For starters, I saw the warning. I know you're intended to never get back on the Empire's good side after allying yourself with the Deserters. I'm not a big fan of stuff like that, though (like permanent save file changes) and I want to know if there's a way to God mode or dev mode replace it.

I saw people going into the DLC folder and adding the player faction to the exception list of Empire allies - but that's without Deserters. Considering it's hardcoded into Deserters (and Cherry Picker isn't back yet, besides I don't know if Cherry Picker would even allow this) I want to ask and made sure I'm not just completely corrupting my save. That's literally the opposite of what I want to do lol.

If you want even more reasoning; my current colony didn't really "ally" with the Deserters. A deserter just so happened to run up stream and the loyalty squad chasing them decided to try to kill a insect nest instead of their chosen target. My colony's not on good /terms/ but they're not trying to take down the Empire and a lot of them have aspirations to even join the Empire (VE Aspirations). Sure, I could pull the "Empire doesn't care get nuked" card, but I like playing as the Empire and I have Deserters installed for the added faction and compatibility between them.

I also tend to play generations. If all the Deserters get murdered and replaced with the most loyal pawns of the Empire, why would the Empire want to drone strike them? It just makes it seem like the Emperor can't make up their mind.

Edit: Rereading some of the description to see if I missed something, I noticed that one of the FAQ questions mentioned "actively harboring a deserter". If I got rid of the lass who ran up the river, would my faction automatically be unallied with the Deserters?