I will write them losing. And I will cooperate. But my faction, group, organization, whatever, are based on doing what they can do to fulfill their job, and profit from it. As long as they profit, they don't care much what they do, as long as it stays within their area of expertise. They have no real military, since they don't have the population, And they don't have the population, nor do they have the funds to completely utilize their technology.

They work with others, both from giving and holding strong at times, to keep going. I am not going to run them to the ground, nor am I going to try and run them to world domination. That isn't in their job description.