Against:
1, LSF is well established and has been for a long time, I am also not sure what boxes they are not ticking.
2, If someone say's Belleck is causing salt, I am inclined to believe them. He has gone back on his word a few times with me in the past.
3, With regards to message dumps, I get the gimmick with encryption but it is actually against the forum rules. You might get away with a spoiler under the encryption showing what its supposed to say.
For:
1, I really want to see more done with the intel factions and think that some new ideas might help grow what that section of factions can do.
2, I kind of understand the vibe you're going for and if it was fleshed out a bit more or perhaps if you changed your info page to be really niche and focus on more specialised topics (instead of spreading the energy over four departments why not really invest into one) and specific areas of space. This would really help create/show some noticeable differences between the factions.
3, It's clear that the people involved have put some effort in getting this posted and I really like the fact you've said "we are based here" instead of trying to say ALL LSF BASES ARE NOW LIA BASES. I think that shows a degree of class.
Good luck though, I will keep an eye out for you in game and see if I can come up with some first-hand feedback.