The thing I especially liked was the way you suggested RPing the ships as diffrent models of the BAF ships. Good idea there, seeing as it wouldn't make sense for MI5 to be flying around in strait templars.
On the subject of leadership, or whatever most of the people seem to be talking about is this thread, I have no idea what is this all about, or even who you guys are talking about, so I'm not gonna comment.
Basically, I would suggest doing two things to make this faction idea a sucess
1) stop thinking about leadership for a second and focus on getting the acutal players unified behind the IDEA, not the people
2) Merge with the Bretonia Intelligence Service. Currently, this sub-group of the BAF has low activity, but great RP, so just talk to Dab (who I'm pretty sure is the leader) about that. And keep it civil, y'all.
All in all, Intelligence factions cannot exist when fractured. Everyone has an idea of how they want to use a shady organization to pull strings, so compromise is necessary.
Oh, and I'll be joining this, or the BIS, or whichever name people decide to give it when the faction becomes unified with the other bretonian intelligence peeps.
Peace out, and I'm looking forward to making silly James Bond one-liners in space :)