The IMG appreciated the fact that their new Colonial friends were once employed by Planetform Inc. Much like the thrill seeking miners were once employed by BMM. The IMG and =CR= are two peoples rejecting similarly corrupt and abusive Royal corporations.
The other thing the IMG like about =CR= is that the Colonials are phenominal explorers and navigators. Its a bi-product of 15 years of travel through deep space evading Cylons. The Colonials where able to give the IMG an edge against competing mining outfits by augmenting their survey efforts throughout Sirius. It was on one of these cooperative surveys that Tau-44 was discovered, giving the refugees their home. A colonial survey pilot, flying a retro fitted Spatial called the Dargov lead the search.