First of all. welcome back and thanks for the interessting questions, Zelot. I try to answer them. I was not involved in anything up there. Just my personel opinion about the FA, the Sigma's and the rest of Kusari.
Is there a civil war? I think yes.
What's been happening between GMG and Samura out in all these new systems? No much right now. There are a few attempts to RP something. Not directly between the GMG and Samura though. Just noticed a few threads about Sigma 21.
What's going on with the Exiles, or Imperial Kusari Navy if you will? The Exiles, with the departure of the official faction 343, are gone, dead or whatever you want to call it. There was a massive ooRP thingie with a few pvp aces against the not so pvp orientated 343 faction going on.
What's up with the FA? How have they expanded so quickly? No one really know. The FA lost the Shibukawa Depot in Nagano. And magically recieved a Corsair Capital ship without any RP for that Legate.
Is Kusari at war with anyone? No. There is no war going on. Sadly. I support a war against Liberty.
What's up with the BD/GC? Kusari lacks activity again. So all factions are kinda dead.
Why the hell does the FA have a Legate as a base? That is a very good question. And no one really wants to answer because it's just too stupid.
What's up with Hiroshima? System de-guarded. One of the few nice ideas about Kusari lately. Very well designed.
How did Wall Street end up with a tradelane in Honshu? Dunno. Because Oita is gone and Wall street had to move somewhere.
Hogosha? There is a nice official faction. Don't know what they do all day long though. When they are around you can expect nice RP for sure.
Oh, what the hell happened to Osaka? Went boom for whatever reasons. It fits excactly in the wierd Kusari update.
The new Sigma's are very nice designed, especially Sigma 21 is a real beauty. But inRP they are a bit questionable. Like many other things in Kusari with the latest Update. But that's just me it seems.