Cool name, the premise is sound. Kinda reminds me of the strays (the OC outcasts of outcasts). With the DPK basically forming now, I guess it makes sense to have some hogosha who are not happy with the current establishment, this seems like a group to bridge the gap between 485 and 486 hogosha.
I've been awake for too long sorry, please bear with me:
On the surface it seems like a "hogosha who are anti-hogosha" group. But the preamble gives the impression that the members believe that what they are doing is adaptive and right for the empire.
I'm pretty sure it's not just contrary for the sake of it.
I think what has soured some people to the idea is the Samura listed as hostile thing, an easy fix. If it were me I would be diplomatically opposed to them on the forums without being openly hostile, and changing that over time. but it's not me.
The dragons thing has prolly drawn some negative attention too, I can't see hogosha splinter groups aiming for the same goal as the blood dragons. But I can see them not-interfering in each other plans if it suits their needs.
Then again - I don't know how far this faction would be willing to take their anti-imperial stance, would they go so far as to support the military state desired by the dragons?
If so, then I guess your tech use and/or docking places should be based on a timeline of the faction. Starting with hogosha, and ending up using ]bd[ .
This is a hard thing to convince people of, since most factions exist in a more-or-less static frame from creation: that is, their tech use and enemies don't change without something big from Igiss.
This is also hard to swallow for some because there are few factions i know of that are against their own iff.
I think the order and bhg, sairs and Outcasts might have had civil wars against their own ID and Iff, but I don't think core houses have: I can't recall any LN vs LN kind of groups, or with rheinland either.
I think this is because most opposition groups use an I.D that is directly opposed. Like if they are anti-queen they go mollys or gaians, if they are anti kanzler they go hessian, etc .. it could be a knee jerk reaction coz it breaks from the norm.
If the hogosha kaigi are down with it like they say, then i can't see a problem with it ' and there are several people in this thread that I am sure would become members. Pilgrim, Aduka and Omicron all seem pretty positive about it ' which is one of the better reactions I've seen to a faction idea lately.
So, this is all good: i think it's a challenge, but then isn't every faction trying to convince another of something? It's a challenge in ways different from a standard faction in that you have (what I perceive as) dynamic diplomacy, just coz everyone needs a place to dock and minimal supplies.
Personally, I like the idea of dynamic diplomacy, like the card says for fp9: in my view some zoners should be juggling their diplomacy all the time, making people mad and then pacifying them later. But I ramble, coz that is different that what i see yours as. I see yours as going from the quasi-legal status of hogosha, right the way through the rainbow, to unlawful dragon friends.
I would apply if I wasn't in too many factions already. I hope this was constructive in some way, it's not meant to be a deconstruction or anything, just my reasoning to why there might be opposition, and why there shouldn't be.