A few facts and impressions as to IMG, HH and my (lack of) involvement, written under the influence of (prescribed) drugs, so if things do not make sense, either ask or ignore it.
Always add... in my opinion / from my experience, etc. These are subjective impressions (except when it is about the Faction Rights).
HH is not my faction. I did not make it. Impy made it and leads it.
HH has been around for quite a while. Months, it did not spring up the last few days as a consequence to whatever some people think.
HH only became a visible thing now because of the Diamond buff and a large number of Diamond miners
I did not like HH first, as it was called "Henderson's Heroes" back then and smelled like a troll faction against IMG (it proved, it was not).
I acted as an adviser in HH in regards to IMG lore and how to make it fit into the IMG ID and roleplay
I renamed an IMG| bomber to HH for one day to fly with the guys and see what it is like. The HH bomber does not exist any more.
I do not own HH ships, nor shared HH and I am not in any HH Skype channel.
Did I mention that HH is not me?
Can IMG| and HH cooperate together? Sure they can. They are a family. In some regions such a cooperation would have to be done more carefully than in others (e.g. mining in Taus, fighting off Corsairs in Cambridge).
HH is part of the Guild. IMG| is part of the Guild. IMG indies are part of the Guild. While IMG| resembles a moderate, mostly-lawful, mostly harmless majority of the Guild, HH portrays the extreme wings of the Guild. Like in every political party, you have moderates and extremists. This fits very well into IMG rp, as it says "a loosely organised association of miners coming from many different places"
IMG| cannot order HH to play like I play IMG|. I chose my interpretation, they have theirs. Both are fully acceptable.
IMG| are not "the IMG bosses" ingamely who give orders. As a loosely organised Guild, we do not have ranks and structures like that.
FR2 orders to HH do not work. As long as they play inside the ID, and inside IMG lore (not my playing style of IMG|, but the complete IMG lore), I cannot FR2. As IMG Lore includes piracy and fights against corporations (as every miner ID does), HH is fully inside IMG lore, therefore I cannot do anything, even if I wanted.
FR5s against your own faction ID are impossible
I also do not feel like acting against HH in any way. Having played with them for a few hours, I find their way fun and a nice addition to my tame IMG| interpretation of the ID. The contrast is refreshing.
I only quit it because it was advisable in the current oorply tense situation with Kruger and allegations that this is in reality Jack's revenge group. Did I mention it is not?
Would the IMG| oppose HH ingamely? Perhaps if they were too daring. Words of warnings. Some intra-faction controversy. But remember, they do not have to listen to what I/my chars say. They believe in their own way. The Guild has the potential for very heterogenuous people in it.
Would IMG| carry the consequences of HH'S actions because IMG| is "official"? Definitely not. You have a tagged faction there, it has their own representatives ingame and outofgame. Contact them and rp with them. They are not a trollfaction, so... roleplay and interact with them directly.
Should the whole IMG ID be made red to Rheinland bc of what HH does? No. HH should be FR5ed after some roleplay was made. Their concept very much supports this step and will deal with it. It would be very unclever (irply) to outlaw 90 % lawful people because 10 % extremists are hiding inside the 100 % "Guild".
HH, as far as I have seen, is definitely not a hate/troll/grieve faction. I watched them pirate in O11, and there was a lot more rp than in normal piracy, also some quality there. I also realized, DHC indies need to buy armor.
Oh and, did I mention it is not a Jack Henderson Conspiracy faction? I guess I did.
I hope this could address a few points that came up.