Zoners

[Karst]

In my opinion, Zoner capital ships, or at the very least Nephs and Aqs should be SRP only.
Zoners should have only a small handful of ships like that, used for very specific purposes - not as a defensive battleship fleet.

There is no way Zoners could be more powerful than Corsairs or Outcasts; those factions have entire planets under their control and thus a population that's literally thousands of times greater. They're also extremely focused on raiding and warfare and thus have an incentive to build ever more powerful ships in the greatest numbers possible.

The same applies to a lesser degree to smaller unlawful factions.

The thing is, Zoners just don't have the economic basis (in lore) that other factions do.
They make money trading in the Edge Worlds and selling stuff like food produced at their Freeports.

You cannot compare this to the economic basis a mining faction like the IMG or GMG has, or the Hessians which mine goddamn DIAMONDS and raid transports, or Corsairs and Outcasts which act as the sole suppliers of very valuable contraband goods.

Honestly, Zoners were accurately represented in vanilla - flying Dromedaries and Eagles.
Obviously since most factions got so many more toys, it's fair enough that Zoners got some too.

Zoner Whales, that's nice and good. Some Corvos for deep space exploration, yes. A very small amount of capital ships that should be used in their intended roles: long range exploration and colonization.

Why is there a ship called a "Zoner Destroyer"? To destroy what?
Just doesn't make sense.

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