Nomad Capship Weapons

[Akumabito]

Uh, you seem to be missing the point where they are friends with the Junkers who can get them what they need, are rich beyond contemplation, and they still win in attrition: the Corsairs may be flooded with pilots, but according to rumors the Outcasts still manage to outfight Corsairs and almost always win a "fair" fight. They are super-human, really do have the resources for stuff, have the manpower for it (remember, their workers are crazy efficient and live for ~200 years of effectiveness), and have plenty of money and lots of allies to acquire things. Having the Lane Hackers as friends really doesn't hurt either.

You seem to be missing the big picture. their allies are also weak, and fairly resource poor themselves, and are involved in their own conflicts. The idea that the Junkers are going to supply large quantities of raw materials to the outcasts just doesn't hold water, they are too weak themselves to risk the wrath of Kusari.

You go to outcast space there are no NPC transports to speak of, therefore no supply chain, they just don't have any resources. They are very limited on planets and have no mineable space and no miners to work it if they did.

Secondly, the outcasts loose attrition wise. Even if the rumors are true that they live longer, they don't reproduce, they are a dying society with only a single planet, that's all your eggs in one basket.

Thirdly, cardi affects their brains, leading to eventual insanity.

Fourthly, they have no core proficiency in cap ship construction. Unlike the four big houses who have been making cap ships for years, outcasts simply lack the knowledge to produce such ships on their own.

Outcasts are largely isolated, that isolation keeps them alive when otherwise their enemies would overwhelm and destroy them, but coupled with their drug addiction and their complete lack of resources and knowledge means they would realistically have no in house cap ship production, just like in the original game.