How a player faction excludes a characteristic of the NPC faction

[Howard10]

So, they don't depend on anyone at all... their planet sucks, but they can still live in there without dying, their drugs kill them if they stop using them, but that's not a problem, because they produce it in their sick planet, they have hard times making babies, but as they live 3 times what the normal sirian, the population is not in danger.

I'm repeating myself, because, it really doesn't look like a weakness, if they are able to solve the problems by themselves, or at least, it doesn't even scratch corsairs' problem levels. Which is depending on a third party.

To be frank, the Zoners aren't needed by the Outcasts in the same way. Not at all. The Corsairs need them for survival (at least partially; marginally some might argue these days, depending on their primary affiliation). The Outcasts however, use the Zoners for leisure.

Not in the jigglo kind of way, although I'm sure some Outcasts are into that sort of thing... What I mean, is the Zoners are a middleman with the Houses. For example, the Dons are accustomed to a certain style of living, while the toiling masses, well, toil below them. And are cut to ragged shreds by razor grass. But that doesn't matter - this is an oligarchy, dammit! :P

Anyway, the best and brightest in luxury commodities come from the Houses, right? Outcast affiliated shippers shouldn't be docking at the Houses, and wouldn't be able to secure a constant supply of produce even if they did. The Zoners can and typically do. The Outcasts don't need the Zoners, but they can raise their standard of living significantly by using them.

So, basically, the little creature comforts that make living on a poisonous purgatory pleasant. Plus we sell fuel. Can be useful sometimes.

Afternote: at first the Zoners of '37 were attacked by the Outcasts, in a lazy 'hey Bob, send a raiding party to clear out those squatters will ya?" sort of manner. Through sheer bloody mindedness, and many, many attempts to bargain, the Outcasts realised they could maybe, perhaps use the Zoners. Which led to the above. It does also mean that the older residents can remember the good ol' days when youngsters used to respect their elders, and everyone wet themselves when the silhouette of a Sabre flashed across the biodomes. It means to this day, residents are sure to respect the status quo and show a little respect to their touchy neighbours.