[quote=@Pepperm1nts]
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This is literally exactly the faction I was planning to make.

Damn.
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Maybe we could make it work. Some sort of schism in the ranks? Or our delegated duties were different?

Maybe there's a debate behind the scenes about what the next step should be for the empire, and we're each playing divergent factions. Maybe one of us is playing the 'Imperial Military Forces' while the other is the 'Palace Guard' or something along those lines.

EDIT: If anything, I'm inclined towards being breakaway radicals. And you could be the main body. Or something.