Noob questions regarding Zoner lore and IDs

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This concerns the details of Zoner & Outworlder Assembly IDs, and the history of Outworlders.

So, as far as I can gather, Outworlder Assembly ID seems to be a continuation of the discontinued Zoner Militant ID. Same roots regarding Bering's Freeport, the Carrier Tarrafel story, etc. When did they form the Outworlder Assembly? A curious thing I've noted is that nowadays there is only one Zoner Shipyard (Livadia) capable of building capital ships up to battleship size, and it is owned by Outworlder Assembly. I don't know if that has always been the case but I'm under the impression that it has. Livadians are exiles from Omicron Theta's Freeport 9. Quite far away from the Pennsylvia, Bering and Gran Canaria events revolving around the carrier Tarrafel. How did the Outworlders end up in the Omicron Theta/Kappa regions? Were they all refugees from Gran Canaria moving to Pygar? The Freeport 9 -> Livadia exile happened in 810 AS and Bretonia annexed Gran Canaria in 826 AS, so I assume the Livadians formally switched faction to Outworlders at some point after their arrival in Omicron, during the past 4 in-game years.

What I found weird in the ID rules is that Zoner ID is allowed to fly battleships but Outworlder Assembly ID is not. Why is that? The zoner sub-faction who builds the colony ships can't fly them. Is there a lore explanation that I've missed? Is it a historical oversight? Or is it some kind of PVP balance thing, since Outworlder ID has more combat rights and ZOIs outside Freeport NFZs? And speaking of their ZOIs, nowadays the (NPC) faction seems to be centered in Theta with lesser presence in Kappa, but their ZOI is Omega-48 and Bering. Is there anything still going on with Freeport 2 and Gran Canaria?

Also, any posts or links summing up the big picture of Zoner history on Discovery would be very welcome. It's been fun chasing the details from in-game info but my grasp of everything is spotty at best.