As for the rest. I've spent a long time thinking about the OF rework and the added rule.
It's kiiiiiiiinda been a long time coming on all fronts. I think it's good to se proactivity rather than stagnation but that's just me. Liking the ideas that give OF's a bit more drive in story, flexibility, power and movement. This means a lot, to be able to possibly direct the future of the faction you represent. The new rule could probably do with better wording, but aside from that I don't foresee terribly many difficulties. If someone begins to use it as an exploit for PvP'ing people they don't like and removing them from roleplay then a 1.0 is all it takes to have that someone removed from the community.
From what I've seen, there's a couple people looking to dip their toes back in after this, and that's good. It means a step in the right direction.
The only flaw I do see in the new rule, is this:
If I enter a fight, shoot some people, pick up a few "Blues", but die in the PvP, would I still be able to claim potential bounties on these people I disabled or would I forget that I disabled any ships at all?
It seems to be something that might cause issues for bounty board claimants and some may end up bailing from fights in order to preserve their "Payouts". Clarification on this would be wonderful, please.