Dab. What Jinx is trying to say, I think, is that Corsairs should be "polite, supportive, respectful" due to their dependence on Zoner food.
Why aren't they? Why are you blaming it all on Zoners?
In lore, Zoners have their neutrality with Corsairs because the Corsairs are dependent on them. However, Corsair factions choose to ignore this and go on with their hostility, while Zoners are forced to continue with 'neutrality thing'.
What I see as a problem with Zoners in general (not any faction in particular) is the NFZ. I don't think you need this. It causes troubles, and it makes hostilities happen. Just yesterday a Zoner Juggy undocked and engaged the Corsairs, but chose not to engage the RoS and MM that were obviously trying to provoke a fight. It destroyed an Osiris and an Imperator. Now, when someone does this (whoever he is, official or not) - Zoners as a whole can only expect Corsair raids on daily basis. And this attack was done in the name of 'enforcing NFZ'.
Can someone explain why are you trying to enforce something that you can't possibly enforce, because you are not a force? In roleplay, I don't see a Zoner acting hostile towards Corsairs and Outcast fleets fighting in Omicron Theta system.
However, Dab, you are also to blame for what Zoners are today. As much as you claim that AW weren't Zoners, you acted as defenders of Theta (pretty much what Zoners still do today), you owned Omicron-74, you used Zoner Battleships to kill Corsairs (Yes, you used mostly capital ships too). All that as a non-Zoner faction, sure, but in the name of the Zoners. AW was one of the first factions to start the hostilities between Zoners and Corsairs.
No one can deny that.
As I see it, you both have some valid points, but RP goes two ways.
You can't have Corsairs ignoring their need for Zoner food, and expect the Zoners to kiss their feet at the same time.
So, lore will evolve - Corsairs having their own food and stuff (might happen) and Zoners becoming a force that can defend against Corsairs.
Or it won't evolve, and both sides will stick to the original lore.
Whatever happens, both sides are responsible, and both sides are to blame.
Lucendez Wrote:
It is every Corsair's responsibility to die a beautiful death in defense of Crete, regardless of how OORP or how capwhoring the opposition is. Launch your fighter, joust the battlecruisers and die a beautiful death. Then, drink it down in the bar.
