Zoners - why they do exist?

[Jinx]

here, food for thought ...

zoner archetypes that do not immedietly pop up

- Andrew Ryan (Bioshock)
did not like the rules and laws of the land - went out into undiscovered territory to claim a piece of land that was unclaimed. Set up his own society and rules - and ... incidentally - hardly considered a pacifist or a tree hugger

- Babylon 5 .. actually called a freeport
neutral - allowing everyone to trade.. also armed to the teeth - forging many alliances to defend against aggression. also not quite the pacifists


no idea where the belief comes from that zoners need to be on the barrel end of a gun by default. - While it is true that they are kind of civilians ... they are that sort of civilians that ventures out to conquer new lands - usually with a big stick. The original lore does not suggest them to be peaceloving at all - but preferring diplomacy over warfare (those that prefer warfare over diplomacy must be fox news watchers) - but it is never said that they shy away from armed combat. it is said that they are not very good at it ... in general (compared to a much more war centric society like corsairs) but even so - it does not mean that they cannot be gun nuts and psychos.

other than that - yea - they are story relevant fillers to allow trent to have docking havens between missions - because their reputation doesn t change when he jumps factions.

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