Do the Zoners need enough food to feed anybody but themselves and a small percentage of others?
That is to say, as I was unable to find any vanilla bar rumours on Corsairs desperately feeding off of Zoners, do Zoners need so much imports from the Core? Moreover, are the Corsairs starving to begin with? The only thing I found was quotes on Vertru. Is the "Corsairs are starving" business a plot device invented in Discovery?
As I said, the bar rumour I found on Freeport 9 was, "It's thanks to the Pharmaceuticals from Atka Research Station that this Freeport hasn't been blown out of the skies."
Have the Zoners been bringing the wrong supply shipments all along?? "Bring Food, Food, Food," when all the while it should have been, "Bring medkits, vitamins, and sleeping pills!!"