I'd sooner run sas Galvus and van Hydrus through than side with them. Nael and Livia have been dealt with, and Nero has, for lack of a better term, redeemed himself.

The only Garlen I had ever considered Siding with was The Black Wolf, Gaius van Belsar. After spending almost a decade and a half as the sovereign general of Ala Mihgo, attempting to foil the revival of the meteor project, and being quite outspoken against genocidal conquest (Seeming to prefer assimilation like Rome under Julius Caesar) I thoroughly believe under different circumstances Gaius could have been our ally.

Oh, not to mention he was also Cid nan Garlond's surrogate father as well.