Correct me if I am wrong (and I know someone will), but the last time I checked Igiss' name is on this mod. He created Discovery did he not? So, if Igiss' decided to make Liberty Rheinland's significant other (think in prison terms) then he has that right. You do not have to agree or even like it, but you have to deal with it. I am sure that he and the dev team thought things out. Took some from some factions and gave to others. I think they wanted to shake things up and you know what? They did.
Even in life not everything goes well for you all the time. The rain falls on the just as well as the unjust. Show what kind of faction leader you can be and LEAD your faction!! Create situations that can benefit you and another faction. Ex...Hogosha and the UC. There are MANY ripe opportunities for both if they work together. And from some of the posts I have read here I think they have worked it out.
On another note. I know some have already mentioned Freeport 6 in Tau 29, but I am curious as to why it would even still be a zoner base? I mean really, if most of Tau 29 belongs to Gallia and Gallia wants ALL ZONERS dead, I really cannot see Gallia letting them keep that base. I think Gallia would use it for their own purposes.