Actually I planned to return to Alliance) somewhere this week and start to do some noise. No need to make new group, we can work something out together.
as for ID, second statement is more appropriate:
Or does it mean they can only demand cargo and credits within their ZoI unless it involves SynthFoods?
FA pirates anyone except for Samura, and outright destroys (at least they can do it) Synth Foods. you can demand credits from Kishiro and GMG, as well as from Ageira and EFL. Doesn't matter who your target is - if its not friendly you can pirate it no matter the ship they fly. Logic of course applies and should be followed always.