I'm really curious to see how the Empress/Emperor actually feels about the PC/Alliance. Considering what they did to Malgus, it does not bode well for the commander. Acina seems very bitter if you don't rejoin and remain independent, giving a rather cold farewell at the end of Onslaught.
Despite their claims of reform, I fully expect the Empire to betray the PC once they defeat the Republic.
Yeah...
It makes zero sense for Theron to stick around if you sided with Empire. That is why exiled him on my Imp/saboteur toons, I don't want him to betray his homeland because of friendship/love. Better to hurt him now and let him find his own path than having to kill him later when he inevitable betrays you (for reals this time lol).
More importantly, keeping a republic spy in a leadership position is an opsec incident waiting to happen.
As for Lana
She's been a yes-woman for so long that I can't imagine what you have to do to get her to turn on the PC. I know the devs have mentioned committing war crimes on the Empire being a turning point, but she doesn't seem to care about civilians casualties in Onslaught.
This whole war crimes angle seems to be geared towards DS pub/imp sabatuer toons, what if loyalist imp/pub toons just want to get rid of her? Why do you have to do stupid evil actions to accomplish this?