Teg Yeah free Alliance are bit short of ships they have like 20 I think mainly ASFV's and a few Drones
Imperium of the Chosen have a good supply of from the Grey's so they're ok for now but I can't see why they'd stop with 1 empires ships to build up their arsenal.
Jelloid Republic Want their empire back together so they go into a risky civil war which starts to spark up the interest of other factions and so those factions try to manipulate the outcome.
Proxy was the best option for the Daggerdrians (who support the free alliance of Jelloid Planets) and Grey Democratic Republic (Who support the IoC) ProtoKingdom supports the Jelloids Republic as does the Draconiga Empire
Doge Dog Empire and Rebellion Jelloid Empire support the free alliance of jelloid planets
I know it's a bit of a mind bender but that's proxy wars for you.