Secondary faction IDs

[Enoch]

The example is a Molly faction with ships that fly under their tag with a Merc ID. Would the Merc ID'd ships, under that faction's tag, follow the Molly row on the tech chart instead of the Mercenary row? Or would they have to wait until the faction is official to grant the guns or get the right to use them?

Following Molly row on the chart and being allowed to use Molly guns are two different things.
If I remember correctly, a rule is stating that when there is no official faction for granting tech, then you can still use this tech with forum RP. I believe that talking to the unofficial Molly faction counts as sufficient forum RP, no ?

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