Y'know, threads like this one don't help dissipating the prejudices that exist against Zoners. Claiming that one is closer to the Vanilla lore when we're in Discovery doesn't mean a whole lot, because this isn't Vanilla freelancer. We're talking about a faction with access to capital ships, therefore wealthy, therefore with influence, therefore people become jealous of said influence, therefore enemies are born. I honestly doubt these people would take time to discriminate between the two kind of Zoners, since they're all Zoners.
If anything, Discovery should be the introduction of the end of the Zoners as we knew them in Vanilla, and future installations should consider them as a sort of Freemason faction conspirating against houses with their near-infinite wealth.