Del summed it up quite well, I didn't want to be so blunt.
If you remove New York from you area of operations, things might get interesting.
Actually, scratch that. I think you need to hang around the HF or LH for a while, just to get to know things.
Nothing can stop you from making an unofficial faction. But then really, keep your capital ships away from New York... oh and ... leave the New York Jump gate <-> Mojave Trade Lane to the Liberty Rogues.
