The problem is that the dev strike outright demands either one extreme or the other, both of which will end up being harmful in the long run.
I personally don't think finding something both sides can agree on, without being completely destructive to the server and mod progression (not like the current options of either one extreme or the other at the moment), would cause the administrators to lose all authority, as it has been put.
Seriously, just talk! There's nothing preventing you from working together with the devs and finding a conclusion to this silly drama fest.
I'd suggest you make a shared skype chat with all of the relevant devs and admins, speak your thoughts and try to figure out what'll happen. People will be upset if you leave an enigmatic "we won't know what will happen, this isn't solid yet", especially with the renown of administrators being slow (just like the official reply to the actual strike being 2 weeks late).
The longer it gets dragged out, the more upset and disillusioned people will get with DIscovery (either due to devs halting all progress of the mod, or the admins going tyrannical by circumventing the rules by using a very broad one that essentially allows them to do anything they wish).
