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Quote:Zoners are very diverse, and the only thing that keeps them together is a common desire to live life according to their own rules. Following from this, I think the only thing that can unite the Zoners is when their lifestyle is threatened (i.e Blanket bounty on Zoners), otherwise, on most issues, I can see them divided
This was the intent of the Zoner Alliance, to keep the Zoner people together for a common desire to live in freedom. It was structured so that for common Zoner issues, all would work together such as Freeport law. It also allows for individual Zoners to act as individuals and to allow Zoner factions to carry own their own diplomacy. TAZ has it's own diplomacy as does ZTC and OSI.
However, not all Zoners subscribe to this. Many independent Zoners will do as they want, act as they want and not care about the ZA. I'm fine with that. I even get a laugh when one of those indies decides that he wants help after he's pissed off a high ranking member of the Corsairs, Outcasts or whoever. They didn't care then, why should I, really. Zoner officials cannot control every Zoner flying around Sirius.
A blanket bounty isn't needed to "keep us together." The bounty is the result of someone who has some imaginary problem with the Zoners and so they decide to powergame. Yes, I, Doc Holliday, said that last statement! I made an effort to contact both of the players to filed those blanket bounties to work something out and they refuse to reply and RP things out. No one can say that I didn't try.