Over a year ago the DDS totally destroyed Zoneland, killing billions in a mass nuclear attack, causing the planet's ecosphere to collapse and forcing millions of survivors to flee. Now 18 million Zones live in tent cities on the remote Clone planet of Colom and it is estimated 2.3 million others are spread across the galaxy. The question on everyone's lips last year was : what would the Zones do as a reprisal?
Security was tight across the entire UNP for months afterwards with fears of Zone terrorists launching an NBC attack in revenge... but nothing happened. Even Zone piracy did not explode into a new ultra violent wave against Terran ships. Indeed there have been 16 cases of Terran ships being seized by Zone pirates but the human crews have not been massacred (though beaten, but that happened anyway).
On Colom early frustration and anger did boil over when human HCS were accidentally sent to a Zone camp. The humans were lynched (eventually) and dozens died afterwards in riots. But since the word of Oojok has been introduced to the Zones the camps are calm. So why haven't the Zones sought revenge?
Celebrity psychologist Dr Penis* says the sheer magnitude of the trauma may have simply overwhelmed any feelings of revenge and anger. The scale of the destruction cowed the Zones and they were so busy simply trying to survive to enact revenge. Many pirate Zones are already outsiders he added and some may have perversely even enjoyed Zoneland's devastation.
However Dr Penis added a note of caution. As the Zones on Colom settled into their new life then feelings of revenge may yet be unearthed and if Zones do enter the HCS as is planned then there is the potential for conflict in future.
* Dr Penis has just released his autobiography "Why I'm Great" and will be appearing in the next Celebrity Big Brother, Celebrity Masterchef and anything else his agent can wrangle.
