows what happens, so i think the nerfing of overall zoners ships isn't quite the solution to anything, firepower will always be necessary for the Zoners.

About the way Zoners behave in encounters, thats something i think will always be intrinsic of each one, well, if you are flying your whales carrying food or hull segments or wathever for the freeport alongside with a cruiser and two heavy fighters, and 2 pirates come demanding something, just becouse you are a Zoner, will you comply? I don't think so, theres a big chance you will just tell them to leave while theyr engines still work, right?

And the same goes to maintaining the independence of freeports, Zoners can be proud people too, well, they are free, and to be kept free, they need to defend that freedom, and in space, theres only one way to do it, firepower and influence, you do something against me, it won't be easy, try to rule over my freeport or over me, ill blast you; and if i cant, ill hold you off untill help arrives, and when it do, well you're dust... Zoners have the right to at least try...

Well, thats my opinion.

EDIT: third paragraph was a little ambiguous.