One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
The Ine Givar want less Imperial authority in the Spimward Marches, and going by the early adventures and TAS News articles who can blame them.
They start off as a rumoured organisation that the Imperium claims to have no importance. Once their activities are more widespread and can't be ignored they have to change tack and acknowledge their existence, but only as a minor group of malcontents, easily dealt with. Once there is a full scale rebellion on several worlds in the Marches the Imperial description of them as terrorists and Zhodani stooges kicks in.
It's almost as if the Imperium is controlling the news cycle...
In my early games the Ine Givar cropped up a lot, the PCs often sided with them, even had some convert to the cause. I was always of the opinion that Oberlindes knew a lot more about the Ine Givar than was ever revealed explicitly.
"A mercenary captain (age 33, 9A6DA8, former Marine) says that he is en route to Efate (0105) to join a mercenary operation locally organized to put down a minor rebellion."
"The lmperium has been suppressing political dissent in order to keep peace in the Regina subsector."
"The government of Roup (0407) has made a subsector-wide call for surplus starships to supplement i t s local forces. There has been no opposition from the subsector government."
"A recent uprising at Feri (0405) has cut the Imperial communication jump route from Regina (0310) to Efate (0105)."
"Last night a series of explosions ripped through Vehicle Assembly Building No. 3 of the General Shipyards facility on Pixie. Both company and military investigators on the scene report that the damage was almost certainly the work of saboteurs."
"Imperial Navy Commander Lobeck hault-Donesev, the naval system liaison officer on the L-Hyd project, announced that Naval Counter-Intelligence was exploring the possibility that the sabotage was the work of Ine Givar terrorists. Ine Givar activity in the Regina subsector has thus far been limited to scattered and ineffective strikes on Efate and Feri, but this incident “definitely bore their signature,” he explained."
"The public affairs officer of the Pixie office for Naval Counter-Intelligence refused an interview later in the day but issued a press release disavowing any responsibility for the remarks of Commander hault-Donesev and stating unequivocally that NCI had no evidence whatsoever of Ine Givar activity on Efate, Feri, or Forboldn."
An initial public statement by naval commander Lobeck hault-Donesev, the former project liaison officer, had suggested Ine Givar involvement in the incident and had mentioned Ine Givar activity on both Efate (Regina 2109) and Feri (Regina 2410). A subsequent Naval Counter-Intelligence press release had denied any Ine Givar activity on Efate, Feri, and Forboldn (Regina 2212). When the Naval Counter-Intelligence representative on the joint commission, Lieutenant Artura Gramlyn, was questioned about the inclusion of the planet Forboldn in the denial statement, she replied, “Well, there isn’t any Ine Givar activity anywhere in the subsector. We are familiar with all Ine Givar activity, and there isn’t any.”"
"In response to queries concerning Major Lorimer’s claims, Rear Admiral Lord Santanocheev, CINCNINT/RS (Commander-in-Chief, Naval Intelligence, Regina Subsector) today held a press conference during which he claimed that Naval Intelligence was convinced that there was neither Zhodani nor Ine Givar involvement in the Efate disturbances"
