Zoner/Zoner Guard IDs

[Clarkie]

Not a bad suggestion, but a bit simplistic, I'm afraid.

Zoner ID already says "cannot participate in unlawful actions"..

The loophole is.. "smuggling" is not considered "unlawful" per se in Baffin, for example, whereas it is in mostbunall Houses.

Smuggling cardi will get you killed by Corsairs. Smuggling artifacts might very well get you killed by Outcasts.

But as "freedom-loving" Zoners, it would be anathema to most of them to have even the CoZ issue an edict against it. Look what we just (secretly) went through regarding whether to make slavers release their cargo on freeports.

I've lost a bit of my "zeal" for the proposal myself; and would happily consider ideas that fit the concept of "Celine's Laws" better. Encouraging good behavior is always preferable to "mandating" it, IMHO.

Therefore, for several reasons, I don't think a "No Smuggling" policy coming from within the Zoner Community is a practical solution, sir. But thanks.

One of the big problems I have with the Zoner ID currently. I'd be much happier if it stipulated 'no piracy, no hunting lawfuls or unlawfuls (aliens exempt obviously), no fulfilment of bounties'. A blanket ban on all unlawful actions is simply wrong-headed, especially when you consider some of the commodities sold on Zoner bases, and the high price paid on some for other less than savoury items..

I dont know who decided that all zoners were goody two-shoes (as if they could ever be thought of as a homogenous group), but it's really not how I see them. I consider zoners to be fairly pacifist, politically neutral, though that stems more from a desire to just not get involved with inter-house rivalry, though ultimately survivors and opportunists. I just dont see how any society could survive on the fringes without breaking the law (in some minor ways). I also consider zoners to be highly individualistic