CCM to assist in growing ranks

Peacekeeper do respect all factions, there is no need for special threatment of one faction
rather, persons we could be interested in

I agree with Cat and Tyler. We are our own faction and we stand out against all others too. An alliance with claw company mercs might sound like a good idea, but how is it going to be benefactory for us? Sure there is town control, but what is the use of this when half of the members here, including myself, are not even PvP ready?

I think another argument I am going to bring to the table is simply Dende. I am not joining or linking arms with an enemy. This person tried to deface our faction and I am not prepared to take that on. I know it sounds brutal to collapse the idea of joining factions because of one man, but as Cat said, look at the examples of previous factions falling from respect and power from such alliances.

However, I do respect the guys in claw company mercs. They are a great bunch of guys and personally pose no threat; they do possess the same faction values. Ares was great fun with them today.

Now, the lack of leadership situation. Why don't they disband from that faction and just get assigned to ours? If they are willing to co-operate with us and become one with us, then why not disband from their leaderless faction and join our one?

Tl;dr
No because Dende and of alliance histories.However, interviewing and recruiting individual members at a time - yes.

I am happy to have individuals from a leaderless faction to join ours and become part of this family.