User blog comment:DirgeOfCerberus111/Canon Expansions, Feasible?/@comment-4608429-20131006132318/@comment-3258762-20131007161842

The problem, as I saw it, was that they were separating themselves from the rest of the community, which would split it and then cause lots and lots of trouble, as it always does.

There should be no way to not be a part of the fanon universe, but that does not mean you have to connect your faction with other fanon works, the galaxy is a huge place.