getting back on course or keeping it...

[Dab]

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 said in my post, is that, while this lore exists, the Zoners can't point at it and say "Look, you can't survive without us!" This is a roleplay server, which means PLAYING your role. CLAIMING it is not what this is about. If their lore and roleplay was to supply the Corsairs with food, why weren't they? They didn't, so the Corsairs found another source. This then means the Zoner's power over the Corsairs is gone.

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. 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.

AW is to blame for the war between the Omicroners and the Corsairs? I don't think so.
1.) So long ago, most Corsair players don't even know about it, or have been told facts that have been distorted over time. I know this from personal experience in talking to people about it. A lot of people have heard things about the AW that aren't true, then they help spread the "facts" and it gets worse. Only a few of the Corsair playerbase actually was present during the AW era and actually knows what happened.
2.) The Zoners were never targeted during the Corsair/AW stuff, and the Corsairs kept it between us, not branching out.
3.) The Corsairs actually got what they wanted, which was a removal of the full-system NFZ in Theta. Do you know the origin of the 5k distance as the standard NFZ radius? It was the Corsairs who originally proposed this size as the FPs' NFZs.
4.) Look at the reasons the Corsairs have stated both in-RP and OORP about their fighting the Omicroners/Zoners. You'll find all of it has to do with the ZONERS' actions and behavior, not the AW, which was gone before most of the current Corsair playerbase joined the server.

Even during the time of AW the Zoners had less drama and hostility than the Omicroners and ZA achieved. So no, this claim does not match up.

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