While I can't speak for the ZTC, I can at least try to shed some light on why they're giving up instead of "RPing" it through. I'll try to explain it without rambling but I just woke up so meh.
Look at it this way.
Zoners In-RP are pacifists, that means that most of its players look for RP and don't have much interest in PvP.
Now, when you have a large number of PvP fights, it's only fun if you at least have a chance right? I'm sure the Corsairs and Anarchists are thinking our chats are filled it "YAY! They're in Theta/O-74, lets go have some fun." This isn't true. It's more like "Great. This crap -AGAIN-." It's only fun for the Corsairs and Anarchists because the Zoner PLAYERS don't like PvP and mostly aren't very good. On the other side, the Corsairs and Anarchists LOVE PvP and are therefore better on average. Now, "RPing" this event through in this situation pretty much means "PVPVPVPVPVPPVPVPVPVP" and as we all know, PvP is not something Zoners do well in general. Lets face it, who here has heard of a PvPWhore Zoner? I haven't.
I feel as if I've rambled so I'll try to summarize.
Zoners= Bad at PvP
Corsairs/Anarchists= Good at PvP
PvP = Only fun when you have atleast SOME kind of chance
Current PvP= Zoners pretty much have Zero Chance.
Fun Factor= Only fun for Corsairs, not Zoners.
