Faction as a property

[Dab]

You have two examples from two completely different situations. +0 for making a solid question.

As to the first, a coup doesn't happen on Disco. The faction is owned by the leader, and unless the leader steps down or is required to by the admins for some reason (this is very rare, and I've only seen it happen once, after rampant rule violations committed by said faction leader and his faction. Said person was able to retake leadership later.)

The second is a completely different scenario. It's the dissolving of the official faction completely. If this decision is made by the High Command, okay. If this decision is made solely by the faction leader, either without discussing it with his faction, or (more importantly) in opposition to the wishes of everyone else in the faction, then we have a problem. It's obvious the leader no longer desires to lead the faction, as he's not just stepping out of officialdom, but dissolving the faction (some factions do leave officialdom, for solid reasons, like GMS, but still stay as an unofficial faction. This is different than dissolving the faction completely).

As such, if the rest of the faction's membership wants the faction to stay, and the leader alone wants to dissolve it, this can be taken as an announcement of his resignation. The rest of the factions' members have every right to attempt to keep the faction alive, and if they meet minimum time requirements, may do so. Bitter faction leaders and out-going faction leaders are nothing new to Discovery, and this is a measure to stop them from trying to ruin everyone else's effort, work, and fun just to burn things as he walks out the door.

It all comes down to; Was this a unilateral decision by the faction leader, or did it have support of members in the faction?

It's also common sense. If you're leaving leadership, do it maturely and don't be a dick. If you are, it's likely the admins will just take it as your resignation and let your HC take over. If I wanted to burn GRN| down on my way out (ignoring the fact that there was no reason I would have), and declared the faction dissolved and abandoning its official status, and the rest of my faction said "No, we want to continue on", I'd probably get the same treatment. I'm no longer leader, but the faction continues to exist and retains its status so long as the membership meets the minimum requirements.



Also, all the above posts. We know why you're asking, give it a rest, nobody cares dude.

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