The Anarchists [A]

[McNeo]

Some people havent been here long enough to know just how deep rooted my characters, and the more veteran of Corsairs in general, dislike the Zoners. My first combat ship on this server was a Titan, and almost immediately after becoming a fixture in the Brotherhood (and like, it's third member ever), we were confronted by the spectre of the Zoner-aligned Asgard Warriors [AW]. Those are truely the beasts of the past, but my characters have a long memory, which twists into hatred every time he hears of Zoners and their defense fleets. Hey, the [AW] even had a Ranseur in their ranks. This was during the times of 4.82 and 4.83. My Corsair characters have existed since even before then.

The uppity attitude of the Asgard Warriors is mirrored by the attitude of the ZA in general, possibly more by the ZDF, and the perception by us that we continue to be treated less favourably by the Zoners. Maybe that's not the case, but its perception that matters, not truth. That's what people seem to miss here. After all, if truth mattered, propaganda would be pointless.

My characters have experienced a steady stream of disrespect from some, not all it has to be said, Zoners. "Do this, do that, dont come here, dont defend yourself from the NPCs when they attack you, follow my whims." That kind of thing. Maybe its misinformed, misinterpreted or something, but trying to convince me, the player, is pretty pointless since I can see that possibility already. That's just not how my characters are going to take it. Corsairs arent the most reasonable people in Sirius, much the same as mainstream Kusari arent. This is actually the experience of a lot of Corsair characters, so its unsurprising that you've managed to tick off the wrong people.

We had no reason to stop the [A] from doing what they were doing. They were expressing our frustration by proxy, and without us having to get involved. If the Zoners chose to escalate things, we would get involved on the political defensive. That the Artemis, the Brotherhood's secondary flagship, was shot down, simply made an enemy of the longest serving, if waning in recent times, Corsair faction. It gave the excuse we needed to open up the can of whoop-ass that had been wanting to be opened for some time. Such an action can go a long way to muting the protests of a diplomatically oriented faction, such as the Benitez. You can't argue with the flagship of your brothers getting crippled now, can you?