The Bundschuh have rarely ever been a faction that have been played due to their in-game strength or anything conveyed by their ID. Instead, they've long been a "niche" group whose factions have lived or died by the efforts of their members' patience and care in trying to write gripping and interesting stories for the wider Discovery community to enjoy.
My own fondest Discovery memories are from VWA| and from its constituent writers that I miss terribly, the likes of players like @Commissar. @TheJarl, @Char Aznable and others I'm doubtlessly forgetting after almost a decade since then.
My own goal with this faction is to recapture some of the "glory days" of VWA| that I think are what has kept me popping back in to Discovery every so often, and in that regard I think that The Platform's "main goal" will be to help bring some much-needed substance and character to the "background lore fluff" in Rheinland and beyond. If you'd like to attempt to do the same I'd encourage you to consider joining us and seeing if we can't bring more gravitas to one of the Houses in Sirius that arguably needs it the most.
Of course, "forumlancing" is only part of the Discovery Freelancer experience, and I can promise the community that the Platform will strive to if at all possible make any roleplay encounter fair, enjoyable, and well-written, both in and out of the space shooter setting.
Please feel free to let us know how we're doing in that regard in this thread.