the Zoners

[Jinx]

it has been a while that there was a feedback about the zoners, - the NPC faction. - and things are moving on. i d like to see what people think how the zoners as a NPC faction should be like, how they react to others - and how they should be treated.

this is about political power, military power, cultural influence, coercion, manipulation - in general... where do the zoners head towards... .

it has been a few months now that the zoners have installed and enforced a stricter neutral zone policy - that they have set their direct influence around their systems and stations. - there has also been a change of powers with the vanishing of the Asgard Warriors that left some sort of a political gap in omicron-theta.

the new expansion / upgrade will bring more than just a few new models - but also global changes to multiple factions... changes that affect most and foremost the factions that operate ... siriuswide. ( BHG, Zoners, Phantoms, LSF, the Order, the Junkers - and to a lesser extend the Wild and the Nomads )

so it feels like its time to check where we stand at the moment.

so if possible, i d like to hear opinions about the following main topics:

- what are the zoners today? - are they still what they were when they set off from the core to live a more independent life in the rim systems?
- what political powers do the zoners have? - that concerns the visible and obvious influence in the core systems ( goverments and cooperations ) - and their political influence within the pirate groups.
- what influence do the zoners have underneath the surface? manupilations, intreigues, coercion within the lawful factions and the pirate factions... what powers do they have to get what they want - to make others do what they want them to do?
- what economic powers do they have? simply speaking.... how much are they dependent on the economy and how much does the economy depend on them. - how much do the factions depend on them and how much do they depend on the factions. how much are they intertwined - think of it as if the zoners were suddenly vanishing without a replacement... what would happen.
- do the zones spread their ethnics, their "culture"? - they certainly have "views" - how do they "grow" the community - are there many that join them even nowadays? - and for that... what reasons would someone have that joined today ( as opposed to joining in the days of the beginning )
- how much military power do the zoners really have ( just your opinion ) - meaning ... how much can and DO they threaten others to get their will. - officially, they are one peaceful faction. but what does it look like unofficially.


these are all questions concerning ONLY the NPC faction as such - and its developement. not the players or playerfactions.

i d be grateful to read some thoughts about them ... especially before 4.85 comes out. ( it also helps to develope some sort of an idea of a faction ... especially a faction that is rather vague when it comes to their agenda and their capabilities )


edit: i guess one could ( should ) do that with every faction every now and then to check how the perception of the faction develops. - we claim to play vanilla, but things move on.... gotto make sure things don t move faster than the idea of a faction.

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