(03-24-2020, 09:52 PM)Groshyr Wrote: So Zoners think they can do "military" factions because they have caps its quite fine for you?
I don't honestly think you have a problem with Zoner definitions, I think it is just an easy push button for you to stir the pot, but I am going to answer this anyway.
Any organization that has primary control of an inhabited star system has the resources to create warships. Whether they have the desire is a separate issue.
In the case of the Zoners, believing that they would maintain no-fire zones without caps is unreasonable for the simple point that a moving ship can get beyond the range of the station's ability to respond.
Add to that the idea that law enforcement in your own territory must be able to generate an "equal response" and you have all the argument you need for Zoner caps.
It might be more reasonable to rename the Zoners to Indies, as in, Independent/Non-Affiliated Nations, but that breaks from the "historical" story line.
I leave all the artificial rules about PLAYER behavior/ability out of the discussion (a generic rule about cruiser piracy being one of the more recent examples).
