Zoners

[Lythrilux]

*Nomads constantly strike at the Freeport*
*Core 1iC expects Zoners to sit around with their fingers up their butts*

They've got cruisers, gunboats, bombers, fighters. Taking BS guns off the Neph doesn't neuter them from being able to defend themselves at all. And when they do require the heavy guns, they simply contact local groups for assistance

*Also says this doesn't let Order/Core do stuff*
Explain how people playing with Nephs takes away from either of those factions? No really, I want to know. Because I know for a fact that people log Core to grind Cap missions in delta. Maybe not Official Faction ships but indi Mako's are not a strange sight in Delta, yeah Rho is empty, mostly because there's not much to do there.
And hate to parrot others but, with the "It doesn't fit their RP" neither does Order suddenly having a large fleet after Toledo despite everything saying that the Order is on life support InRP.

For every Neph that farms, it could be an Ossie or Mako instead.

And whilst I do agree with your sentiments about the magic Order fleet, it would still make more sense for them to farm than Zoners because they have both the expertise and equipment to do so. As I said previously, diving into a group of Nomad battleships, or heading into the deeper and more dealy Nomad systems to farm, with a mobile colony ship filled with people makes no sense.

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