I wanted to make a quick post here to share my point of view from this faction to the rest. I am a member of it, actually I've been in MQS for quite a time, and I can recall I've also been in many factions during my stay in Discovery. Short stay factions, old ones which I'm still in, inactive factions, etc.
The reason I joined the MQS was to change landscapes and bring activity to Galia. I expected it to be a quick faction that I'd log 2-3 times for it maximum basically because has a similar role to pirating in Liberty/Rheinland but in Galia which is empty. My expectation changed when I've found out we, nontheless, found some activity and brought it alive. We RP'd with other factions, we made cool convoys that lasted for some hours and we had nice fights. I've never imagined I'd fly as a convoy and enjoy the places and the RPing.
This is my point of view about the Maquis group. It has a balanced (PVP skill & RPing) playerbase activity, pirating, mistakes (which we all make) and a different way of enjoying this server. The 1iC is actually wasting time in the faction (thing that you can only see in 2-3 factions nowadays) and works for it. Actually, I could say he's doing a good job in his leadership.
This feedback is made from an inner point of view of the faction, and that's not a reason why I'm keeping the good words for it but because they deserve to.