It was a fairly accepted idea when i played a while back, that rebel life was so dead, that anyone considering it simply signed on to join Poseidon instead. Fair enough that's a rebel life problem, but Poseidon definitely took in most of the rebels regardless. Also, the general idea of it is...
Rebel, rebel and more rebel.
One look at the server over the years for anyone who was there back in 2015 and you'll see that the drop in rebels, gangs and roleplay between these factions is almost zero. I don't play the server anymore, i drop into the forums rarely now and again to stay...