Until such time as Neraxon hands over the Faction, using the official Thread for it, he will remain the Leader.
If he disappears for a length of time, somewhere in the region of 2 months (this gives time for him to re-appear), the Faction can put in a Player's/Faction Request for the Faction to be handed to someone else.
If we see, as we did with the previous incarnation of Samura, a plethora of differing claims, after a Faction Leader has disappeared with no handover, then we have no problem in making the Faction Unofficial.
2i/cs, as designated by the Leader, are the caretakers in the absence of the Leader. He can not be replaced until the Leader says so.
Hopefully we have made ourselves clear.
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