Transporting Zoner Passengers

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2) Limited Destinations :
2a) Two primary destination, with many origins

This.

I fully disagree with Dusty. Gran Canaria isn't an ideal production point for Zoners. For two reasons. One, we already have a major export there. Two, Zoners orginate from House space. We do have 'Zoners by birth' but that is a small % of our population. Most of which end up heading back into House space to see what it is about, not heading to other Freeports.

Another reason is, that is another step into forcing Zoners to RP as a single nation. Which we are not. We are not a nation, we are not one people.

Canaria is the gem of the Zoners. The first world we found and kept control of. Canaria is where most Zoners want to end up. It is a fresh new start.

As for Erie? Liberty is taking control of Penn. The Zoners of Penn should be fleeing Erie at light speed if they wish to retain their freedoms. Beth will be sold, I'd fully support the allowing Zoners to RP moving refugees from Erie to Canaria in 4.86 then us fully losing all of Penn in the next update. Get us out of house space!

That said: Gran Canaria is the primary destination with the two Porto Novo/Boa Vista as the secondary destinations. While Freeport 10 and 11 are indeed 'out there' logically most people aren't going to run to the two stations perched on hell's doorstep. Majority are going to run to the place where they can start over, Canaria.

As for where to export from. Freeport 6 (Kusari)! Freeport 2 (Liberty/Rheinland)! Freeport 1! (Bretonia) Those should be the main (lowest price) sources as they have nothing going for them now so they are ignored. I spent hours upon hours pouring over Zoner imports/exports when I became a leader in OSI. All other Freeports should have a decent run to Omega-49/50 but not as good as 2, & 6. (btw, 10 has an export. Niobium) 1 is pretty close to Canaria so it can't have as good a profit margin as 2 and 6 though. This leaves 5 without an export but other than a mineral of some type or another unique good, Freeport 5 doesn't offer much. The people there will get sick and die if they don't keep a good stock of drugs there and the population is rather small.

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