So that is what happened then? In that case Major Kudos goes to Slappy - there are so many sad people around that sit on 1iC for way too long, they rather all but kill their own factions and often NPC factions themselves than release pixel power to someone active and willing to put the effort in, and guide them as lower HC members instead.
This was such a swift and open minded merge I have no doubt in my mind Blood Dragons as an NPC faction will be a thing again for a long time, thanks to NKS doing what's good for the faction, NPC faction and the game itself.
