Are the Empire and Kingdom still a thing in Starbase?

[Foraven]

Do these factions still exist or have they been dropped over the course of the closed Alpha?

 

[Venombrew]

oh hell no, infact i hope i dont get in trouble for this, but Kingdom and Empire has called for a temporary truce. i dont know if it is to help deal with the pirate issues they are having beyond origin 12 or not. but both factions are very much a thing.