It should be a thing to be either neutral or possible to be liked by both.
It has definately been said by CCP that lore is not as important as outcome and mechanics (though specifically that was about those ridiculous Quantum Cores), but if thats so, how come I still get CONCORDED for shooting an empty wreck, but I cant be a non-entity to two powers that only showed up earlier in the year?
Mandatory Events are not events in the sense of a thing to join if you like. They are paradigms.