>Steal tech

Yeah, sure. Because I can't sneak in a suitcase of potentially useful espionage equipment but I can totally sneak out the blueprints for some amazing tech you guys have, past the guys with psychic powers. Because that will totally work. 

I'm not the one who's saying that my faction is weak, I've just been pushed into a position by everyone else insisting that my faction is weak. I can't cut deals or double cross, because I don't have anything other people want, or would negotiate about. the Imperium already showed that either people play things their way or they can go fuck off, and the Ethereals don't really negotiate with anyone unless they feel like it. And since this has apparently been the norm in the backstory (because the Goa'uld would totally let their enemies fight a major war and recover from it without pulling anything) 

Basically, I can't actually do anything that you're suggesting that I do, and I don't see any of the other GM's chiming in to settle the dispute in a fair manner besides you pushing your faction as much as you can, and me trying to defend my capabilities. Then again, I should have known better than to argue against the GM faction.