Should official factions have more power?

[FooFighter]

Are you kidding me? Why should my RP be dictated by a couple of players who happen to be in charge of a single faction?

Because it makes player diplomacy possible? Because they are many and you are one? Because they have already established their RP and you don't?

Sure you can try to go against the rules a player faction has set up. But don't expect to get away without in-RP consequences - your Bret military char who happens to go after Outcasts despite being ordered not to do so may be dishonorably discharged from the military or declared a traitor (I don't know if the BAF would do that, it's just an example).