1) Is this organisation meant to replace the ZAS? Yes and no. I am not in ZAS, I joined their chat and possibly to go RP with them but their activity was nil (except for one member, who has joined me.) Also the recent player anti-zoner thing going on has made zoner politics not to my liking.
2) If not, then what is your relationship to them?
See above. Also if they're still around we will be willing to work with them.
3) What is your funding source for maintaining ships cruiser size and greater?
We will have mining and trading operations, however there will be a limit of 4 caps. The Carrier flagship, a shared BC, my BC, and the other founder has the opportunity to have one. The shared ones are only for Admirals to use. Most likely the player flying it would be myself or the other founder. So by proxy there will be an in-game limit of 2 until we have new members join and get promoted (which will be awhile as no one will get insta-Admiral promotion.)