Of biodomes and breadbaskets.

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Freeport 9 is a frequent stop for criminal organizations looking to buy Food from the Freeport's biodome
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The station was dubbed Freeport 6, and with the addition of a Synth Foods biodome, has become largely self-sufficient.
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Freeport 2 was founded in 650 A.S. by displaced Texas settlers, Hamburg drifters, and a variety of other individuals looking for safe haven. They aligned themselves with the Zoner movement and its open-to-all philosophy, then purchased a series of Synth Foods biodomes for Food production. The exploding demand for Food from the adjacent Texas System and from local criminal elements has provided them with a steady market for their surplus.
No one said the Corsairs were fed by the Zoners entirely. There are many smugglers that buy cheap artifacts from Crete, and come back with food or medical supplies. It's this business that kept the Corsairs from falling apart, since their planet is so barren.

Now, reading the infocards above, you'll find that Synth Foods manufactures all these biodomes. But they don't sell them to criminals. The Zoners bought some, and they've been making quite a bit of a cash out of it. The market's flowing and everyone is happy - especially the pirates.

But as you can see, something went bonkers along the way, and the Corsairs started pooping out Osirises and the Zoners became a federation of sorts, somewhat militarized, and with really big and powerful ships. It just does not make sense with the current lore, infocards and everything. Freeport 9 originally had a population of 100, so that dome was more than enough for full autonomy in that aspect, and they prolly had plenty left for the market.

There is one little grain of truth in this Zoner-Corsair situation though.

The Bounty Hunters Guild has taken advantage of several Freeports in the Edge Worlds to attack the Corsairs'€™ home system. So far they'€™ve been more of nuisance than a real threat, but the presence of Zoner-controlled bases so close to Omicron Gamma has provoked intense debate among the Elders of Crete regarding the future of nearby Independent bases.

But that doesn't much sense now.. since the Corsairs are not getting shot by the BHG anymore.. so why would they want to blow up a station that isn't doing them any harm?

Oh.. politics... well, We'll just go in circles. It's should've been called the 'Zoner-movement', not the Zoner alliance. That's one factor which makes all this seem so odd and awkward. They shouldn't have allied with -any- faction out there, because it defeats their purpose and ideology. Who's fault is that? Whoever designed the Discovery storyline, since the current server players picked up from that, and made even more alliances and stuff, thinking it's the right thing to do.

So what are we left with? A group of Zoners that tried to evolve into a powerful, Sirius wide house.. and got on their knees now, and the remaining ones will re-become what they were supposed to be, unaffiliated and open-to-all? Sounds good to me.

But it seems like certain factions, such as the [A] (who are no being supported by all the corsairs) won't agree on these terms, since they're the ones with a burning desire for conquest.

You see, I don't think the Corsairs Elders would've let this happen, especially at this given moment in time. They don't need to control a base, they just need a staging area - and Freeport 9 already offers them that. It also brings them Pharmaceuticals and Food from various parties. They may not come in industrial quantities, but they're better than nothing. How long would Freeport 9 survive under Corsair control? Who's gonna supply anymore? Cryer surely won't, as well as the rest of the Zoners usually visiting this place, and perhaps many other freelancers and independents. The only reason why the Corsairs would've destroyed or taken over Freeport 9, was due to the BHG staging attacks from it. But since that's not happening anymore, I don't see why they should take it. It's useless.

Freeport 9 is successful not because of the biodomes only, but because of their open-for-all policy.

I was waiting until this would frustrate you enough to post a wall of text.

Other people who tl;dr'd and are just reading my response, read the above, it pretty much explains everything.

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Anything I say is not intended as offensive, and to try and deliberately misinterpret it as such would be an attempt at trolling via misrepresentation.

It's not a conspiracy, it's localised bias. They're not intelligent enough to form a conspiracy.