Jansen, I remember some time ago CR wanted to have an impact on the lore. Now, that you're being offered recognition as a standing republic with different IDs and all that you don't like it. And you still haven't answered my question: Why will =CR= as a faction die after this decision? The Colonial ID is now open to everyone, not just to the official player faction. I don't see how splitting a public ID in half is going to kill the official player faction so please enlighten me.
Edit: I reread your reply and I see what your problem is. My point stands. The =CR= faction can chose any of the two available IFFs and continue to dictate the direction of the lore as long as =CR= is the only official player faction. You can continue role playing military, government and civilian. The government and civilian aspects are only forumlancer anyway. The only difference is that from now on, there will be groups that may differentiate themselves from the military - military is the only aspect present in game at this time.