Maybe it's chosen as a disguise, precisely because of the situation, BA. In other words, the Otaking is a cover ID for a member of the Imperial family, and his faction is initially just the bodyguards, servants and hangers-on, along with real colonists; those who later join the faction probably wouldn't have a clue.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.