That's why he used his governor power to "revoke" your authority and sent his security guards to kill you. That's far easier than asserting power over a small enforcement agency with little resources of it's own. I guess the fantasy is that he thought he could easily sweep you under the rug and you get to prove them wrong.

I hate that the factions are dumb neoliberal American brained stuff but most of the quests I've done so far have been good.

It's kind of like the expanse in that the major factions suck. If they had an OPA group to join I would have been extremely happy. I'm just going to pretend the crimson fleet are the beginning of the OPA until there's a mod or an official expansion. I'm genuinely enjoying the game a lot and I think I might love it.