Zoners

[The Sovereign]

I just love have the debate about Zoners continues. I'm well known here and I've only ever played a Zoner. Why? Because I'm good at it and not too mention that I don't have the mindset for playing the criminal element, I'm already a soldier IRL so I really don't want to play house militaries or police, my PVP sucks and I'd rather use my mind than guns.
That said, I've had a colony ship forever. It is called Med Force One and lives pretty much in Omega 49. I wasn't yet an admin when the decision was made to prevent the Zoner Whale from docking in house space but I supported it. Zoners live where no one else wants to and generally avoid house space unless they need something there they can't get. Whales were viewed as a power trading ship in which house shippers saw as a threat. I use my BWT exclusively and it was my first ship and it's still the same as the day I bought it. I fly through house space en route to places but try to keep my trading as Zonerish as possible.

Back to the Colony ship. In Zoner lore, it is considered secret tech and sometimes legend. If that's the case, why would any self respecting Zoner WANT their Nephilim to be so much as seen in house space? In RP, MF1 has a lot of secret equipment and tech on board and it's always changing. I'm sure not all Zoners see it that way. Some think they're a great gun platform. First of of all, if a someone wants it for that, they really aren't much of a Zoner. Talk/negotiations are first, NOT guns!
Also, there are a lot better ships of that size for battle. Core, Corsairs, Outcasts, BHG and Order ships are a few examples.

Lastly, for those who think that Zoners MUST have enemies, you don't know Zoners. If a player follows Zoner lore, that person keeps to his or herself. They left a house military, they left a criminal life or just wanted to live on the edge. They SHOULD know how to deal with all regardless of what side of the law they walk or with whom they are affiliated. Granted, some non-Zoners will be jerks to them or just assume things like "You're friendly with Outcasts so you must be carrying cardamine."
I'll keep playing a Zoner until Freelancer goes away. I take a lot of pride in my work.

If there was ever a Zoner you should listen to, its this one.