Now, I ordered my guys (The Brotherhood) to mess with miners out in 49 a little while back. Why? Good question, I wanted to start an rp discussion on the rp of O49.
Dab, I dont like this whole idea of just changing history that we dont like. Clearly there Corsairs have a role in 49, and just deciding that it's easier for the Zoners if they werent there, is not a reason to change the infocards. There is a huge Corsair population on Canaria, and I dont mean Corsairs who decided to become Zoners, or lulsairs Mal, I mean Corsairs with a capital "C." The whole notion of just wiping that out offends me. One little musing I had, one of those, "wouldnt that be cool" moments, came to me while flying in Gallia, (awful place it is) They have a planet out there that has two different docking rings and mooring fixtures. Gran Canaria has two very different populations living on it, your peace love and such Zoners, and a bit more aggressive, punchy like Corsairs. What if each of these populations had their own ring. It would make the touchy diplomacy between the Zoners and the Corsairs that much more fun.... See if you get rid of the Corsairs in 49, you get rid of all the things that go along with that, like the protection of Freeport's in Corsair space. So without the Corsairs in 49, the only thing keeping the Corsairs from destroying every Zoner ship and Freeport in sight is food, and the Corsairs can in fact get food from other places, so it would only be a matter of time before Freeport 5 and 9 were gone and 11 under siege. The RP of Canaria is one of the things that keeps the balance, remove Corsairs from 49 and the balance goes all wobbly. I think the answer may in fact be in forcing us to figure out our relations.